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Sushi boat

May 18th, 2007

This entry was posted on Friday, May 18th, 2007 at 1:02 am and is filed under japan.

7 Responses to “Sushi boat”

  1. fumiko Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 7:39 am

    i love this video!

  2. swong Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am

    Heh, I’d like to see them try this in Boston.

  3. pushmedia1 Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    I know, isn’t it great. I wanted it to keep going.

  4. Jason Lindo Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    Wow! Linklater, Fassbinder, Rohmer…who gets credit for this great piece of naturalistic filmmaking? (Why’d it stop? I thought it was a live feed?)

  5. yoko Says:
    May 19th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

    … I didn’t get it. What’s so cool about this video..?! Explain it to me please? Somebody?

  6. pushmedia1 Says:
    May 20th, 2007 at 10:01 pm

    ’cause people are just apes in costume?

  7. swong Says:
    May 21st, 2007 at 9:54 am

    @Yoko

    The point of view is really neat. Most of the people in the restaurant play along with the gag. It’s a fun slice of everyday Japanese life, like what you would see in a good Japanese movie or anime.

    Maybe, in the couple of seconds that each person is on screen, you create a little story for them. The sarariman gulping down sushi and ignoring the camera. The older woman with the cast on her thumb. The couple with the young boy in the booth. There’s some of the voyeuristic thrill of people watching, except that they know you’re there, and some even acknowledge you. Maybe it’s a commentary on our postmodern industrialized society, a small touch of humanity in the bustle of everyday life.

    Oop.. sorry about that, got a little carried away there.