looking for articles on Miike

Mark Nornes amnornes
Tue Jan 10 01:17:47 EST 2006


On Jan 10, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Colin Geddes wrote:

> I am looking for some articles on Takeshi Miike to prove to a 
> television broadcaster that the violence in his films are not 
> gratuitous.

Ah, isn't that Miike's approach to violence in a nutshell?!?

 From the Oxford Thesaurus:

gratuitous  ?adjective 1. gratuitous violence  UNJUSTIFIED, uncalled 
for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue; indefensible, unjustifiable; 
needless, unnecessary, inessential, unmerited, groundless, senseless, 
wanton, indiscriminate; excessive, immoderate, inordinate, 
inappropriate.

If his violence wasn't all these things and more more more more more, 
no one would care about his films. Good luck. Public broadcast would 
mean the violence reached perfection!

Markus---always ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence

PS: Finally, saw DOA 2 and Final this week. If the violence weren't so 
gratuitous I never would have made it through either of them. 
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