Kazuo Ishiguro interview (1995)

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  • @ManufacturingIntellect
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  • @gackerman99
    @gackerman99 2 года назад +208

    "It's bad manner to be deliberately difficult" James Joyce in absolute shambles

    • @cuckmulligan
      @cuckmulligan Год назад +3

      Lmao. Being rude isn't the worst thing you can be

    • @iarwainthabombadil7724
      @iarwainthabombadil7724 6 месяцев назад +1

      nah. incest is the worst thing you can be. incest with all the "power."
      #hiddenepidemic
      #fuckyoumonte

    • @niccoloflorence
      @niccoloflorence 4 месяца назад +3

      He wasn't deliberately difficult... To write evoking images, sounds, rhythms, smells, and ancient languages is not possible to do with simple street words.

    • @gackerman99
      @gackerman99 4 месяца назад +2

      @@niccoloflorence ironically Ishiguro achieves all of these effects with incredibly simple language in a lot of his books. You can try to fuse poetry and prose if you want to but saying that poetry is the only way to evoke certain feelings is ignorant and narrow-minded. And there's a reason why poetry is lost on the vast majority of people, and it's not because they're stupid. It just doesn't work.

    • @niccoloflorence
      @niccoloflorence 4 месяца назад +1

      @@gackerman99 I never said it was poetry, one can do poetry with absolute gibberish... It has a lot to do with mot juste, and the fusion of poetry and prose was not intended but a fusion of past, present and future through the banal, so that even after years of reading the matter stands before the eyes with a completely new meaning, and possibly as a tool.

  • @melvinpaul2841
    @melvinpaul2841 2 года назад +107

    He actually went on to win the Nobel prize after 20 years of this interview

  • @iain2080
    @iain2080 3 года назад +120

    19:00
    "Faulkner is a good example he got a nobel prize in his 60's for work he did in his 30's"
    Prescient of Kazuo to say this as the same happened to him

    • @ayushmishra5343
      @ayushmishra5343 2 года назад +1

      I love this comment at all of my heart

  • @bijofrancis1114
    @bijofrancis1114 3 года назад +50

    Watching him talking makes me feel weightless. A true living legend.

  • @jackloo7233
    @jackloo7233 10 месяцев назад +6

    Wonderful interview! His voice is so soothing and his insights are so rich.

  • @yonathanasefaw9001
    @yonathanasefaw9001 Год назад +11

    One of my favourite authors! Hands down.

  • @lawnmower4191
    @lawnmower4191 7 лет назад +68

    OK, he got the nobel. So Congratulations!

    • @ericfischer1560
      @ericfischer1560 3 года назад +3

      And one more now (2021). So Congratulations Again !!

  • @clarakim7717
    @clarakim7717 3 года назад +11

    I am so glad this interview is on U Tube Thanks!

  • @kelman727
    @kelman727 8 лет назад +121

    The Unconsoled isn't difficult, though. It's like a cross between Kafka and Alice in Wonderland. Get used to its ruptures in reality, and it's totally absorbing. It's so different from his first three books - and arguably more original.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +11

      It's my favourite book of all time, despite the fact that there are large parts of it that I don't like very much. The good aspects of it outweigh the bad parts.

    • @dddgtsd
      @dddgtsd 2 года назад +4

      I picked it up at a holiday home in Florence when I was 16, it really changed what I looked for in a book. Weirdly I didn't go on to read much of Ishiguro but it led me onto more surrealist works like The Third Policeman and a lot of Murikami's work which I understand isn't that similar to Ishiguro but The Unconsoled had that mystery about it, the dreamlike surrealism. There were also a few aspects of the character Boris that reminded me of me as a child (the little football world he had) which made me think I was meant to find that book somehow, like it was written for me (although I'm not one of those people that usually thinks things like that). So yeah this book is great and it shaped my taste in books and films.

