Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Dir: David Gelb
2011
****
Jiro is the master of his craft, he is passionate and is a perfectionist. I can't help but think that anyone doing the same thing for as many decades as he has, with the finest ingredients as he has at his disposal would probably achieve the same though. Is it passion or is he just set in his ways? His restaurant only seats 15 at a time and is situated in an underground Train station. It's a strange mix of passion and repetitiveness, perfectionism and stubbornness. I could never say the man has wasted his life, he has achieved something that so many try to but at the same time it does seem like a wasted life, if not a boring one. However, there is beauty in the simplicity, the core message of the film. I totally want to eat his Sushi, this film made me so hungry but it also made me sad for Jiro, even though he seems very happy. Food for thought seems to be the unavoidable cliched response to this film, but there it is.