#319: No Time to Dye, Pt. 2 — Kimi

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Steven Soderbergh’s new thriller KIMI is as brisk, stylish, and sure-footed in its approach as Tom Tykwer’s 1998 arthouse hit RUN LOLA RUN, but with a much different set of cinematic goals and references in play. Does KIMI’s spare, simple, stylish approach alchemize into what one of our panelists calls “pure entertainment” that’s “easy as breathing,” or does it leave too many unfilled spaces and narrative holes to trip over? We hash it out before bringing LOLA in to compare the two films’ commitment to brevity and adrenalized filmmaking, how that commitment plays out via their respective soundtracks, and the ways in which each tackles conflict and codependency in relationships. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about KIMI, RUN LOLA RUN, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to [email protected]. We may respond to it on our Patreon (patreon.com/NextPictureShow), where you can also find bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter, recommendations, and more. Outro music: Elastica, “Connection” Thanks Raycon!. For a limited time, go To buyraycon.com/NEXTPICTURE for 15% off your entire Raycon order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:05.1	Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:11.9	We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:19.6	Welcome back to The Next Picture Show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film and the way it's shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:26.2	I'm Tasha Robinson, here again with Genevieve Kosky.
0:29.5	And Scott Tobias.
0:31.0	Keith Phipps is out again this episode, trying to perfect his two-minute mile, but he'll be back on an upcoming episode.
0:36.5	Or maybe he'll be back on this one, but in a different timeline.
0:39.8	Who's to say?
0:40.9	Back in 2013, director Steven Soderberg famously said he was retiring from cinema.
0:45.3	He said that directors were treated so badly that he didn't want to make movies anymore.
0:49.1	It's become a familiar joke since then to diss Soderberg for how many projects he's made since his
0:53.1	supposed retirement in pretty much the same way it's fun to twit Japanese director Haya Miyazaki for repeatedly
0:59.0	declaring his retirement and then letting his love of cinema drag him back to the drawing board once
1:03.6	more. But what a lot of those jokes miss is that Soderberg actually has largely avoided
1:08.3	the big screen projects he said he was quitting. He's made a TV show, The Nick.
1:12.5	He's made films for Netflix and HBO.
1:15.0	Projects like the Liberace biopic behind the candelabra or the basketball behind the scenes feature film, High Flying Bird.
1:21.7	He's experimented with shooting on iPhones.
1:23.6	He's experimented with the interactive HBO project Mosaic.
1:27.4	He didn't actually say he was giving up being a director.
1:29.5	He just said he wanted to give up Hollywood.
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