Writing & Insights
Some selected cultural gems from Delighter, from the Renaissance Tour to To The Lighthouse and many in between.
Drive My Car (2021)
What makes Drive My Car exceptional is that it’s entirely modern while remaining completely un-self-conscious. Instead of wringing meaning out of an aesthetic, or leaning on nostalgia, or putting Timothee Chalamet in it, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is counting on the fact that you, the viewer, are interested in the story in the same way you are interested in anyone’s story, how anyone comes to be who they are.
Clockwatchers (1994)
Each woman has her own personal style that evokes a complex life beyond the office as opposed to an archetype: they repeat clothes, they have favored silhouettes, they take pride in what they wear because sometimes that’s the best part of the day. Eventually, though, the centrifugal force of the corporate workplace wears each of them down; someone is stealing in the office and everyone is suspicious of the stylish young women that have more hope than the rest of them.