Oh yes! I am writing afer a Hiatus.
Warning! Adult content discussed in this post.
Two Fridays ago I read in “The Hindu” that the Oscar Nominated film “Shoplifters” from Japan is going to be screened across several metros in India as a regular film. How this film went on to win the top prize at Cannes in 2018 and subsequently be nominated for the foreign language Oscar in 2019 and for the Golden Globes 2019 is a wonder to me. Even the eventual winner, “Roma” wasn’t my choice. In my opinion “Gems” were ignored at the Oscars and the Golden Globes in this category.
But back to our main topic, the “Shoplifters”. My advice, “Do not waste a second of your precious time on this film”. If the film is cleared by the censors, which I believe it may be, one is in for surprises. The film is filled with WTF! moments, that will hit you from nowhere. And do not watch this film (and “Roma” too, more on that film later on) as some family film. Shocking surprises are in store! I am not talking about some stray dialogues about “sideboob”, “was hostessing all night” etc., About 30 minutes into the film, without any warning you are transported to a scene inside a “hostess club”. By the way if you are guessing what a “hostess club” is, just read on. A guy there (maybe a manager) is talking and joking with the female employees, most of them young girls who are all getting ready (dressing) for their job shift. He chides one of the girls saying a customer was complaining that she was wearing double panties and tells the girls “no fingers inside panties”. The other girls accept all this with laughter. Most of the girls are getting into school uniforms, the ones with small skirts. I had a feeling of what I was going to get. Most of the girls seem to be positioning themselves before a full length mirror the ones where people on the other side can watch them though the girls can only see through a portion of the lower part of the glass through which their guests are communicating with them by writing out their requests on a whiteboard. The girls then act out the requests. All of a sudden, one the right of the screen, one of the girls in the skimpy school girl uniform is seen in a squated position bouncing herself with her hands on her genitals (her back turned towards the glass). I leave it to you to guess what she is doing. Several other girls are getting ready for their customers. Meanwhile one of the girls in a revealing sweater (back turned towards the cameral) and with her legs spread to her customer is seen doing the bouncing act again with her hand, obviously on her genitals. I leave it to you again to guess what she’s doing. She then stands up turns around and is seen rubbing her behind on the glass, up and down. Then our family girl is unbottoning her shirt talking to her customer about ‘boob” and “ass” and it is not very long when her customer’s request via the whiteboard is heeded to and she has spread her legs and starts bouncing with her hands you know where, by now. Honestly WTF! And this is just the beginning. The movie has enough lewd dialogues and gesticulations. Then there is an ugly lovemaking scene (actually they have sex and talk about it) between the two main characters of the film. More of that ugly behind of the older elderly male displayed later on. The father talking to the small boy about “boobs” and “erections”…. Holy Crap! and this goes on to win top prize at Cannes, get nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar and the similar award at the Golden Globes? And get released in India in 5 or 6 metros as a regular movie? As it is the movie is filled with endless “slurping the gooey stuff while eating” routines. I waited endlessly to see what is so moving in this film. Literally nothing but a waste of your precious time. Actually the acting in several places was also very unnatural.
And if you thought “Roma” the Oscar winner is the one to watch with family as they are calling it a family movie, watch out for full frontal and rear male nudity in one of the scenes where you’ll be running for the fast forward button. So much for Oscar winners and nominees. As I mentioned earlier, “Gems” were ignored for this category including the one that I considered the winner. More on that, hopefully soon.
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