@Mazryonh Pretty obvious as to why. If nothing is happening in the scene, it's a distraction away from the movie. Sounds like a oxymoron when a scene is trying to do something but the audience is distracted when they see nothing.
Sure, but Oshii could have give the dialogue during these scenes more significance, as well have inserted more action scenes to keep less patient audience members interested. There's only so many scenes of fast food eating that an audience can take, unless it is significant in some other way (such as the significant-to-the-backstory dialogue I mentioned). Inui and Koichi could even reminisce about their old shootouts to include more action too.
"inserted more action scenes to keep less patient audience members interested" Why would Oshii want to do that? He never cared for the "less patient audience members". And it's good that way. Noone should have to customize his movies to people who get impatient when there isn't an action scene every few minutes. Thank god he never did. Adding action scenes just to appeal to a certain audience would be like prostituting the movie tbh.
Scenes like these are good if you're a director with a lot of fame like Stanley Kubrick, one of the biggest proponents of excessively long takes and tracking shots. Unfortunately for most moviegoers, shots like these only contribute to the audience's boredom.
Say what you want about pacing, but these are some interesting urban shots of early-1990s Taiwan.
I didn't know the scenes were shot in Taiwan
@Mazryonh Pretty obvious as to why. If nothing is happening in the scene, it's a distraction away from the movie. Sounds like a oxymoron when a scene is trying to do something but the audience is distracted when they see nothing.
Wish you had full movie
戦士の休暇
the calm but irritated days
Amazing movie ;)
Sure, but Oshii could have give the dialogue during these scenes more significance, as well have inserted more action scenes to keep less patient audience members interested. There's only so many scenes of fast food eating that an audience can take, unless it is significant in some other way (such as the significant-to-the-backstory dialogue I mentioned). Inui and Koichi could even reminisce about their old shootouts to include more action too.
"inserted more action scenes to keep less patient audience members interested"
Why would Oshii want to do that? He never cared for the "less patient audience members". And it's good that way. Noone should have to customize his movies to people who get impatient when there isn't an action scene every few minutes. Thank god he never did. Adding action scenes just to appeal to a certain audience would be like prostituting the movie tbh.
What is the name of the movie, please?
Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Corps, it's already in the title
Scenes like these are good if you're a director with a lot of fame like Stanley Kubrick, one of the biggest proponents of excessively long takes and tracking shots. Unfortunately for most moviegoers, shots like these only contribute to the audience's boredom.