Murakami Done Right: Therapy and Intertext in “Drive My Car” (2021)
Haruki Murakami’s work, best known as combination of surrealism, absurdism, and literary trickery, is notoriously difficult to cinematise. The long history of on-screen Murakami adaptations begins with Kazuki Õmori’s 1982 film of Hear the Song of the Wind, and to date includes art installations, short films, and even the 2017 video game Memoranda. Until 2018, the most…
