Why Don't You Play In Hell

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Thanks to Bloody Disgusting for digging this up...

Here's the teaser trailer for Shion Sono's latest:

Yup. I'm all over this. Hits in Japan on 9/28/13 so I'm sure we're a ways off from a domestic release.

Nice to see Tak Sakaguchi show up here.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Nice.....

He is STILL consistently the ONLY director whose movies continue to interest me...and whose movies GENUINELY surprise me whenever I see a new one.

He is FAB!...and I am looking forward to this one greatly...

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Drafthouse Films grabbed the rights to this one.

[47lab Guest Find all posts View Profile Close 47lab]

Good news. Drafthouse Films did a nice job with PIETA in terms of the blu ray release. The same with GRACELAND as well. No complaints from me about the PQ or encoding.

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If you're bored but like Sono, kill time by reading this write up on the movie with some input from the director.

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Fumi Nikaido is interviewed about working with Sono over at Twitch today.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

This one was disappointing for me....

Still good....but disappointing compared to his earlier efforts....

[Takuma Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Takuma]

Yeah, I had same feelings. The opening was insanely good, but then it just went on and on until the disgraceful CGI bloodbath ruined it all (well, not all, but still). I can't understand why would Sono make a tribute to 35mm film, and then fill it with lame computer graphics? The ending theme song was terrible as well, like from any z-grade mainstream teen flick...

Fumi Nikaido, however, was fantastic! Easily the best thing about the film! She's also wonderful in Kumakiri's new incest drama My Man (2014), where she acts the lead role with Tadanobu Asano (in his best role in years).

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[Takuma Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Takuma]

What the hell was that music?

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Coming 1/27/15.

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[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

I just rented this today. I am gonna see it later tonight and report back here what I thought.

[Takuma Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Takuma]

I'm being quoted in the Finnish back-cover it seems. Three star review, the quote is only slightly out of context (nothing compared to when they quoted me saying "laugh-out-loud moments come frequently" the RoboGeisha cover when the original was "However, RoboGeisha is not a total failure. Laugh-out-loud moments come frequently and..." I love these guys )

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I just rented this today. I am gonna see it later tonight and report back here what I thought.

Could you also confirm the running time? The Finnish DVD cover says 115 min, but the Japanese theatrical version was 130 min. Probably a mistake, however, 119 min version does also exist (was shown on some festivals, without ending credits apparently).