For Claud’s SSA membership card.
すごく楽しみにしている。
．．．なんってね。
Here is something different from what I’ve only been illustrating – people, basically, all these while for a change; in my slow progressing journey of learning to draw human figures by heart, I’ve somehow forgotten how interesting objects portrayed in a still life can be. These shapes sum up the basics of anatomy.. Even this simple composition cannot, for crying out loud, cover gaping flaw of my perspective drawing, so this is how bad I still am at it.
A mashup illustration of some elements from the psychological thriller Confessions 「告白」(7.8/10 on IMDB) starring Matsu Takako, Okada Masaki and Kimura Yoshino. The murder of a teacher’s young daughter spawns a series of confessions of subjects in matter, each more telling than the other, of questionable motives incited by broken pasts, elaborate plans of sweet revenge, and a resolution bound to question viewers even after the credits have started rolling. Due to the post-production colour treatment, most of the scenes in the 106 minutes of screen time had been tinted a grey-blue, if not desaturated and compensated with high contrast that turned even the most normal environments sombre.. so much so it unsettles, yet done not distastefully, where every single moment was like a piece of art and if laid out consecutively as stills, the story would have the same impact.
大切なものが消える音は「パチン」
Perpetrators are victims, turned because of circumstances they have been forced into, where essentially each one of them, in a way or another, has lost something. Quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on this idea: the sound of something/someone important disappearing. It creeps up on you, ultimately unleashing its hefty effect to full scale when an enraged Moriguchi compares it with「パチン」じゃなくて；「どっーーーーかん！」 to illustrate the magnitude of her suffering.
The film also constantly suggests a theme of anonymity – anonymity that only serves as well as illusions, and shows how acts of evil always have a way of getting found out (especially, especially when you’re an overconfident 13 year old who has never thought of what’s really in your face while being too caught up in watching your back).
In this web of self-deception, perpetual denial and unrepentant deeds spurred by all the wrong motives, confessions may just be allusions of carefully woven lies. The steel voiced narration is there to unsettle, and coupled with the meaningful slow-mo scenes, it makes a beautifully disturbing story. I only had some issues with the odd music and comical effects that didn’t seem to gel, but that’s another thing.
Well I was going to post some general amateurish opinions on the significance of red/warm hues, that is the point of the illustration, in the entire revenge saga, and probably throw in some superficial character studies – then I realised I was losing a lot of details (which Ade’s excited analysis and comments on msn have brought back to mind, and trust me she has a photographic AND videographic memory which scares the hell out of me). So I’m going to have to see it again because seriously, it’s a masterpiece.
Still inspired by Rene Magritte..
I am so hung up over the tone of voice Nino used for his improvised character in this Shiyagare segment! And that he’s also borrowed Ohno’s Kaibutsu-themed shirt to wear underneath the denim <3
『ちょっと 道が混んでいまして。。。』XD
Thanks to Sakuratikah who showed me this hilarious episode when we met! You don’t need to know how frequently I put this on repeat lol.
