A Letter To Momo (dub) -
The story began with a silence that felt heavy. Momo, a young girl mourning her father, is clutching a letter he left behind. It’s blank, save for two words: "Dear Momo." In the dub, Amanda Pace captures Momo’s grief not through histrionics, but through a fragile, guarded tone that makes her eventual frustration feel earned.
I remember laughing out loud when the three monsters, supposed to be celestial watchers, were caught frantically stealing peaches from a local orchard. Their bickering felt lived-in and chaotic, providing a necessary bridge between the film's somber themes and its whimsical heart. A Letter to Momo (Dub)
As Momo moves to the remote island of Shio, the quiet of her grief is shattered by the arrival of three "guardians" sent from above to watch over her. This is where the dub truly shines. The voice acting for the trio of yokai —the hulking, dim-witted Kawa, the tiny, flatulent Mame, and the leader, Iwa—brings a rowdy, classic-sitcom energy to the supernatural. Iwa, voiced with a gravelly, authoritative bluster by Rick Zieff, creates a perfect comedic foil to Momo’s sharp-tongued skepticism. The story began with a silence that felt heavy
When Momo finally finds the closure she needs, understanding that her father’s unfinished letter wasn't a failure but an opening for her to live her life, the dub doesn't over-explain. It lets the emotional resonance of the performances settle. I finished the movie feeling as though I’d just stepped out of a summer storm myself: a little shaken, but remarkably clear-headed. I remember laughing out loud when the three
The first time I watched the English dub of A Letter to Momo , I was tucked away in a small, drafty apartment on a rainy Tuesday, feeling much like Momo herself—adrift and burdened by things unsaid.
“this is alas just another film that panders to the image Thompson himself tried to shirk – the reckless buffoon that is more at home on fraternity posters than library shelves. It is a missed opportunity to take the man seriously.”
This is an excellent summary on the attitude of the seeming majority of HST ‘admirers’.
It just makes me think that they read Fear and Loathing, looked up similar stories of HST’s unhinged behaviour and didn’t bother with the rest of his work.
There is such a raw, human element of Thompsons work, showing an amazing mind, sense of humour, critical thinking and an uncanny ability to have his finger on the pulse of many issues of his time.
Booze feature prominently in most of his writing and he is always flirting with ‘the edge’, but this obsession with remembering him more as Raoul Duke and less as Hunter Thompson, is a sad reflection of most ‘fans’; even if it was a self inflicted wound by Thompson himself.