His restaurant serves only sushi. It has 10 seats at a counter. It is in the basement of a Tokyo high-rise, not far from a subway stop. It has been awarded three stars, the highest possible rating, by the Michelin Guide. David Gelb's "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" is a documentary about a man whose relationship with sushi wavers between love and madness. He is a perfectionist, never satisfied, and if you go to work for him as an apprentice, you will have to spend weeks learning how to squeeze out a towel properly before moving on to learn how to slice a hard-boiled egg. He agonizes about the placement of mats on his counter. Great attention is paid to where along the counter the 10 customers are seated in relationship to one another. Jiro's 50-year-old son, Yoshikazu, works with him in the restaurant and will inherit it someday. A younger son runs an associated sushi bar elsewhere in Tokyo. At Jiro's, there is a three-month wait for a reservation. A typical meal will cost you more than $300.

It will not take very long to eat.This is a portrait of tunnel vision. Jiro exists to make sushi. Sushi exists to be made by Jiro. Even at the high prices of his premium fresh ingredients, you realize he must be a rich man. But to what end? The existence of his sons are an indication that he has a wife, although we never see her. He must have a home, although we never visit it. There must be hours when he cannot be at work, but the film indicates no amusements, hobbies or pastimes. The idea of his courtship of his wife fascinates me: Forgive me, but I imagine that even while making love, he must be fretting about the loss of valuable sushi-making time. As a documentary about world-class sushi, this film is definitive. It runs only 81 minutes, but the subject is finite. While watching it, I found myself drawn into the mystery of this man. Are there any unrealized wishes in his life? If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough? Standing behind his counter, Jiro notices things.

Some customers are left-handed, some right-handed. That helps determine where they are seated at his counter. As he serves a perfect piece of sushi, he observes it being eaten. He knows the history of that piece of seafood. He knows his staff has recently started massaging an octopus for 45 minutes and not half an hour, for example. Does he search a customer's eyes for a signal that this change has been an improvement? Half an hour of massage was good enough to win three Michelin stars. You realize the tragedy of Jiro Ono's life is that there are not, and will never be, four stars. The Unloved, Part 37: "Zabriskie Point" & "The Mystery of Oberwald" For the 37th installment in his video essay series about maligned masterworks, Scout Tafoya examines Michelangelo Ant... Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger? This message came to me from a reader named Peter Svensland. He and a fr... The Return of Peter Cushing: Another Look at an Underrated Career A look at highlights from the career of the great Peter Cushing.

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And hey, maybe you’ll find yourself a bit more motivated if you watch movies where you see people crushing it.So here it goes, my top seven movies that will help you become the entrepreneur you want to be.The Social Network – This is an obvious (but great) choice. yo sushi voucher leedsIt has tech, entrepreneurs, and Aaron Sorkin. jiro dreams of sushi blu ray subtitlesKey takeaways: keep your friends as friends and try not to make enemies. But if you do, make sure you get all the money.Glengarry Glen Ross — ALWAYS BE CLOSING.A Beautiful Mind — The movie is great and all, but your business would benefit more from the purchase of the soundtrack — the original score is great working music. If you happen to watch the movie, you’ll find even paranoid schizophrenia couldn’t stand in the way of a Nobel Prize, so don’t let anything stand in the way of your goals either.

Creed — Sylvester Stallone reprises his role as Rocky Balboa alongside Michael Jordan (not that Michael Jordan) in a film about overcoming early obstacles to take advantage of opportunities — even fluky ones you’re not 100% sure you’re ready to take on. Lesson learned: start before you’re ready. Taking the first steps generates the momentum you need to move forward.The Big Short — Read the book; Jiro Dreams of Sushi — I think everyone can learn from the Japanese work ethic and their attention to detail. Jiro is portrayed not only as as the quintessential sushi chef, but also an amazing artist and host. Finding Nemo — At last, a kid friendly movie. And an important truth: whatever happens, you gotta keep swimming.Inc. published their own list of 15 Netflix Documentaries Every Aspiring Entrepreneur Should Watch earlier this year. While I can’t endorse this list in good conscious (does a compilation of Ted Talks constitute a documentary?), I have to respect Goudreau and Lebowitz leading with Jiro.