Yes. Both very good. Def recommendations though if you're of the squemish variety, you prolly won't like them.
It's been years since I saw it but I remember liking it a lot. The way it was shot, the story and the ultraviolence. Did you not like it?
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Yes. Both very good. Def recommendations though if you're of the squemish variety, you prolly won't like them.
It's been years since I saw it but I remember liking it a lot. The way it was shot, the story and the ultraviolence. Did you not like it?
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I thought it was one of the more realistically shot movies of its kind. Realistic enough to make it stomach-turning in some cases (like the rape scene with the couple, and the footage of the next morning), but it was kept tongue-in-cheek enough to not let that overpower the whole thing. The scene where he shot the guy at his birthday party and everyone just acted like nothing had happened was something else. Definitely an interesting one, but again not for the squeamish really.
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Seen OldBoy and Thirst? How about the Girl with the Dragoon Tatoo original trilogy, and the original Let the Right One In? How about Casshern? Also, I already mentioned City of God, Sanjuro, and Seven Samurai.
Those are some of my favorite foreign flicks. Of course, if you count anime there's a ton more.
Yeah man. I remember the rape scene now. Maybe it's because I don't have children, but I don't have any sort of issues with ultraviolent scenes though, I can no longer watch death videos on the interwebs...I've had my fill.
Yes on Old Boy and Thirst. I think the Koreans put out some great movies...though not of the same genre, I really liked Mother. And Memories of Murder is great too. Let The Right One In was good. I have not heard of Casshern...added to my list.
Have you seen We Need To Talk About Kevin? ****. So damn good. Also, the Pusher trilogy is decent.
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I've seen Memories of Murder (own the DVD, actually). Haven't seen any of the others you mentioned.
As for Casshern, it was one of the first movies to be shot almost entirely in front of green screen, a la Sin City. As such, the visuals are impressive, and it has a very dream-like quality to it. FWIW, the American release version cut 20 minutes from the film, get the Japanese release if possible. Also, I was extremely impressed with the acting of Akira Terao, who plays the male lead's father. Casshern is the only movie I've ever seen him in.
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Huh, well Roger Ebert certainly spoke highly of it. He wrote about the film as one of his "great movies" in 1998, and says this near the end:
"Woman in the Dunes” seemed to disappear for years. I tried to rent it for film classes, and couldn't. At Teshigahara's school in Tokyo, I was told vaguely by a translator that the master had chosen to look in new directions, instead of back at his old work. But now a fresh print has been released by Milestone, an American company dedicated to rescuing films, and seeing the film in 35 mm., I found it as radical, hard-edged and challenging as when I first saw it.
I'll definitely have to look into this one. Reading Ebert's review, it sounds like exactly the kind of thing I like.
Are we going foreign?
If so I would say Tokyo Story, Flavor of green tea over rice, anything by Ozu... can literally watch his movies all day & all night.
I would recommend Old Boy to everyone. Has the most ridiculous twist I have ever seen in a movie.
