This ‘exquisitely simple' TV show is the perfect antidote to these frantic times
This is Midnight Diner, a Japanese Netflix show that, like the Master's irresistible dishes, is possessed of an exquisite simplicity that brings feelings bubbling up like simmering sauce with a minimum of fuss or action – a stillness and serenity that is almost startling to those of us used to the frantic flailing of stories told by Western filmmakers.
It is about food, in a very deep sense, and about life, in an equally deep sense, and it strongly pushes the philosophy that the two are indivisible.
There is magic in the air at the Midnight Diner: there is always just the faintest hint that something might be going on beyond our ken.
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