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Sep 22Liked by Simon de la Rouviere

Excellent ideas. This also reminds me of this theory of Japanese fiction being about action/reaction rather than conflict. https://www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-horror-structure/

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Thanks! And yeah, I wrote about Kishotenketsu a few years ago. https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/kishotenketsu

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Perfect Days has been my favorite movie of the year thus far, and you explain why it works dramatically very well.

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Yeah, loved it too. One of my favorites of the year so far as well.

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