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Cinema of Meaning

Ep. 39: Harakiri

Cinema of Meaning
Cinema of Meaning

Thomas Flight and Tom van der Linden discuss the harm that happens when principles turn into empty facades, how they nevertheless can become entrenched in existing power dynamics, and to what extent individuals can stand up to them, in Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri.


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