THIS MUST BE THE PLACE


Some people grow more beautiful with age.

For me, Rei Kawakubo is the prime example.
Of course, Kawakubo's beauty is also the beauty of a resilient spirit that evokes the beauty of innovation, rebellion, and a decisive blow all at once, so it's not easy to speak of it as mere visible beauty, but
The beauty of eight heads tall, the beauty of youth, the beauty of pure white...
Kawakubo also showed me a place where new values are created, as someone who grew up in Japan, a country of consumerism since childhood, and was brainwashed into white supremacy as if being strangled with silk thread.

Speaking of which, when did I start noticing the wrinkles around women's eyes?
When did that happen?

Seeing wrinkles on the corners of the eyes and the neck as signs of old age,
Hiding them because they are embarrassing.
Wearing turtlenecks all year round. I am one of them, of course.
To add, the beauty of decay, the beauty of ruins, in other words, a fleeting beauty that does not aim for beauty itself,
Of course, you can call it accidental beauty or beauty of circumstance, and I wouldn't object.

Now, about people who grow more beautiful with age.

DAVID BYRNE, who appears in this film, is another such person.
I was captivated by DAVID BYRNE's face as he sang, his beautiful white hair flowing stylishly.
It was clearly different from the sharp look of his youth,
It was a face with beautiful wrinkles, etched with a strong will to always challenge new things and numerous successes.

And again, the wrinkles etched on the face of SEAN PENN, the protagonist of this film, are the wrinkles of someone who grows more beautiful with age, as I say.
The traces of his life, having chosen a difficult path even after achieving success, are etched into the wrinkles on his face, exuding SEAN PENN's beauty and presence to the fullest. Wrinkles are the symbol of beauty.



The film's title is taken directly from a song by DAVID BYRNE.

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE / きっとここが帰る場所

This is how I summarize the brilliance of this work.
In the wrinkles etched on the faces of the uniquely cast actors,
lies the essential charm of this film.
In other words, what I symbolize with facial wrinkles is
a testament to rebellion against the beauty theories
that Hollywood films have established.

"I feel like I've seen something unprecedented."

I want to offer this film my highest praise ever.

Folding the wrinkles of my palms together, happiness.

Actually, this might have been an advertisement for a Buddhist altar shop.

ps.
I am considering various possibilities for holding a special preview of this work at the Dictionary Club.



THIS MUST BE THE PLACE / きっとここが帰る場所

This is a straightforward love song, as far as I can write, right to the limit.
DAVID BYRNE

Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb - burn with a weak heart
(so I) guess I must be having fun
The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It's okay, I know nothing's wrong... nothing

Hi yo, I got plenty of time
Hi you got light in your eyes
And you're standing here beside me
I love the passing of time
Never for money
Always for love
Cover up + say goodnight... say goodnight

Home - is where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there
I come home - - she lifted up her wings
Guess that this must be the place
I can't tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time before we were born
If someone asks, this where I'll be... where I'll be

Hi yo, we drift in and out
Hi yo, sing into my mouth
Out of all those kinds of people
You got a face with a view
I'm just an animal looking for a home
Share the same space for a minute or two
And you love me till my heart stops
Love me till I'm dead
Eyes that light up, eyes look through you
Cover up the blank spots
Hit me on the head, ah ooh





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