Look Back review – Kore-eda’s ode to friendship, manga and artistic success
Two obsessive artists team up to achieve their dreams, but then their aspirations divergeHirokazu Kore-eda’s sad and beautiful film is about friendship, about the ecstasy and burden of success and about what it means to have an artistic vocation, especially when that vocation is pursued collaboratively, with your best friend. It is adapted by Kore-eda from the standalone, or “one-shot”,…
Two obsessive artists team up to achieve their dreams, but then their aspirations divergeHirokazu Kore-eda’s sad and beautiful film is about friendship, about the ecstasy and burden of success and about what it means to have an artistic vocation, especially when that vocation is pursued collaboratively, with your best friend. It is adapted by Kore-eda from the standalone, or “one-shot”,…