16 March 2018

It's permanent

Oh Lucy!

Crit
Don't let the exclamation point in the title, the blond wig on the Japanese pseudo-title character in the poster, or the presence of Josh Hartnett in the cast fool you: this is one dark film. Also a very good one, about infatuation, alienation, depression, and betrayal. And let me tell you: if Shinobu Terajima (Setsuko, dubbed Lucy by Hartnett's English-teaching John) didn't actually get a tattoo during the shoot, the film's makeup staff did a brilliant job of simulating the angry look of a brand-new tat.

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