tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32663695728181976.post296564185084654571..comments2024-03-28T12:26:10.442+00:00Comments on Love Without Anger: REVIEW: KotokoDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826489000993422894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32663695728181976.post-50393045565999127062021-10-25T02:34:16.186+01:002021-10-25T02:34:16.186+01:00Thanks for writiingThanks for writiingRosemary Qhttps://www.rosemaryquinn.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32663695728181976.post-55204432714735613942013-06-26T12:27:53.621+01:002013-06-26T12:27:53.621+01:00Haha I heard about the new Devo release and saw th...Haha I heard about the new Devo release and saw this in the related articles. I'm glad someone else has the same taste in bloody weird.<br /><br />Asano seems to have a very limited acting capability. He's much louder in Sogo Ishii's "Electric Dragon" if you can/want to check a copy of that. I'm used to that approach--Kitano does it ALL the time.<br /><br />(Also I'm a Cronenberg fan and I absolutely loved the autopsy aspect of Vital, so perhaps I'm a little biased.)<br /><br />Thanks for that info; I heard good things about their Tetsuo printing but the only Third Window I own is KOTOKO (and I own the Tartan releases of his other films myself). I suppose they do a good job?<br /><br />(and on a sidenote, I absolutely agree: I can't wait to see where he goes next. He's getting more mature and has been since...well, Vital.)Ponyboy Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32663695728181976.post-8592571573700976612013-06-26T09:49:31.313+01:002013-06-26T09:49:31.313+01:00Firstly, thanks for reading and for commenting. Me...Firstly, thanks for reading and for commenting. Means a lot that someone out there actually reads what I put out.<br /><br />As for Vital, maybe it was the Tadanobu Asano (who plays the lead) 'silent cool' acting style that rubbed me the wrong way... I loved him in Ichi The Killer but that's about it. I have to admit I liked Vital alot more the second time round but overall I'm not a big fan of it... my girlfriend absolutely despised it!<br /><br />Yeah, Third Window are doing Bullet Ballet too which apparently comes out on Christmas Day! I watched Tokyo Fist again recently and the burnt-in subtitles are awful.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826489000993422894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32663695728181976.post-19963882443838878242013-06-26T05:18:14.791+01:002013-06-26T05:18:14.791+01:00I didn't see Vital as a misfire at all. It had...I didn't see Vital as a misfire at all. It had a significantly different approach to narrative for Tsukamoto's style, but I felt that it worked as something different (and it even displays itself a little here in the last five or so minutes--feeling almost Kitano-y). KOTOKO was great, though it did have some major issues (such as Tsukamoto's rather abrupt disappearance, which I felt was rather odd, and there were a few jump scenes I felt were largely unnecessary); as for the singing, the very large section in the middle was very hard to stop watching.<br /><br />As a side note, I'm quite pleased to hear Third Window will be handling Tokyo Fist. The Manga Fox copy's subtitles are in an very distracting, ugly font which are almost invisible when the screen has too much white/gray underneath.Ponyboy Curtisnoreply@blogger.com