  • @mirandac8712
    @mirandac8712 3 года назад +13

    It's one of the great books of our time

  • @picasmo103
    @picasmo103 4 года назад +96

    Really appreciated how Rose brought up how annoying people used to be to Ishiguro about being from Japan. Watch some of his older interviews, and you’ll see how racist people were towards him, constantly pestering him about a country he never really got to know

    • @tejasnair3399
      @tejasnair3399 2 года назад +2

      @@moomoocowsly it’s one of the least interesting things you could ask a writer of his calliber. Glad you didnt get the chance to interview him either

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 2 года назад +3

      @@moomoocowsly Ishiguro's example is rather unusual even among immigrants or second-generation immigrants because he was raised with the expectation that his family would ultimately return to Japan. So he didn't become a British citizen until he was 22. Almost all British Asians grow up identifying with Britain, not the alien country their parents came from.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 2 года назад +3

      It seems so strange today, when there are so many British Asians.

    • @jziffi
      @jziffi Год назад +2

      Even in more recent interviews people are kind of fixated on it. Something about the combination of British and Japanese gets people very curious. He doesn't seem to mind it from what I can tell.

  • @malvinderkaur541
    @malvinderkaur541 2 года назад +5

    an experienced writer is very self assured about their craft, without even yet published I know the quality of my writing, writing is wonderful craft of self introspections, world views, understanding people world around much better you take up any literary work and you shall find that aspect in all of them

  • @malvinderkaur541
    @malvinderkaur541 2 года назад +4

    I don't know if genuine writers skill ever goes away, it goes on evolving in all phases of life as world changes taking in all the changes with them same like any excellent singers take example of Indian singers lata asha and others touching 100 yet still as good in their craft without any crutch of any substance but inherent talent and practice kept alive, same is with any of genuine creative artists, a painter suddenly doesn't lose its craft, creative people take breaks that's all

  • @inkkvibe
    @inkkvibe 6 лет назад +29

    Read Remains of the Day in high school, was part of our school program, had no problem reading it at the beach.

    • @oscarwestman3994
      @oscarwestman3994 3 года назад +6

      That wasn’t the book he referred to though was it?

    • @balthasardenner5216
      @balthasardenner5216 Год назад +2

      It's an expression. Obviously you can read any book at the beach.

  • @picasmo103
    @picasmo103 2 года назад +13

    Kazuo: A writer produces their best work between 35 and 45.
    Kazuo before 35: Pale View of Hills and Artist of the Floating World
    Kazuo after 45: Never Let Me Go, Buried Giant, Klara and the Sun, and Nocturnes
    He may be a genius of literature, but luckily he was wrong about himself here 😅

    • @jonharrison9222
      @jonharrison9222 2 года назад

      Nocturnes was naff, however, and a lot of people didn’t get TBG.

    • @picasmo103
      @picasmo103 2 года назад

      @@jonharrison9222 yeah not everyone dug The Buried Giant, but it’s definitely aging like fine wine with Covid and Russia-Ukraine making its themes evermore pertinent. I take it you didn’t dig Nocturnes though? What didn’t you like?

  • @muhlenstedt
    @muhlenstedt 2 года назад +11

    i find his books are not difficult but deep.

  • @artiesolomon3292
    @artiesolomon3292 3 года назад +7

    I am only ten pages into the book but I love it. Expectations, of our selves and others, social roles and characters' attempts to be outstanding in them is apart of this book.

  • @alinalewicka6950
    @alinalewicka6950 3 года назад +10

    Uwielbiam prozę tego pisarza...

  • @r.s.9861
    @r.s.9861 Год назад +3

    Such a Great Writer!

  • @marryhouse1983
    @marryhouse1983 6 лет назад +10

    Great defensive talk of Ishiguri. Funny you should say that now he got Nobel price.

    • @mikeu5380
      @mikeu5380 5 лет назад +6

      Ishiguro. Quite a different meaning in Japanese, the other way... ; )

  • @boingibongo
    @boingibongo Год назад +1

    my favorite novelist by far

  • @MusicFloto
    @MusicFloto 7 лет назад +26

    Charlie seems very attached to the book, he won't let it go... it's like he's got some umbilical cord thing going on ... let go Charlie! Let go!

    • @handsomesttruebeautybodygu7263
      @handsomesttruebeautybodygu7263 6 лет назад +1

      haha funny and true

    • @written12
      @written12 3 года назад

      @@handsomesttruebeautybodygu7263 good metaphor. Actually, Charlie in his interviews always was latching on to some umbilical cord.

    • @damniamstillalive5028
      @damniamstillalive5028 2 года назад +1

      and now ishiguro has written never let me go😂😂

    • @jonharrison9222
      @jonharrison9222 Год назад

      Unsurprisingly, given this was part of the book tour for The Unconsoled.

