‘The Legend of Ochi’: Helena Zengel on Puppets, Primates and Willem Dafoe in A24’s Retro Fantasy
It’s no accident that The Legend of Ochi is set in 1982. Isaiah Saxon’s family fantasy adventure, about Yuri, a 12-year-old girl who bonds with the mysterious ochi monsters — criminally-cute blue-faced primates — is a direct homage to the era, epitomized by 1982 releases E.T. and The Dark Crystal, of blockbusters that beguiled their…