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Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘All of a Sudden’ Confronts Life, Death and the Failures of Capitalism — and Changed Its Stars’ Lives

The Hollywood Reporter·David Canfield·19 days ago
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When Tao Okamoto first read the script for Ryusuke Hamaguchi ’s  All of a Sudden , one scene told her above all others that this was hers for the taking. The sequence saw her character, a well-regarded playwright named Mari, explaining the systemic failures of modern capitalism. The monologue is long and complex, propelled by interconnecting arguments that, on the surface, might resemble an academic paper; it’s complete with her drawing whiteboard graphics to illustrate and summarize her points.  “This is something that I’d been thinking about over the years — and I got to lecture people on it in the movie, it’s amazing,” Okamoto says. “I think it will help a lot of people to connect the dots. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any movie explain and verbalize the system of capitalism and where we are like this.” Of course,  All of a Sudden  is not an academic paper.…

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