Jiro Dreams of Sushi
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi
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#2One of my favorite documentaries of this year. I LOVED this movie.
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#3One of my favorite documentaries of this year. I LOVED this movie.
Same here, his passion and work ethic for his craft is inspiring.
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#4that the full menu costs $300 and you will finish in 30min. also reviews of the his sons restaurant say they get angry if you dont eat everything...
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#5If you are really into your craft and/or love sushi, this is a great movie for you.
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#6I don't know what it was but I was in awe of this guy and his family and the whole culture with the whole movie.
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#7For the uninitiated, the subtext of this movie is pondering whether Jiro's son Yoshikazu will be able to successfully take over the restaurant when Jiro retires. It's the age old question of what does it take for apprentice to finally surpass the master; who is a worthy successor to the master, etc.
This is particularly relevant because the valley's succession story du jour is Apple and whether Tim Cook et al can take the reins in the wake of Steve Jobs. The following quote struck me:
"It's not going to be easy for Yoshikazu to succeed his father at the same restaurant. Even if Yoshikazu makes the same level of sushi it will still be seen as inferior. If Yoshikazu makes sushi that's twice as good as Jiro's, only then will they be seen as equal." (32:06)
This is exactly what Apple has been going through in the last year, exacting a level of polish that is on par if not above what they released last year, but still leaving nagging doubts in the hearts of the faithful. The one thing that would silence critics and quell fears would be that something twice as revolutionary as the original iPhone be straight up imagined, developed, and hoisted by the post-Jobs Apple--just to claim par.
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#8One of my favorite documentaries of this year. I LOVED this movie.
Agreed. It sounded boring at first, I'm not very interested in sushi. But when I realized it was about honing your craft and becoming good at something, I realized the lessons in this movie could apply to any field, and it became very fascinating.
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#9I'll be the dissenter here-- I was not a fan of the movie. It was a boring piece about a man obsessed to the point of craziness about sushi. His kids said to the mother: "Mommy, who is the strange man in our house?"
The man was Jiro, their father. Is that the childhood you want your children to live? For me, the mastery of a craft is not worth this price.
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#10I'll be the dissenter here-- I was not a fan of the movie. It was a boring piece about a man obsessed to the point of craziness about sushi. His kids said to the mother: "Mommy, who is the strange man in our house?" The man was Jiro, their father. Is that the childhood you want your children to live? For me, the mastery of a craft is not worth this price.
IMO, most comments & takeaways around the documentary focused on being passionate and loving your work. But the documentary does make you ponder over whether it is worth the price of not being there for your children.
On a separate note, the scenes of the fish market shows the ugly side of over fishing our seas.