June 2018
Get
ready to dust your broom and sing the blues. See Hear podcast episode
53 is ready for your aural pleasure, and the focus is one of four
films Takashi Miike directed in 1998 (!!!), Blues Harp.
The
film tells the story of two young men, each with very different goals
in life. One is a member of a Yakuza clan who has dreams of heading
becoming boss, the other just wants to cruise by life and take
pleasure at playing his harmonica. After Chuji helps Kenji out one
night, Kenji feels honour bound to protect his new friend from
dangers that lie ahead as he gets drawn into a plot of deceipt and
backstabbing.
When
people think Miike, they typically think of his confronting films
like Audition, Visitor Q, or Ichi The Killer. Films like The
Happiness of the Katakuris, The Bird People in China, Zebraman and
Blues Harp show there's a diversity not always discussed. Blues Harp
may not be well known, but it is a film of incredible maturity. Miike
uses every technique in his storytelling arsenal to build on what is
essentially a character study and make his audience care about his
chaacters' fates.
Tim,
Bernie, and Maurice discuss Miike's career, as well as oral hygiene,
the lengths some people will go to get to the top, confidence
(there's a connection) and Little Walter.
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