The first film in Kitano’s surrealist autobiographical trilogy. Note the placement of the apostrophe in the title: there’s more than one Takeshi, or aspect of the same. The doubles of people who populate the world of successful actor/director Takeshi become part of the increasingly weird dreams of the loser Takeshi, a lowly cashier who wants desperately to be an actor. Each of the principal cast play at least two roles.
It celebrates and mocks his public and private personas, sometimes both in the same scene. It’s packed with references to previous films, so it’d be advisable to explore as many of those as possible before attempting to tackle the fragmented construction of Takeshis’.
3 familiar Beats out of 5
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