Toronto line-up so far

[Julien Seveon]

Although I don't read Japanese Miike's film seems indeed very close to the 
manga.
Regarding Electric Dragon 80000 its a punk rock movie (how else could you 
call it ?) with Asano playing a lightstrike guitar and iguana lover. I love 
it, it's the kind of movie which truly rejuvenate you ! But if heavy guitar 
riffs is not your cup of tea, you better forget about this one...

Julien S?v?on


>From: "Don Brown" <the8thsamurai at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: Toronto line-up so far
>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 02:42:59 -0000
>
>No, I meant Miike's film called "Audition", and its climax which explores
>fascinating new directions in podiatry.
>Koroshiya No. 1 sounds interesting, without knowing a lot about it(?).
>I've heard it sticks fairly closely to its manga origins, but then again
>Miike's work has often been described as steeped in manga aesthetics.
>Anyone caught his zombie musical yet?
>So you've seen Koroshiya No. 1, and now my friend back home in New Zealand
>has just seen Ishii Sogo's "Electric Dragon 80000" at the Auckland
>International Film Festival.  And here I am in Osaka, having seen neither
>of them.  Funny, for some reason I thought being in Japan would make it
>easier for me to see Japanese movies.  Not necessarily the case.
>Opinions on "Electric Dragon", anybody?
>Don Brown
>
>>From: "Julien Seveon" <js97 at hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>Subject: Re: Toronto line-up so far
>>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:15:11
>>
>>I'm not sure, but are you talking about the "new" Miike film, Ichi
>>The
>>Killer ? I've seen it two weeks ago and must admit that the level of
>>violence is indeed pretty high. At first the film rather look as a
>>very dark
>>comedy than a straight nasty violent film - although the gore scenes
>>are
>>only attended for strong at heart viewers ! But, after a while, the
>>violence
>>really get to me and by the end I was really feeling bad. I don't
>>want to
>>say too much about it, in order not to give up any surprise, but the
>>final
>>scenes were just too much for me. Did I like the movie ? I'm not
>>sure
>>exactly what to think of it. If you're looking for a good shocker
>>then Ichi
>>is a film you don't want to miss. Otherwise most people would
>>probably want
>>to stay away from it.
>>In any case Miike is definitly the most surprising director I've
>>ever seen !
>>
>>Julien S?v?on
>
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