Review of Kamyu nante shiranai

Having read various reader and critic comments regarding Yanagimachi Mitsuo's inventive "Camus Nante Shiranai", I was curious to see for myself what all the fuss was about. Granted "Camus.." is a very interesting film, particularly in the way Yanagimachi slowly unravels the lives of the central characters as they struggle with the production of their student film project, but the film left me with a very unsatisfied feeling at the end. Was what happened at the end reality or was is it the imagined fictional ending of the film project? I just don't know which one it was and perhaps that was Yanagimachi's intent...to blur the lines between the real world and the world of cinema and show how sometimes we can never know where the fiction ends. The performances were compelling and well acted particularly by Kawabara Shuji, Yoshikawa Hinano and Maeda Ai. Kuroki Meisa is definitely someone to watch as she makes for a great "film Madonna". I must admit that I was a bit lost with some of the references and tributes to other films that were in the film (mostly from French and European cinema) but definitely am impressed with the cinematography, particularly the various continual long takes (a la Robert Altman) that were in the film. I can't say that "Camus.." is for everyone but it will definitely make you think at the end.