Hokuto No Ken (Fist Of The North Star)

henke on 18/6/2009 at 09:46

Many times. :) That's defenitely my fave Gondry film.

massimilianogoi on 18/6/2009 at 14:49

Quote Posted by EvaUnit02

Don't bother with Vexille and Appleseed: Ex Machina (or the original for that matter). Watch Paprika instead (in addition to Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue).

Paprika??????? Never knew about that.. Was this an anime? Here in Italy is a sotf porn movie by that pig of Tinto Brass ahhaahahahaah

EvaUnit02 on 18/6/2009 at 15:02

Quote Posted by massimilianogoi

Paprika??????? Never knew about that.. Was this an anime? Here in Italy is a sotf porn movie by that pig of Tinto Brass ahhaahahahaah

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/)

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL2SCtuQ8bA) The Opening Credits alone speak volumes.

It's absolutely criminal that Susumu Hirasawa has worked on so few film scores, he's brilliant.

(http://img3.imageshack.us/i/paprikafilm.jpg/)

Inline Image:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1506/paprikafilm.jpg

Also I can't recommend Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue enough. Superb pieces of cinema.

Koki on 18/6/2009 at 15:12

Are you trying to say the music is good?

SeriousCallersOnly on 18/6/2009 at 16:30

Wasn't perfect blue a porn rape movie where i was embarrassed to go to, because unknowingly to me i had a female class collegue in the movie.

"That? Oh i went to the Akira feature".

EvaUnit02 on 18/6/2009 at 17:35

Quote Posted by SeriousCallersOnly

Wasn't perfect blue a porn rape movie where i was embarrassed to go to, because unknowingly to me i had a female class collegue in the movie.

"That? Oh i went to the Akira feature".

HAHA, no. You might be thinking of Electric Blue or something.

Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue was one of the best Hitchcockian thrillers in decades.

EDIT: Ugh, that was sarcasm that I failed to detect, wasn't it?

june gloom on 18/6/2009 at 18:08

You're thinking of La Blue Girl. Why I know this is a mystery.

Queue on 18/6/2009 at 19:28

Quote Posted by dethtoll

You're thinking of La Blue Girl. Why I know this is a mystery.

Oh yeah--I remember that one.

Muzman on 18/6/2009 at 21:58

Quote Posted by SeriousCallersOnly

Wasn't perfect blue a porn rape movie where i was embarrassed to go to, because unknowingly to me i had a female class collegue in the movie.

Well unless she was a cartoon character, then no.

Coincidentally it does have the most brilliantly unsettling non-rape scene (and a lot of other really clever stuff that would set the european arthouse scene ablaze).
It's amazing no one's remade it. The whole "Starlet Industry" has become pretty much this film some time ago.

Aerothorn on 18/6/2009 at 23:28

Netflix *still* doesn't have Perfect Blue and I'm on an island where one cannot rent these things...it's very annoying.

So, while we're speaking of Satoshi Kon, has anyone seen Paranoia Agent?