Green Book

The movie Green Book changed the value of friendship. The film is based on fact and is set in the American South in the 1960s.

The story follows the journey of Tony, an uneducated and violent Italian Caucasian, and Shirley, a gifted black pianist who is the complete opposite of Tony. At this time in the U.S., racism was fierce and there were many problems, but as they shared many hours together, they developed a friendship that transcended race. The "Green Book" is a guidebook for the use of facilities that was produced for traveling blacks in the 1950s and 1960s during a time of intense racial discrimination. What particularly resonated with me in

this film is the scene where Tony is away from home for two months and writes a letter to his wife. Ignorant Tony had no concept of writing a letter, so he could only write in words like a child. Shirley teaches him various words. They are so good letters that I wish I could have letters written by Shirley.

                                       Trailer https://youtu.be/awUd_khNEcc

Buffalo' 66

The first movie that changed my life is Buffalo 66. This is the first film directed by Vincent Gallo, and was released in Japan in 1999.

It is a love story with music and the screenplay was written by Gallo. The story begins with the main character's release from prison. He spends his life pretending to his parents that he works for the government and lying to them. He does not even have a girlfriend, but he tells a series of lies, such as "I'm going to bring home a wife". To make the lie true, he kidnaps a woman who was in ballet class. He is so helplessly pathetic. However, the woman stays by his side and plays the role of his wife. He treats her badly, but she stays by his side the whole time. I watched this movie while getting angry at the main character many times, but the images and music are good enough to leave a lasting impression. I especially loved the picture of the two of them taken at the photo shop. What this movie changed for me is my sense of the value of love.

This movie was recommended to me by my high school teacher. He said "it's a man's romance", but I never understood it. This film taught me the difference between the male and female perspective.