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Ichi the Killer 2001
“You’re the greatest pervert of all.”
Masochism and sadism, innate aptitudes whose influence in life many of us pointlessly attempt to ignore. There is value to be found in pain, its reception and infliction an undeniably integral part of our experience. We are drawn to it. But what happens when S/M transcends morality and becomes an inhumane obsession? How does one even identify that line?
Ichi the Killer seems to me the opposite side of the coin to Miike’s Audition.…
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Southland Tales 2006
Media’s unrelenting cynicism towards the masses transformed into a haunting, biblical epic. A study in national trauma through eerily tangible dystopia and Kelly’s signature metaphysical obsessions.
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Infinity Pool 2023
The wealthy paying their sins away, exploiting poorer nations as tropical getaways, where they escape their issues in grotesque celebration of self, only serving to devalue themselves and the world around them. Brandon certainly has his father’s eye, lingering on closeups of skin and orifices, as well as hypnotic spaces both natural and man-made, keeping things visually engaging even when the plot gets a bit muddy. Seems to me like Brandon went on some “exotic” vacations in the past (either as a child with his parents or on his own) and rightfully hasn’t been able to ignore the moral conflict they present.
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