“I don’t need anything more than this”
“I have the universe out there, and I have you. I have everything I’ve ever wanted.”
“I don’t need anything more than this”
“I have the universe out there, and I have you. I have everything I’ve ever wanted.”
If you are familiar with the classic movie, “WEST SIDE STORY”, or even its updated remake, then this, I like to describe, is the gay Japanese version of that classic without, of course, the musical/dancing score. I may be reading too much into this production, but the film appears to pay homage to that archetype through its many parallels in theme, setting, design, and overall atmosphere.
We have finally graduated from teenage romance to wholesome adult reality!!
“I live proudly in a body of my own design. I defend my right to be complex.”- Leslie Feinberg, Trans Author and Activist
What an enchanting and funny movie this is! In addition to being so relatable to everyone even though it is centered around an Indian family. The issues that arise may seem unique to the Indian culture but candidly, they are not. Predicaments with parents and family dynamics are universal and are culturally neutral. That is what made this movie so captivating. It can be universally understood (except by the homophobes, of course) and they gave us a splash of Bollywood at the end!
When it comes to relationships, we talk endlessly about words. What is said, what isn’t, and what should have been. We talk far less about the language of bodies, about movement, proximity, restraint, and the unspoken pull between two people. That’s where the Japanese BL film 10Dance truly shines. It steps beyond dialogue and places its story squarely on the dance floor, letting desire, rivalry, and vulnerability speak through motion instead of monologue.
“What happens to it all? All the sounds released into the world never captured?” – ‘Quote from The History Of Sound
“I want someone to share my life with, take care of each other, and grow old together…. I may never be able to fulfill this last wish.” – Quote from Marry My Dead Body
The title of this movie is aptly named. Aichaku literally means in Japanese ‘attachment’. But an attachment to an object that is more like a feeling of affinity- what the object means. It takes on an emotional attachment. And this movie is certainly that. It is a movie filled with a lot of emotional bonds.
Wow! This is an astonishing and brilliant film that will leave you breathless and undoubtedly lachrymose. Without doubt, this is also a short film (about 30 minutes), perhaps like no other you have ever seen before. I am not sure how to describe it. To be sure, it is open to all sorts of impressions. Mine of course would be no more correct than anyone else and therefore it would be unfair to superimpose my conclusions on how I saw this rich cinematic tapestry. However, you will get a hint by the words I use throughout this article as to how I saw this apotheosis. Undeniably, this story has been crafted to be open to interpretation.
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