Takeshis'

Takeshi Kitano once said that he was tired of being called the Japanese Tarantino and that he would instead make something in the style of Fellini and Buñuel. The result is a film inspired by Kitano's experiences in the film world, where the paths of a famous action film star who despises expressions of admiration but narcissistically enjoys them, and a mediocre loser who desperately auditions to get even a small role and survives day by day, intersect. Both men are indistinguishable from each other, but their positions and opportunities are vastly different. At the same time, real life intertwines with the artificial film world in the film in such a way that similar to Buñuel's films, the viewer does not know what is happening and whether it is someone's dream, hallucination, or reality. Kitano definitely did not make a stupid film; to be honest, his problem lies more in the fact that he is smarter than the majority of viewers. However, it is also an excessively manneristic, self-centered, and even showy film. It is not as sophisticated and does not have as high-quality a screenplay as David Lynch's best flights of fancy. In the last third, Takeshi Kitano falls into a stereotype and too often follows the motto of just filming everything if you don't know what to do next. It wouldn't be Kitano if there wasn't a decent piece of Tarantino in the form of wild shootouts and black humor based on violence. Kitano made this film for his own joy and for his fan club, so it is best enjoyed by those who are familiar with his work. As for myself, I can say that the film somewhat loses its momentum in Kitano's hands and is accommodating to its viewers as much as Jarmusch or Tarkovsky, which is to say, minimally. Overall impression: 60%. Otherwise, it is a film that will be most enjoyed by (pseudo) intellectuals who enjoy deciphering all the references and allusions in the film. (07/30/2012)

Takeshi Kitano is a personality of Japanese film and television, he has had quite an interesting life and also some problems, which he seems to confess in the film "Takeshis'" in a surreal form, when it is not easy to understand what is actually happening and where it is heading. That is why the film is quite interesting. (04/01/2018)