RYO HIRANO

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DIARY

“The Bibi Files” “Vlny (WAVES)”

I saw a double feature of ” The Bibi Files ” and “Vlny (WAVES) ” at the Azumaza art house theater in Shiojiri. Both films tell the story of corrupt power that robs people of their freedom and the people who stand up to it. In ” The Bibi Files ,” Netanyahu teams up with an ultra-right-wing political party (a bunch of racists!) to maintain his power. It’s frightening to see similar developments in Japan recently. Those who seek to suppress the media through power label those who advocate freedom as “fascists,” as in Israel and Czechoslovakia in the 1960s.

The Azumaza manager introduced me to the film I was about to see before the screening, which I found to be a special touch at an art house theater. It seems it will continue for another 20 years. It was a rural movie theater, with a pornographic film playing next door. It was a weekday night. There were about five people in the audience. The experience of immersing myself in the story in the dark is always wonderful. I hope film culture continues forever. And may we be free.

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Horror and Kindness

Some horror films just leave you feeling bad and then abandon you. They are certainly scary, but you're left feeling troubled after watching them. I think horror is a frightening yet gentle film because it is a way of finding a way to talk about things that could not be spoken about before.

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There are too many books I want to read

I was reading a book I wanted to read, but before I knew it, my interest shifted and I was reading something else. This is how my unread books pile up. Last night, I read “The World Seen from the Natives’ Perspective” and “A Struggling Anthropologist in the Desert,” short stories from Spanish horror, one chapter at a time, before falling asleep. I had a strange dream where they all blended together.

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I started dieting

I started dieting after people I hadn’t seen in a while told me I’d gotten “fat” at the film festival. I’m focusing on strength training and diet restriction. It’s really helpful that Gemini automatically creates my training menu. Kinni-kun’s YouTube videos are so informative. However, it seems Kinni-kun hasn’t updated his YouTube recently. I wonder what happened? I’m worried.

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About the bath

Recently, I’ve been liking lukewarm water for the unfounded reason that it might be more effective to warm yourself to the core in lukewarm water over a long period of time than to soak in hot water. I think that after the sauna boom, long, slow, ultra-relaxing baths like lukewarm baths and carbonated springs will come.

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Eddington

I watched Ari Aster’s “Eddington” at a late show.
Director Ari Aster’s film tries to portray terrifying situations so seriously that just watching it makes me feel depressed. It was really long. The first half was interesting, but at one point, I felt like it was a bit too much and I couldn’t get through it…

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