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User Comments for: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

manicure says...
3 years ago
Three apparently simple stories pulled off with Hamaguchi's elegance and subtlety in both writing and directing. As the original title "Chance and Imagination" suggests, all events start as merely the result of fate, but are ultimately unraveled through the characters’ fantasies. The interminably long takes with just people talking might not appeal to everyone, but I thought it was an interesting anthology nevertheless.

As with “Drive My Car”, I like how Hamaguchi always manages to throw in weird deadpan gags during the most intense moments to loosen the tension.

Unfortunately, the level of the performances is rather uneven. Especially in the first two stories, it often felt like the actors couldn’t fully express the subtlety of the script.
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