Achilles and the Tortoise

Achilles and the Tortoise

2008
Comedy
1h 59m
The troubled life story of the painter Machisu from childhood, to young adulthood, and culminating in his old age.
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Achilles and the Tortoise

2008
Comedy
1h 59m
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Avg Percentile 58.61% from 134 total ratings

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Rated 09 Sep 2020
75
69th
It's lumped in with his 2005-2008 trilogy, but this is a singularly unique piece in Takeshi's filmography. The creator's burden. A lifetime of chasing art out of duty, necessity, responsibility. Stagnant, sad, morbid, eventually darkly funny, and finally beautiful.
Rated 01 Oct 2008
88
86th
Where Kitano had previously critiqued and lambasted his own artistic career in Glory to the Flimmaker!, he now turns a more well-focused, but similar effort towards art in general, especially the value, or lack thereof, in a person`s view of an artwork, rather than the work itself. Achilles... is funny, especially when Kitano himself takes over the role in a series of art-inspired hi-jinx; though the film is not without drama. I feel the denouement is forced and ruins the otherwise solid ending.
Rated 08 Dec 2009
60
56th
strange
Rated 20 Nov 2010
2
16th
The sad thing is, I feel this score is generous. Where has the Kitano of old gone?
Rated 30 Jul 2017
73
78th
(Viewed on 22/04/14): The final installment in Kitano's 'autobiographical' series is easily the best. He is still goofing around, but the humour is more pointed and is often accompanied by an undercurrent of sadness. It's a tragi-comic portrait of a failed artist who struggles to find creative acceptance in a novelty obsessed world. Kitano is critical of modern art faddism, but he asks thoughtful questions about the role of the artist and the value of art from a much broader perspective.

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