This Letterboxd account was created on September 24th, 2014.
I was 19 years old, just started college, and had seen around 800 films.
At the time, I was already keen on tracking what I watched on myanimelist.net and wondered why a similar website didn’t exist for films. Likeminded aficionados eventually directed me to Letterboxd, and I’ve been an ambassador ever since.
Today my account is 10 years old.
I’m 29 now and have seen over 2700 films, many of which…
To my friends,
This one has been a long time coming, please indulge me.
While I’m not known for my focus and commitment to things like academics, I tend to overcompensate where my interests are concerned. Back in 2013, this manifested in me compulsively working my way through a considerable number of anime (rather than studying for my high school finals). "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" was among the first I watched.
Since you’re probably unfamiliar, “The [blank] of Haruhi…
The joy of finding a new passion as a youth. Had my soul grinning. Shame it felt the need to introduce superfluous conflict that undoes that spirit.
Big waste in my opinion.
Sion Sono -「Absurdity into Madness」
*sits down*
*puts on glasses*
*sips coffee*
*sighs deeply*
Well... At least I got that over with.
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#4 Teachers of Sexual Play: Modelling Vessels with the Female Body (2000)
Porn.
With some clay involved.
In that aspect the synopsis is pretty much spot on.
People make urns and have sex with each other.
Before starting this journey I was well aware that Sono was a pervert, but I also knew that he was storyteller.…
Sion Sono -「Absurdity into Madness」
Now this is what I've been waiting for.
Definitely worth looking forward to.
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#9 Strange Circus (2005)
If you ask me, this is without a doubt the best entry in this journey so far in every conceivable way, which makes 'Strange Circus' the first Sono film I'd be comfortable recommending for everyone to watch. (So far) it's the best writing and directing he's done.
The total opposite of last week, when I said that…
