Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
Figures
Form & technique
- The overall triptych narrative structure
- The flat, monotone dialogue delivery style in Segment 2, "Door Wide Open"
- The role-playing scene on the escalator in Segment 3, "Once Again" → Homosocial Desire
- The recurring motif of a central, extended dialogue scene in each of the three segments
Tropes
- The use of long takes and uncomfortable silences during conversations → The Smile Tax
- The professor's insistence on leaving his office door wide open in Segment 2 → The Phantom Object of Desire
- Meiko realizing she has recounted the story of her new lover to his ex-girlfriend, Tsugumi
- The computer virus that shuts down the internet in Segment 3, "Once Again"
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