M/Other

[Eija Margit Niskanen]

Just about the other film you saw, did Takahisa Zeze do Hypnotic before
Hysteric? 

At 11:36 AM 2/23/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Nobuhiro Suwa's 'M/Other' is playing in Amsterdam at the moment, and the
>only info I have for it is in the Rotterdam Film Festival brochure. I walked
>all the way into town to see it on monday night before seeing that it was
>147 minutes long. My cinematic concentration span seldom reaches beyond 2
>hours and I had no desire for another 'Eyes Wide Shut' experience so walked
>back home to watch 'Eastenders' instead (also I wasn't too impressed with
>Takahisa Zeze's 'Hypnotic' which screened the night before, so was easily
>tempted into a Japanese film-free night). However, when I read Mark
>Schilling's review (in his 'Contemporary Japanese Cinema') of the same
>director's '2/Duo' my curiousity was piqued again. So basically what I'm
>asking is, has anyone seen it and do they have any opinions?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jasper Sharp
>
>