Patriarch -- What I remember most vividly is the showpiece scene of the guy suspended from meathooks and tortured. That's the one that had me hiding behind the sofa.

David -- Ick indeed. The film is the movie equivalent of real balls-out, heedless rock and roll, only with a degree of technical wizardry you don't often see in rock. I've got some taste for that kind of thing, but I don't find it hard to understand why some people may not.

Dirk -- That's a nice description/evocation/explanation of Visitor Q! I liked it too, and for similar reasons. I also liked it for being a demo of how wild a movie can be made on a (if I remember right) $60 thousand budget and with digital video. Far out stuff!

Jon -- "Happiness of the Katakuris" was pretty darned far out too. I can't say it worked for me, though. I was bemused and amused by it, but I wasn't transported the way I was with some of the other Miikes. It sounds like it worked for you, though, which is nice to hear. He's quite a talent. I've read that he's even made children's movies. I wonder what those are like.

Posted by: Michael Blowhard on June 15, 2006 10:46 AM

Also, I should point out that he has a "kids'" movie at the New York Asian Film Festival, which starts this weekend: The Great Yokai War.

There doesn't seem to be as much "extreme" stuff at the AFF this year as there has been in previous years, although this movie looks pretty nutty.

Posted by: Jon Hastings on June 15, 2006 11:48 AM






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