Kafka inaka isha
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A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied with personal distractions and grievances against those he is employed to care for, fails to find what is revealed to be a vile, fatal wound. He is humiliated by the villagers who are "always expecting the impossible from the doctor," and doomed to an endless return trip, losing everything. (Shochiku)
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Interesting animation – yes, it really adds to the atmosphere. Then again, I've never been much into Kafka. I've read Metamorphosis and The Trial but just never clicked with the young Jewish German living in Prague. Kōji Yamamura's bleak work isn't exactly my thing either, but anyone can spend those 20 minutes on it and then contemplate what the bard was trying to say. Still, I imagine alienation a bit differently...
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