電影少女 -VIDEO GIRL MAI 2019-　2019日　関和亮、真壁幸紀、湯浅弘章、山岸聖太、川井隼人監督

"Movie Girl"

I'm a big fan of Katsura. Of course, I also love Film Girl. I like her as much as Nanako SOS (laughs).

I started the Amazon Prime free trial "by mistake" this time. Of course I will stop after 30 days, but this is Prime. I watched it on Prime Video because I had to make use of it.

"Video Girl" has all the manga. I also watched the 2018 Nishino Nanase version several times.

"Video Girl 2019"

This time it's an "evil video girl", but did you agree with this setting (plot)? There is a line that sounds like a "secret weapon", but I didn't understand the true meaning after all.

Riku-kun, you're doing a great job. Rena-chan is cute. I love it. Mizuki-chan is cute too, but there was something about Mae-Atsushi. I'm not good at Atsushi Mae (sweat).

Memory

One of the themes of Film Girl is "memory". Does memory constrain or restrict human behavior, or does being human mean having memory? Losing memory means death for an individual. What we fear in death is the loss of the 'I', the loss of my consciousness. And there is no doubt that consciousness is made up of memories.

There are too many stories about amnesia. In order for a computer to have "self-consciousness", a huge amount of "records (data)" is necessary. One of the themes of "absolute boyfriend" is the same.

Recording and memory are closely related. Recording is the act of exposing the memory to the outside. Records are externalized and objectified memories. Externalized memories do not disappear even after the individual dies. So it keeps accumulating. How we deal with the accumulated records creates a culture and a form of thought. It's how we relate to books and movies, and to machines symbolized by computers.

The question is whether or not people will use what they have created. Are we using machines and computers, or are we being used? Machines are hundreds of times more powerful than humans. Computers are tens of thousands of times more powerful than humans. Can humans control it? No, what does it mean to control?

Devoting yourself to others

"Movie Girl" is dedicated to people. It is the desire and dream of a person (man) who is exhausted. Somewhat similar to "maid". Since being a maid is a profession, I will do my best for my “master” within the scope of my profession. If it's not a profession, it's a "slave". Someone (man) is looking for that kind of person (woman). The feeling of "I want to stand above people even though I have nothing" is the feeling of wanting to control and dominate others. That's a very egotistical way of thinking.

How presumptuous it is to think that you can or can control or dominate people. It's the same if you rephrase it as "caring for others". Why are human relationships so difficult?

The idea also applies to animals and plants, mountains and rivers. They become things that humans control and rule, can and should. If you need the feeling of "caring for others", I think you also need the feeling of caring for animals, plants, nature and the environment. Without that, I feel that it is hypocritical to "caring for others".

It can be a love story between a man and a woman, a parent-child story, a detective story, an AV, or anything else, but it will attract people's hearts. While people yearn for it, it seems that they feel that it is somewhat "false". Friendship, affection, compassion, justice, goodness, and so on. Many people live in such conflicts.

But I think. Why can't people relate to people and people to nature without "love" and "compassion"? Conversely, why do the words “love” and “compassion” exist? I believe that people and people, people and nature can relate without such hypocrisy. If we can do that, we should be able to understand how it relates to recording and memory.