  • @rohitranjan78
    @rohitranjan78 6 лет назад +11

    It's not an easy read: I wouldn't take it to the beach!

  • @andrewedgar3935
    @andrewedgar3935 3 года назад +4

    I wonder if his thoughts on adaptations have changed since long form television has become such a great way of telling stories.

    • @kelman727
      @kelman727 2 года назад

      I would like to see A Pale View of Hills adapted as TV drama.

  • @underthesign1
    @underthesign1 Год назад +4

    It would have been great if Charlie Rose had bothered to learn to pronounce Kazuo. It sounds just like it's written, but he says "Kazeo"

  • @sunnyy...
    @sunnyy... 4 года назад +8

    17:44 well he seems to have predicted the future :D

  • @msr7827
    @msr7827 5 лет назад +30

    I don’t really like how Charlie rose keeps interrupting him. I wish he let him finish what he was saying.

    • @theogrundy7445
      @theogrundy7445 5 лет назад +1

      MsR He did a couple of times but I wouldn’t write Charlie Rose off. Although it seems he had a bit of a metoo scandal - apart from that I’d say he’s a very good interviewer if you watch his other stuff.

  • @msantulova
    @msantulova 2 месяца назад

    I listened to the book at dusk on the beach - exquisit experience. :))

  • @salvadorealiberto
    @salvadorealiberto 3 года назад +2

    He has the same accent and vocal timbre as Bernie Taupin.

  • @Ruylopez778
    @Ruylopez778 2 года назад +1

    If only Charlie Rose would get out of his own way, and ask his guests questions, instead of telling them who he supposes they are, he might almost ask a great question

    • @remlya
      @remlya Год назад +2

      There’s other advice that Rose would have been better off receiving, too late for that now.

  • @volta2aire
    @volta2aire 2 года назад +1

    Klara And The Sun was a good read.

  • @tuguldurankhbayar768
    @tuguldurankhbayar768 3 года назад +1

    4:20 I think he references "no longer human" by Osamu Dazai XD

    • @t.h.136
      @t.h.136 3 года назад +3

      If you’re a bit familiar with Japanese language, you probably wouldn’t say that, because No Longer Human doesn’t fully explained the Japanese name of this book, its more direct interpretation is someone who is no longer qualified to exist in the world or earth. I have to say this translation really is a bit misleading, it even affects my reading experience at first. Honestly I don’t think Ishiguro was referencing Dazai’s book here since there are numerous literatures which include concepts of not being human or distorted characters. (but osamu dazai really is an extraordinary author :))

  • @LiamRobsonHimself
    @LiamRobsonHimself 7 лет назад +41

    18:13 ;)

    • @ladaffodilion
      @ladaffodilion 7 лет назад +6

      He knew over 20 years ago he's gonna win it. That's why he set his standards. Or his wife.

    • @ladaffodilion
      @ladaffodilion 7 лет назад +1

      There is something about his eye contact. Holding much wisdom and at the same time, a little creepy.

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 5 лет назад +8

      @@ladaffodilion There's nothing creepy about him in my opinion.

    • @Calvbread
      @Calvbread 5 лет назад +6

      @@ladaffodilion there's nothing creepy at all

    • @Gabrielcezar94
      @Gabrielcezar94 4 года назад +1

      I do feel like he’s judging you with his eyes :p

  • @bluemacaroons
    @bluemacaroons Год назад

    Old accents r so cool

  • @riverIl0719
    @riverIl0719 3 года назад +2

    *20 minutes are too short!*

  • @Misterrocckettaro
    @Misterrocckettaro 3 года назад +1

    Anybody Who can tell me The name of The author who was awarded in his 60s for a work Made in his 30s? I cant get The name

  • @jroxx3214
    @jroxx3214 2 года назад +2

    He has an odd resemblance to Kevin Spacey!

  • @joepossesr
    @joepossesr Год назад +2

    comment it loudspeaker of the movie of bowie being a net giant in the encirlced of erudith, gustav klimt he is

  • @TheTessabor
    @TheTessabor 4 года назад

    Paying

  • @francesco8723
    @francesco8723 4 месяца назад

    18:05 😏