documentary
Wonderful piece on the oft-times troubled marriage between two Japanese-Americans struggling to make a living with their art in NYC. He is a high-energy ignoroid and long-term ex-drunk apparently driven to create...even though the stuff he makes is sub-Pollock junque. She actually has a lovely eye but has subsumed her ambitions to his for forty years. This film centers on her emergence from his shadow.
His wild-eyed stupid misogyny is nicely countered by her sweetness and calm. She obviously loves this guy...or at least is in thrall to his energy and creative drive. It helps that she was and is strikingly beautiful. Their pas de deux is fascinating to watch. Even though he seems to be abusing her we get the sense that she has gained the upper hand in their life-long battle.
Kudos.
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