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May 14:
From Takeshi Kitano to Tomoyuki Tanaka.
Battle Royale is the most shocking, mind-numbing movie I've seen in my life, bar none. In Arnold's words, "it's the Clockwork Orange of this generation".
Thundering out of Japan with the momentum of a runaway bullet train, Battle Royale is a unique action flick that roars onto the screen with the subtlety of a shotgun blast to the head. In a near-future Japan ravaged by economic collapse, the powers-that-be control rebellious youth through a violent competition. Every so often, a class of ninth-graders is selected at random to be dropped on a remote island. All of the kids are armed to the teeth, with the expectation that after three days, only one of them will be alive.
Think "Lord of the Flies" meets "Survivor", but darkly funny (yes, strangely enough) in a unique Japanese way. Download the trailer and movie clips for a sneak peek.
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Incidentally, the lead guy in Battle Royale is Takeshi Kitano -- more popularly known in the Philippines as Beat Takeshi in the campy Takeshi's Castle. Remember that show?
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 | Fantastic Plastic Machine is performing in Manila! Tickets are available for P350 at Tower Records. Is every-body hap-py? |
(Thanks for the info, Ramon & Neva).
A couple of years ago in Etherea (nyc), skinny bespectacled shop clerk guy ala "Dick" in High Fidelity eyes Sushi CDs in my hand and drawls "So you like Shibuya-kei yeah? Tanaka was here shopping for 7" records an hour ago". Star-struck me almost dropped my (still unpaid for) discs. At least now Arn and I will get a chance to see him in person, performing at that. Is every-body hap-py? (reverb)
6 comments
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Anj: hehe, I can
Nic: Why thank you for
Eloisa: All I know is
Posted by Cynthia |
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cynthia: no, it's just an email address ^^;; do you know where i can find any more info on the FPM concert though?
Posted by eloisa |
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battle royale... campy :) it actually had a regular run at local theaters last year (or was it the year before). that's why i love local cinema, in spite of the cost. asian dvds are cheap here too, and 1'm not talking about the *pirated* kind. shaolin soccer is only around PhP 500. i *might* go home in a few weeks, if you or your hunny have some disc requests, i'll be glad to get them (if i can find them).
Posted by nic |
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i was such a little kid when takeshi's castle came out. i remember imitatitng the stunts using a mattress as a prop.
Posted by anj |
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Eloisa: we just
Posted by Cynthia |
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battle royale looks good, dammit, where do you rent this stuff?! XD and would you happen to know when the fantastic plastic machine concert will be?
Posted by eloisa |