Just the other day I decided to watch Drive My Car, my introduction to the works of Ryusuke Hamaguchi. It was a film that I enjoyed but felt had a few weaknesses that I ultimately came to the conclusion were a result of having to carry the torch of Haruki Murakami's works as an author. The film was long, and much of it seemed like it was trying to be safe due to the source material it was following. This made me cur…






