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A complete Lovecraftian noir-nightmare, painting the eyes over with a neon haze. Overdosing on testosterone bursting at the seams, a conjunctive allusive pollution that’s enough to make one vomit— all paired with a title that’s as indulgent as it comes off to be.
The expectations of Refn are perfectly met with Copenhagen Cowboy. Despite fulfilling that niche, Refn is very much…
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Thematic creativity weighed- but not anchored- by self-aware frustration; ambitious Nature labels it as a staple within its class—
The enchanting horror of creation provides impulsive disgust, as well as intrigue, towards the complexity of natural intelligence and purpose. Where there is beauty: there is corruption, there is evil, there is sin.
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‘ Mountains swallow you,
I separated myself…
Embracing manga storytelling into a live action format, Electric Dragon 80.000 V is Chaos Incarnate.
For comparison’s sake of Ishi’s other work, this film is the polar opposite of August in the Water. With the latter being the embodiment of the earth and the universe, highlighting the assigned roles to all matter in existence and the calm mysticism in life, Electric Dragon is an unhinged force: literally releasing the restraints that we subconsciously bare onto ourselves.
Inspiration from manga is…
During the waning Edo Period and a time of peace, 13 Assassins details the last breath of the samurai era.
Miike, contrary to his past films, tells a classic tale of redemption and retaliation against the epitome of sin. Recently with modernity, this could be his embrace of that traditionalism.
With this peaceful age, the path of the samurai had begun to fade; political affairs were the reliance of conflicts. Only against a force of contradicting nature of peace and…
