Alright, it’s movie time, once again. And I know I say this often, but seriously, it’s something kinda different, kinda legit amazing, IMHO. Late Bloomer (Osoi Hito) by Go Shibata is a milestone re: disabled representation in film, plus Japanese indie filmmaking as a whole…
Here’s what Subway Cinema had say…
“Every dude in a wheelchair has a breaking point, and when Sumida-san is pushed past his by the able-bodied jerks who patronize him every day, he pushes back — with a big, whopping knife. Aggressively experimental, with a wall-of-noise sound design by electronic art band World’s End Girlfriend, Late Bloomer demands that we see people in wheelchairs as human beings and we dismiss and dehumanize them at our peril. Even the director wound up tossing the first year and a half of footage he shot because he felt that his own personal prejudice against the handicapped rendered it all virtually useless.”
Even though this movie is absolutely not for everyone, I nevertheless can’t help but recommend it for all to see. And as with last month’s Flying Luna Clipper, the director might be attendance?
It screens this Monday September 28, starting at 9:00PM EST…
