Tag: Plan 75

• Sponsored Euthanasia as Dystopia in Plan 75

  

  I can’t imagine a scenario in which a dystopian film about government sponsored euthanasia of elderly citizens could be translated successfully to the North American context. Part of what makes the best dystopias work is a root in some truth, in some deep-seated cultural anxiety, and that dystopia is more or less unimaginable—especially with the…

  Joshua Polanski

  May 15, 2023

  Cinema, Reviews

  Boston Hassle, Chie Hayakawa, Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura, Jason Gray, Plan 75, Setsuko Shiokawa, Stefanie Arianne