Martha Fischer (sakana@stlnet.com)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:39:00 -0500
sonatine and hana-bi are two of the most staggeringly
beautiful films i've ever seen. i went from wanting to leave
hana-bi because it was SO nonlinear to being utterly
transfixed. i suppose they are somewhat hard-boiled, though
i'd never thought of them in that context before...anyone
going in expecting to see something that resembles american
films of that genre (is it a genre?) is going to be very
confused, at the very least...
interestingly, kitano has recently sworn off violence
completely. granted, he's only made one film since making
that pledge, but what i've read indicates that, so far, he's
sticking to it.
martha sakana@stlnet.com
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Speaking of Japanese hardboiled/noir, Beat Takeshi Kitano has
made several harsh movies. Violent Cop makes the most of
Kitano's appearance, he looks kind of like a Japanese version
of Charles Bronson. Sonatine, which had been released in the
US by Tarantino's Rolling Thunder, is a bizarre Yakuza flick.
And Fireworks (Hanna Bi) follows a cop after his partner is
shot and his wife becomes terminally ill. All of his films I
have seen explore that area where Zen and existentialism seen
to meet.
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