Modern Japanese films (or rather, Post-modern)

Garland · 03-04-2005, 02:57 AM

I don't know how many of you guys follow Japanese cinema lately, but a whole bunch of stuff has been released in recent years that's cutting edge.
9 Souls...great.
Takashi Miike films...great. (he did; Ichi the Killer, Dead or Alive, a whole bunch of other really bizarre films)
A snake of June, Tetsuo, and all of the other cyber-flesh films (forgot the director's name...really bizarre stuff.)
2LDK? good film a'la pulp fiction vs. single white female.
Of course anything directed by Takeshi Kitano...
and anything starring Tadanobu Asano.

Tom Yum · 03-04-2005, 05:32 AM

I've seen:

Shall We Dance (the original)
Ringu
Lost in Translation

...and that's it.

Garland · 03-04-2005, 06:42 AM

Bro...Foreign films is da shiznit.

Rent; Sympathy for the Underdog
and
9 Souls.
You NEED to for personal gain.

jubaji · 03-04-2005, 09:57 AM

Anyone enjoy Juon?

Sensei Saki · 03-04-2005, 09:57 AM

I've been waiting for you.

jubaji · 03-04-2005, 10:00 AM

Or what about Onmyoji? Very enjoyable film.

osopardo · 03-04-2005, 09:43 PM

Shaolin Soccer

My name is Bruce Li

MatthewAlphonso · 03-05-2005, 12:38 AM

I recently watched Casshern, a very interesting film. awesome fight scenes, great story, and it carries a message.

Hikage · 03-05-2005, 09:01 PM

Since we seem to have progressed from Japanese films to foreign films, anyone catch "Les Visateurs?" American film did a remake of it recently. Unfortunately, I cannot remember what we called it. It was a comedy about a knight and his squire who are teleported to a modern time. The French did a much better job of making the knight much more realistic and believable than the cartoonish knight the americans made. American film is too cliche' and too Disney"ish".

-Hikage

Garland · 03-05-2005, 09:19 PM

Ah....old German "Faust" directed by Fritz Land (M, Metropolis)
or anything by Werner Herzog....ummmmm

Tom Yum · 03-06-2005, 06:45 PM

Hey Garland, I've got your copy of la blue girl....jj.

Hikage · 03-06-2005, 08:37 PM

Garland,

I would not have taken you for a cultured man. I am impressed and humbled.

-Hikage

aseepish · 03-07-2005, 01:14 AM

The late Juzo Itami's movies - Tampopo, A Taxing Woman, the Funeral.
Miyazaki's Animes - Castle of Cagliostro is my favourite
Shohei Imamura's Unagi (the Eel)

From Hong Kong, anything by Wong Kar Wai with Maggie Cheung.

American remakes... shudder. Taxi... Shall We Dance...

Garland · 03-07-2005, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hikage

Garland,

I would not have taken you for a cultured man. I am impressed and humbled.

-Hikage

Don't take it too seriously. Besides occasionally whetting my pallet on the finer things in life, and occasionally attending classes and lectures, and some of the more pretentious events and life's little pleasures various institutions have to offer...I still find time to be a damn dirty bastard.
Well...I'm 19, so...not much time left. Seize the day, muthafuckas.

OctaviousBP · 03-11-2005, 12:11 AM

Uzumaki... beware the spiral!

03-04-2005, 02:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
Garland Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 5,011 Groans: 1 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Modern Japanese films (or rather, Post-modern) I don't know how many of you guys follow Japanese cinema lately, but a whole bunch of stuff has been released in recent years that's cutting edge. 9 Souls...great. Takashi Miike films...great. (he did; Ichi the Killer, Dead or Alive, a whole bunch of other really bizarre films) A snake of June, Tetsuo, and all of the other cyber-flesh films (forgot the director's name...really bizarre stuff.) 2LDK? good film a'la pulp fiction vs. single white female. Of course anything directed by Takeshi Kitano... and anything starring Tadanobu Asano. __________________ homo homini lupus

03-04-2005, 05:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,304 Groans: 1 Groaned at 3 Times in 3 Posts	I've seen: Shall We Dance (the original) Ringu Lost in Translation ...and that's it. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it.

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Garland Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 5,011 Groans: 1 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bro...Foreign films is da shiznit. Rent; Sympathy for the Underdog and 9 Souls. You NEED to for personal gain. __________________ homo homini lupus

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jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,790 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Anyone enjoy Juon? __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

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jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,790 Groans: 0 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post	Or what about Onmyoji? Very enjoyable film. __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

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Sensei Saki "Endless Wisdom" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 781 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've been waiting for you.

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osopardo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hurricane Alley Posts: 170,033 Posts: 1,920 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Shaolin Soccer My name is Bruce Li __________________ Le Bear Extraordinaire! *Mike Brewer's 2008 Athleticon Challenge!!!* Pushups Completed: 5 1/2 Situps Completed: Does using my hands count?

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MatthewAlphonso Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 177 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I recently watched Casshern, a very interesting film. awesome fight scenes, great story, and it carries a message. __________________ That which doesn't kill me had better be able to run damned fast. ~Anon~

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Hikage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern PA Posts: 543 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Since we seem to have progressed from Japanese films to foreign films, anyone catch "Les Visateurs?" American film did a remake of it recently. Unfortunately, I cannot remember what we called it. It was a comedy about a knight and his squire who are teleported to a modern time. The French did a much better job of making the knight much more realistic and believable than the cartoonish knight the americans made. American film is too cliche' and too Disney"ish". -Hikage __________________ -=It's like a door open and closed=- -= "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit." =-

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Garland Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 5,011 Groans: 1 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Ah....old German "Faust" directed by Fritz Land (M, Metropolis) or anything by Werner Herzog....ummmmm __________________ homo homini lupus

03-06-2005, 06:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,304 Groans: 1 Groaned at 3 Times in 3 Posts	Hey Garland, I've got your copy of la blue girl....jj. __________________ Love it, leave it or fix it.

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Hikage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Southern PA Posts: 543 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Garland, I would not have taken you for a cultured man. I am impressed and humbled. -Hikage __________________ -=It's like a door open and closed=- -= "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit." =-

03-07-2005, 01:14 AM	#13 (permalink)
aseepish Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,638 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	The late Juzo Itami's movies - Tampopo, A Taxing Woman, the Funeral. Miyazaki's Animes - Castle of Cagliostro is my favourite Shohei Imamura's Unagi (the Eel) From Hong Kong, anything by Wong Kar Wai with Maggie Cheung. American remakes... shudder. Taxi... Shall We Dance... __________________ "It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar

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OctaviousBP Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 267 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Uzumaki... beware the spiral!

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