Simple line art, or is there more? The key art for Tetsuya Mariko's New York City-set drama, Dear Stranger, has a few interesting textural things going on beyond its doodle-in-the-margin first glance. First is the subtle texture, like a badly painted wall in a cheap apartment background, with bubbled surface just barely visible. Second is the faces of key characters that revel themselves almost like a 'magic eye' poster from the 1990s. And, third is the notebook-like title typography, with its 'learning to print' guidelines, and water-distressed text. In the film, a Japanese man and Taiwanese-American wife's immigrant lives unravels when their son disappears. The kidnapping reveals hidden secrets, testing their emotional limits and moral boundaries. For something that could give off the (reductive) vibe...
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