Tetsuo is on my to watch list, hoping to get the DVD soon.
I've seen a couple of Miike movies (Audition and Ichi The Killer) and I didn't see much surrealism in them. Which of his films are surreal? And what are the songs like in Katakuris?
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Tetsuo is on my to watch list, hoping to get the DVD soon.
I've seen a couple of Miike movies (Audition and Ichi The Killer) and I didn't see much surrealism in them. Which of his films are surreal? And what are the songs like in Katakuris?
Tetsuo is on my to watch list, hoping to get the DVD soon.
I've seen a couple of Miike movies (Audition and Ichi The Killer) and I didn't see much surrealism in them. Which of his films are surreal? And what are the songs like in Katakuris?
This is the opening of the Happiness of the Katakuris. It has nothing to do with the rest of the film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znDyRqu7CMs&feature=related
Visitor Q is also pretty out there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_Q
Then there is IZO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZryCCvg5z8&feature=related
Here is also a trailer for Happiness of the Katakuris that pretty much covers everything
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Is the onle song in Katakuri's the one in the opening.
Visitor Q certainlly seems out there in it's content and the fact it's meant to be a comedy (wouldn't know, haven't seen it)
IZO looks quite good, big samurai fantasy epic thing right? Although it reccieved very mixed reviews so I'm just wondering if it's worth checking out.
Does the Beatles "Yellow Submarine" qualify?
Nope there are a lot of song's in the Katakuri's its part musical/part dark comedy. When it comes to Takashi Miike Ichi the Killer and Audition are probably his most popular and normal works. 90% of the rest of his film work is definitely out there. Take for example his movie Dead or Alive. The entire film takes itself seriously as a standard yakuza/gangster film. There is nothing sci-fi or fantastical about it. THen out of no where in the end of the movie one of the gangsters rips his arm off. Pulls a rocket launcher out of no where. Meanwhile the other gangster summons a giant fireball. The rocket hits the fireball causing an explosion that destroys the world. The end. Up until those last 7 minutes the entire movie is a straight faced serious gangster movie. Why did Takashi Miike make such a surreal ending? Because F*ck it he is Takashi Miike and he doesn't like his movies to have coherant endings.
Here is the ending for the record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTlbulbVo8c
Make sure to read the comments.
And then there is Sukiyaki Western Django
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-TGaGa3QAc
Just to clarify this is a Japanese Sphagetti Western tribute remake filmed entirely with terrible English dialogue of a Western remake (For a Few Dollars) of the Japanese film Yojimbo. Again why would Takashi Miike make a Japanese film entirely in English that not even westerners could understand? Because Takashi Miike doesn't care about logic. That is why I love him.
All Cronenberg, all Gilliam, all Lynch, everything based on PK Dick's stories.
Naked Lunch
Brazil
The Wall
Crash (Spader)
Fight Club
Waking Life
Vanilla Sky (and its Spanish original version)
Dark City
and I almost forgot:
Jacob's Ladder
... and all Charlie Kaufman's stuff
Naked Lunch
Brazil
The Wall
Crash (Spader)
Fight Club
Waking Life
Vanilla Sky (and its Spanish original version)
Dark City
and I almost forgot:
Jacob's Ladder
... and all Charlie Kaufman's stuff
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Here is a Taste of some surreal stuff Im working on.. Final mix will be different. I have some pickup shots to do and will add some voices etc... I think it's a bit too dark in areas. Still looks good on tha big screen though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5WGxfHqFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5WGxfHqFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Saeavj0b37Y&hd=1
Naked Lunch I wanna get, same for Brazil, not heard of The Wall, got fight club on DVD but not watched it yet. Heard of Dark City and Vanilla Sky (although I'm not sure where from)
Charlie Kaufman?
Pink Floyd, The Wall. Man did you smoke dope all thru the 70's & 80s like I did ? Or mebbe you are too young
You want surreal? Check out NATURAL BORN KILLERS.
Pink Floyd's the wall in it's entirety.
16 OK ...Stay away from pot mmkay, it's baad, really really baad mkay ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNM7j_ppHI
16 OK ...Stay away from pot mmkay, it's baad, really really baad mkay ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNM7j_ppHI
TOMMY by The Who.
DR. STRANGLOVE
DR. STRANGLOVE
Un Chien Andalou - Bunuel (1928)
L'Age D'Or - Bunuel (1930)
Vertigo - Htichcock (1958)
The Exterminating Angel - Bunuel (1962)
Taxi Driver - Scorcese (1976)
(most works by Bunuel contain Surreal elements. David Lynch is very similar to Bunuel in style as well, but it appears that you have seen enough films by Lynch. Fellini's films also contain surreal elements, to a minimal extent sort of.)
Why don't you venture into the cinematic sub-genre of Film Noirs. I will ensure that you will have an excellent experience watching Film Noirs, as they contain some of the elements of Surreal Films.
By the way I'm only 15 years old, and I find classic cinema as being superior to modern cinema, unlike most nowadays teenagers, as one may say.
Cheers, Arian
L'Age D'Or - Bunuel (1930)
Vertigo - Htichcock (1958)
The Exterminating Angel - Bunuel (1962)
Taxi Driver - Scorcese (1976)
(most works by Bunuel contain Surreal elements. David Lynch is very similar to Bunuel in style as well, but it appears that you have seen enough films by Lynch. Fellini's films also contain surreal elements, to a minimal extent sort of.)
Why don't you venture into the cinematic sub-genre of Film Noirs. I will ensure that you will have an excellent experience watching Film Noirs, as they contain some of the elements of Surreal Films.
By the way I'm only 15 years old, and I find classic cinema as being superior to modern cinema, unlike most nowadays teenagers, as one may say.
Cheers, Arian
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