Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Saules aveugles, femme endormie

Regardless of whether this new Murakami adaptation (...) comes to be considered the best, I think it might actually capture the elusive essence of Murakami more than any other...

Fans of Richard Linklater’s Rotoscoped dream diary, Waking Life, will be in for a field day...

...a refreshing take on a popular author’s oeuvre. It’s also ambitious in its own right, especially as it arrives on the heels of the aforementioned Murakami adaptations that have received substantial acclaim.

...succeeds as both a tribute to a living legend and a reminder that nothing is ever quite as unfilmable as it seems.