Dear Japan is beautiful, demanding, and exhausting. The imagery is that of the everyday ordinary—if you live in Japan that is. However, the editing, coupled with the cinematic technique of shallow depth of field, turns the regularity of everyday into much more. The intrusive soundtrack grinds the viewers' emotions, awakening us even further from the comatose of sameness. Dear Japan is beautiful, demanding, and exhausting.
I felt the exhausting and demanding part. I think I like the slower ride for my mind to register it as beautiful.
Thanks for the ride.