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52in52: Look Back

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poster of a child in their room working at their desk, with the words look back across the image

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Look Back is a movie based on the one-shot by  Tatsuki Fujimoto, also the creator of Chainsaw Man. The story follows Fujino, a child who loves to draw comics for the school newspaper. She is told by everyone how talented she is and loves the attention. She is told that for the following week, another student, Kyomoto will also be drawing a strip for the newspaper, and Fujino is blown away by how great Kyomoto’s art is for someone her age. Not willing to lose to Kyomoto, Fujino decides to improve her art skills through practice, and the story develops from there.

This was a great movie, I loved the representation this movie had about love, ego, passion, jealous, betrayl and grief. It did a wonderful job drawing the viewer in with the characters, and you root for them to succeed.

I would give it a 4/5. Next week’s movie is Drunken Master. I will do the spoiler-ish stuff below the list of movies if you want to read it!

  1. Requiem for a Dream
  2. The Departed
  3. A Few Good Men
  4. Apollo 13
  5. Philadelphia
  6. Ghost in the Shell
  7. Paprika
  8. Millenium Actress
  9. Donnie Darko
  10. Memories and Murder
  11. Momento
  12. 2001: Space Odyssey
  13. Schindler’s List
  14. Jojo Rabbit
  15. Clue
  16. The Thing
  17. American History X
  18. When Harry Met Sally
  19. Black swan
  20. La Haine
  21. Seven Samurai
  22. Alien
  23. The Shining
  24. Cast Away
  25. Hateful eight
  26. La La Land
  27. Dead Poets Society
  28. Contact
  29. The Sixth Sense
  30. Training DAy
  31. The Green Room
  32. Wild Robot
  33. Sound of Music
  34. Nightcrawler
  35. Bridge on the River Kwai
  36. Bugonia
  37. V for Vendetta
  38. Drunken Master
  39. Tokyo Grandfathers
  40. Look Back
  41. Call me by your name
  42. Fantastic Mr Fox
  43. Grand Budapest Hotel
  44. Trainspotting
  45. Hyakuemu.
  46. In the Mood for Love
  47. Hard Boiled
  48. Only Yesterday
  49. The Cat Returns
  50. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
  51. When Marnie was There
  52. From Up on Poppy Hill

I really thought the story did a great job of representing jealousy at the start of the movie. I remember experiencing the same emotions as Fujino, being faced with someone who is more skilled and deciding what to do next. I loved watching their relationship flourish. I was so locked in that I almost felt the betrayal that Fujino felt when Kyomoto said she was going to art school instead. It was a cute touch to make the covers of Sharkman parodies of the Chainsaw Man covers.

Seeing the alternative timeline when Kyomoto lives was heartbreaking, and the touch of their respective comics crossing those timelines was so nice. It’s an interesting parallel that both of their comics caused the other person to draw more, Kyomoto in her childhood and Fujino in adulthood. What a great movie!