Bilingual Culture Magazine

Today’s cinema

Text:Miyu Miyano
Illustration:MOKA
Translation:Karolina Höglind
Editor:Maria Takahashi

今日はバレンタイン!パートナーと映画をまた違った目線で見てみると面白いかも
Today is Valentine’s Day!
So why not watch a movie together with your partner, but from a little bit different perspective than usual?

 

 

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Big Fish
ティム・バートン

死期が近づく父エドワードの看病のために里帰りするウィル

幼い頃から父の若き日の冒険のホラ話を聞かせてくれていたのだが、
ウィルはうんざりして本当の話を聞きたいとせがむ。

大切な人を喜ばせるためのホラ話を
ウィルが本当の意味で理解した時、
思い込みだったり、
凝り固まった考え方を
フラットにしてくれて心がほぐれていくかんじがした。

ビッグフィッシュは受け継がれて永遠に生きていく。

 エドワードのホラ話は
毎日を楽しく過ごすためのエッセンスだと思う。
“父と息子”の物語であるけれど、
相手を喜ばせ、笑わせるような思いやりのある映画だ。

エドワード夫婦は理想的

略奪愛から始まった二人の愛は
戦争があり仕事や、エドワード自身の人の良さで
なかなか会えない時間が多かったけれど

喜びや辛さを共有し支え合っていることが
あのバスタブのシーンでよくわかる、
愛し合っているのだと

◆MOKA
1995年熊本県生まれ。日本大学芸術学部デザイン学科にてグラフィックデザイン、プロモーションデザインを学ぶ。様々な人物をモデルとし、色彩豊かでどこかシュールなイラストが特徴。主にSNSで発信している。ウェブマガジン“Be inspired”イベントステッカーのイラストを手がけるなど、今後の活躍に期待される新星。

◆Miyu Miyano
1995年生まれ。日本大学芸術学部映画学科在学中。今年の文化祭ではイラストレーターMOKAとタッグを組み”GOOD BOB CINEMA”というzineを作成、彼女のキャッチーな文章で映画を幾つか紹介している。


Big Fish
Tim Burton

Returning home to take care of his dying father Edward is young Will.

Since his childhood he had heard stories from his father’s youth,
fish stories of adventures,
but this time Will just wanted to hear the truth.

A horror story told to please the people one holds dear,
To later realize the truth that lies behind it,
All that he had believed,
His stubborn ideas,
Where all smashed into pieces,
Just as what he felt happen to his heart.

Big Fish legacy will continue to live on forever.

I believe that Edward’s stories of horror
Shows the essence of what is needed to enjoy your every day.
It might be a story about “a father and a son”,
But it is also a movie filled with the hopes of making someone laugh and be happy.

Edward and his wife were the ideal couple,

Their love for each other which started by a common love for plundering,
Went through times of war and hard work,
Which together with Edward’s own personality,
Gave them almost no time together,

But sharing both their joy and supporting each other through difficulting,
That one scene with the bathtub makes it very clear,
That they love each other.

◆Moka
Born in Kumamoto in 1995. Learning graphic and promotion design at the Graphic Design Department of Nippon University College of Art. Her illustrations are characterized by a variety of models, rich colors, and a bit of surrealism. She mainly uses SNS to publish her works.
Instagram: @ni4oooooou

◆Miyu Miyano
Born in 1995. Under Nippon University art department film school attendance at school. She works in collaboration with Illustrator,MOKA at the school festival of this year to make zine called “GOOD BOB CINEMA”. It introduces some movies in the sentence by her catchy.