Dave Taylor won a copy of Instant Swamp in our DVD giveaway and has kindly sent in some words on the prize he received.
Haname Jinchoge is a quirky girl, and Instant Swamp is a quirky film generally. If you imagine a Japanese Amelie then you might be getting somewhere close. I certainly felt the coma scenes, the obsession with technology, the parental dilemmas and the odd boyfriend had direct linkage to its French counterpart.
Instant Swamp is likeable, and the character of Haname is one with which you can identify, as a girl hovering on the outside – it’s not quite mainstream – you find yourself urging her on, as well as urging the pace of the film along at times. It’s just a little pedestrian. And then you wonder just how eccentric Haname can be, or is it down to some combination of her character and the cultural differences between us and the Japanese. The British and the Japanese are two weird island races anyway – alike in many respects - but you’ll find some inexplicable and alien goings-on in Instant Swamp to be sure.
I urge you to see it through to the end. You’ll never guess who re-appears! DT
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