In an era of diminishing attention spans, Tetsuichiro Tsuta isn¡¯t afraid to see how far he can push an audience. At one point during the 41-year-old director¡¯s new film, ¡°Black Ox,¡± viewers are left staring at a white screen for over a minute ¡ª and the effect is improbably thrilling. In another sequence, the camera zooms in on a face so slowly, I managed to doze off and wake up again before it had finished.
It would normally be unwise to mention during an interview that you¡¯d fallen asleep during the director¡¯s movie, but Tsuta laughs it off.
¡°That¡¯s totally fine,¡± he says, speaking at the Tokyo office of the film¡¯s distributor.
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