Hi, Audition really got me, I saw it maybe 5 times in the cinema. I liked the contrast of the "normal live", the house he lives in (suburban quite live with descant furniture) and his whole surrounding with his son and his girlfriend, and the things that go around, uh, maybe in his head, or eh what, i don't know, just the contrast you know. I am not so convinced that the end had to be like it was, so visual, but as the shockeffect it did its purpose. it was actually more of a releave that it came, to have suddently something that you could grab, even if it was much more than you expected, where the rest of the film was very surreal, for that purpose, it worked. I didn't like dead or alive so much, but graveyard of honour is really good too, in a similar way. I say in a similar way, although everything in it is just the opposite. The whole film is pretty violent, lots of shooting and cool guestures. But there is this one scene, just done very wonderfull, very calm and silent (one of the best taking drugs scene i have seen, better than pulp fiction or in the movie of that pi guy), it is the most horrible scene in that movie and gives a different perspective on the film watched so far. And in contrast, where audition is pretty warmly filmed (home, friend etc), but you are chilly the same time, graveyard of honour is pretty cool and cold, but somehow it gives you warmth. I am not saying it is better than audition, it just is very interesting to see both and see how in so many ways he can use his language. And I think it is more than coool man, lots of torture torture, I think he is really really gifted. He does use a very popular language, but is able to reveal so much, of the viewer (well, me). From the count, he makes movies like others write emails, and i don't know if he has a trend or anything, or if all are comparable. maybe another poll idea, no stop stop arthur Zach Steiner wrote:
I just finished watching the Japanese movie Audition...uhhh...I don't know what to say. Any opinions?
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