The Life of O-Haru is a frightening film. I find it hard to imagine what it must be like to be so utterly under the control of others.
Is O-Haru an amorous woman? It's hard to say. Has she any space to develop desires of her own? Other people order, persuade and force her into action. She is entirely their creation, the sum total of their projections. And yet there is a centre to her- too ill-formed to be called a personality-which nothing is able to break.
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Date: 2004-07-07 10:21 am (UTC)Is O-Haru an amorous woman? It's hard to say. Has she any space to develop desires of her own? Other people order, persuade and force her into action. She is entirely their creation, the sum total of their projections. And yet there is a centre to her- too ill-formed to be called a personality-which nothing is able to break.