Volume 8 contains, as usual, a number of short videos: This is labeled "Part 1" of the discussion, so perhaps we'll see more in future volumes of IWAIFF. Perhaps their inability to really connect on a topic is that Nakajima asks questions relating to the "art" of Iwai's films, but Iwai seems more interested to talking about questions of filmmaking craft.
Oddly, considered he is the one filming and presenting this interview, Iwai seems reluctant to really open up, politely agreeing with Nakajima's statements or responding with vague answers. Nakajima also praises Lily Chou-Chou, noting that its use of music, images, and even lettering elevate it "beyond moviemaking". Nakajima observes that Iwai's screenplays are often vastly different from the finished films, and asks him which one he intends as the finished product. The friends recall introducing each other to filmmakers back in high school (when Iwai was a "dark, ominous guy") and shooting a student film together in college. Messy room: conversation with Nakajima Hiroto. In some ways the highlight of the Volume, a 15-minute talk with one of Iwai's old friends and high school classmates, at a restaurant in Ishinomaki, one of the cities hardest hit by the tsunami. Longtime friend of Shunji Iwai, Nakajima Hiroto
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