Red Post on Escher Street

Red Post on Escher Street

2020 · 148 min · JA · 7.3 (36 votes)
Dir. Sion Sono · Starring Sen Fujimaru, Riku Kurokouchi, Mala Morgan, Tatsuhiro Yamaoka, Takahiro Konishi, Yuma Ueji

“What does it mean to be an actor?”

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Drafted to shoot a new film, Tadashi Kobayashi, a director with festival marketability, is strong-armed by the studio into hiring two famous actresses as leads. The cast of self-unaware weirdos that constitute the budding players become increasingly overwhelmed and emboldened until they stage their own micro-revolution.

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A charmingly meta look at the chaotic, often absurd, process of bringing a film to life. It’s a wry, observational piece that finds humor and humanity in the messy, unpredictable world of filmmaking. Feels like eavesdropping on a set.

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