Even if "I Am Not the World You Want to Change" was not a Japanese film, but made on the other side of the world, it would still possess a universality that blazes with an energy all its own. This energy is powerful enough to render the viewer speechless, which demonstrates why it had to be given its wonderful title. Scenes that seemed to be entirely irrelevant to us when we began to watch the film ultimately changed direction completely, and came to feel as if they were unmistakably our own experiences. We were therefore compelled to select this film.
