80 years after bombing Hiroshima, art needs ‘courage to be afraid’

なにもかもなくした手に四まいの爆死証明 なにもかもなくした手に四まいの爆死証明I have lost everything;in my hand,four atomic bomb death certificates — Atsuyuki Matsuo, 1945 HIROSHIMA, Japan — For a few years, now, I’ve been turning over in my head one brief scene in a beautiful movie. It comes two hours into “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning 2021 masterpiece of bereavement and artistic inspiration, when […]