“Tetsu Kono's Crazy Routine” works as a companion piece of sorts to “The Troubled Troubadour” (through the protagonist Tetsu Kono) another short by Forest Ian Etsler and Sebastien Simon, with the purpose being of expanding the whole project to a feature at some point. Since 2005, Tetsu Kono, a middle-aged Japanese man, has come from Tokyo to South Korea on a monthly basis in order to attend an average of twenty Korean film festivals annually, while revealing very little to others about himself and about his marginal existence in Japan. Forest Ian Etsler and Sebastien Simon follow his journey from the moment he arrives in Seoul, while talking to him in English.
“Tetsu Kono's Crazy Routine” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
They follow him through 2014 while he talks with people in the festivals who recognize him, while a big part of the documentary takes place in the airport,...
“Tetsu Kono's Crazy Routine” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
They follow him through 2014 while he talks with people in the festivals who recognize him, while a big part of the documentary takes place in the airport,...
- 6/6/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
We have already reviewed one movie that emerged through the collaboration of Forest Ian Etsler and Sebastien Simon here in Asian Movie Pulse, and considering the rather unique approach of “The Troubled Troubadour” checking another of their work seemed like a rather interesting endeavor. Even more so, since “One-minded” seems to be their most successful one so far, screening in festivals all over the world and winning award from Chicago International and the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels Biarritz 2016.
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A man who is sitting in the entrance of a block of flats watches two people who are obviously thieves, climbing down from a window of one apartment on a rope. Probably shocked but remaining cool, all he resorts in doing is offering one a cigarette, although in the end, their interaction remains minimal. In the next scene, a woman returns...
“One-minded” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
A man who is sitting in the entrance of a block of flats watches two people who are obviously thieves, climbing down from a window of one apartment on a rope. Probably shocked but remaining cool, all he resorts in doing is offering one a cigarette, although in the end, their interaction remains minimal. In the next scene, a woman returns...
- 6/4/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
French filmmaker, festival programmer in Busan International Short Film Festival and guest professor of film editing at Dongseo University Sebastien Simon, shot a short film in Busan in 2016 with Forest Ian Etsler, implementing an experimental surrealistic approach that focuses much on music.
“The Troubled Troubadour” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The film begins with an old Japanese man peeing at the sea, declaring that he has now peed in every ocean in the world, essentially highlighting that what will follow is an odyssey of sorts. The next scenes introduces the companion of the old man, a driver who pushes a canoe along the railways, moving his “boss” forward, while the old man plays his music. As they move through a mountainous forest, they are ambushed by a group of Korean kids in wooden masks (in a scene that is reminiscent of Star Wars in a way...
“The Troubled Troubadour” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
The film begins with an old Japanese man peeing at the sea, declaring that he has now peed in every ocean in the world, essentially highlighting that what will follow is an odyssey of sorts. The next scenes introduces the companion of the old man, a driver who pushes a canoe along the railways, moving his “boss” forward, while the old man plays his music. As they move through a mountainous forest, they are ambushed by a group of Korean kids in wooden masks (in a scene that is reminiscent of Star Wars in a way...
- 5/15/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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