Radical Film

oppaizaya:

look at how happy she is OuO

wolfymcwolfwolf:

on an asian horror movie kick.

fuckyeahtakashimiike:

Takashi Miike card.

From the Masters of Horror DVD of Imprint.

kayteekaiser:

Audition (2001)

weiweiponpon:

My Favorite Horror Movies

オーディション | Audition

yuekatou:

Loved both the book and the movie. Sick, but appealing at the same time.

Audition Takashi Miike

The horror and gore elements are obviously unconventional, but I believe the plot is the most radical part of this film.

We have a villain, but she doesn’t really explain her reasoning very well. Because of what her ballet teacher did to her, she goes on a rampage killing any man that shows the slightest interest in her? It just might be me, but that’s probably the most mediocre reasoning of manslaughter I’ve ever heard of. 

I can see why she got revenge on the teacher, but I don’t understand why she kept going. 

Why did she wait so long to attempt to kill the father? She could’ve did it while they were alone on vacation, but instead, waits to get back and seeks her revenge. But for someone who obviously put a lot of planning into the torture, why didn’t she try to find out that he had a son that could possibly walk in on her doing horrible things to his father?

So I found Asami in general to be the most Radical character I have ever come across in my 19 years of watching movies. 

But as for the technical elements, I found it strange how little we actually saw of the torture, yet it had such a large effect on most viewers. 

Also, the plotline was non-linear with how the father appeared in her apartment despite never having being there, along with the restaurant scene, him waking up on vacation and the ballet studio. Because of the language barrier and our disorientation in general, some might have trouble following the fact none of that was actually real.

But of course the gore was the most unconventional part, mostly because of Asami’s enjoyment of it. Horror directors with some of the most cringe worthy, nightmare inducing gore films I have ever witnessed, Eli Roth (Hostel) and Rob Zombie (House of 1000 corpses) even said that the torture sequence was hard for them to watch, which is saying something. 

When it premiered at  the Rotterdam Film Festival 2000, there were a record number of walkouts and someone even fainted while watching it in Sweden, having needed medical attention.