takashi miike

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL was pretty awesome. Warning - super long, overstuffed, and gratuitous, and that's just I wanted to see.

watching Blade of the Immortal

man and I thought I loved 13 Assassins. This one is even more ott but with an added layer of grotesque fairytale, i am loving it.

better than 13 Assassins?

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/499/679/770.gif

maaaaybe? i’m not sure yet

easily on par tho

it’s like 13 Assassins but at operatic levels.
Blade is more complicated & emotional, which i love, but god the simplicity of 13 Assassins was so good it’s hard to beat it. it’s hard to fault either film on their own merits though.

i’m still reeeling from this. the hurt-fight scene chroeography is sooooo crazy-good & the acting is so convincing. and the music! . and the revenge triangle climax is so fkn beautiful & desolate

ugh. love!

^^Just noticed this was on Netflix! it's as tremendously fun, OTT and gory as you'd expect. also appreciated the ridiculous anime fashion/hairstyles (shout out to lady assassin in bright purple yukata and platform sandals) being translated into live action.

Is it a different cut to the UK dvd because that was a 15 and you could see how some shots had been cut early?

(oh, are you talking blade... Or 13 assassins? I'm talking 13 assassins)

Was talking about blade, yeah

My bf was like "hey look Ichi The Killer is getting a re-release" and I said "you like Takeshi Miike?" and he said "I haven't seen any of his films" and I said "omg don't read ANYTHING about Audition, you just have to walk into it cold". That same evening we ordered in food and I turned on Audition and he got really angry when it was over, he said "you're a fucking jerk" and I said "why? you didn't like the movie?" and he said "no, I feel like you're an older kid who is bullying me at school, you do this all the time" and then I spoke the next day with my therapist about larger personality-defects in myself (tendencies toward smugness and sanctimony)

Anyway I'm gonna show him Blade Of The Immortal tonight

Kudos, that's a story

hahaha, i love that story
i kind of have to agree with your BF though as much as I love Audition

Yakuza Apocalypse man

A little long but as nuts as you can hope for.

But you could almost make a normal person watch it!

watched Dead or Alive yesterday. i stood in my living room and applauded upon its conclusion.

I don't think it ever tops the long opening sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-dyjACbB0

https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/first-love
Monday NYC Q&A with Miike

maybe it's sold out because the 7:10 show doesn't appear for monday or tuesday

whoops, that was weeks ago. mb!

Forty minutes into Blade of the Immortal I am intrigued but hope I don’t fall asleep.

i dont think you will imo