![]() Captioning is both layered onto and represented in the film: it is, as they say in film studies, both diegetic and non-diegetic. ![]() It’s a film that, even in Hamaguchi’s native Japan, is inconceivable without subtitles. In addition to Best Picture, “Drive My Car” is nominated for Best International Feature-if it doesn’t win in that category, it’s not clear what the award is for. All these languages, with the crucial addition of Korean Sign Language, are braided throughout (the gorgeous signing by the actress Park Yurim just about breaks your heart). ![]() It’s an exquisite Tower of Babel of a film-a thrilling mélange of Japanese, Korean, English, Mandarin, Tagalog, Indonesian, German, and Malaysian. Widely celebrated on last year’s festival circuit, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “ Drive My Car” is the focus of renewed attention owing to its four Academy Award nominations. ![]()
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