after the fall is a 2014 american drama film directed by saar klein .

the film , originally titled things people do at the time of its release , had its premiere in the panorama section of the 64th berlin international film festival .

the film had its premiere in theaters and vod on december 12 , 2014 .

after the fall ( film )

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“after the fall” premiered at this year’s berlin international film festival with klein receiving a nomination for the best first feature award . it also won a special 40th anniversary award at the deauville film festival in september .
wes bentley , left , and jason isaacs in
after the fall ,
saar klein’s directorial debut .
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before directing his first film , “after the fall , ” saar klein edited terrence malick ’s “ the thin red line ” and “ the new world . ” as such , one wouldn’t be surprised to discover a few malick - like touches in klein’s debut film . klein sprinkles approximations of the master director throughout “after the fall , ” but these attempts never spring organically from the material . the occasional narration and the long , swirly glimpses at nature are instead hammered into a substandard “crime drama” that reeks of the idiot plot syndrome .
after the fall
belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments .
entertainment one films has acquired north american distribution rights to “after the fall , ” starring wes bentley , vinessa shaw and jason isaacs .
“after the fall” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . it has strong language and sexual situations .
two years earlier , stuntwoman sonja davis was killed in a high fall on the set of the film a vampire in brooklyn . jumping from a rooftop , she partially missed the airbag below and struck her head on the pavement .
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moral ambiguity is center stage , and the film ultimately succeeds by sending audiences home to ponder their own levels of sin .
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a film that could only succeed by sorting through gradually darkening shades of gray works exclusively in embarrassingly bold strokes .
hit tv drama the fall is striking a chord with viewers for more than its menacing storyline .
you have to hand to eric schaeffer . he’s as indefatigable in his filmmaking career as he is in his apparently neverending quest for love . both aspects are revealed in his latest effort , after fall , winter , which marks his eighth film since his 1993 debut my life’s in turnaround . it’s a sequel of sorts to his 1997 film fall , and the second in a planned quartet of films , to be made fifteen years apart , depicting the romantic misadventures of a single character .
if you can avoid dwelling on its derivative qualities ,
after the fall
has its own case to make about how far the middle class has fallen - and continues to slide .
what is it about albuquerque that seems to poison men’s souls ? is it the disparity between the arid topography and the bizarre proliferation of swimming pools ? is it the scorching desert sun ? while watching “after the fall , ” the directorial debut of saar klein , a celebrated film editor whose credits include two terrence malick films , i thought of “breaking bad , ” set in the same surreal territory . both convey an apocalyptic sense of good and evil . but where “breaking bad” sent a deepening chill of foreboding , “after the fall” screams its moralism in your ear .
some of the best guitar makers in the world are represented in the fall ' s character list . former model jamie dornan ' s character , the killer counsellor paul spector , is named after spector guitars from the us . belfast actor gerard mccarthy played solicitor kevin mcswain in the first series and is named after the mcswain electric guitar played by slash from guns n ' roses .
john bernecker , the stuntman who suffered massive head injuries in a fall wednesday on the set of the walking dead , has died at atlanta medical center .
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klein goes berserk with the nods to malick . anyone who’s ever complained about malick’s narration ( and i’ve done so for “the thin red line” , so i’m guilty ) will think again after hearing some of this junk . the closing credits of “after the fall” feature a thank you credit for terrence malick . it should have been an apology .
[ the film ] has much to recommend , including gorgeous new mexico landscapes , sumptuous digital cinematography and - - as we might expect from klein - - virtuoso editing .
saar klein’s film , previously titled “things people do , ” will be released day - and - date in theaters and vod on dec . 12 .
the second series of bbc2’s thriller the fall has only just begun , but there’s one secret at the heart of the series has already come to light – and it’s bound to strike a chord .
“after the fall” belongs to a type of movie that is too lazy to connect the dots and fill in the blanks between its supposedly teachable moments . the perfunctorily staged robbery scenes are devoid of adrenaline . and mr . bentley’s wide - eyed stare conveys only a mild sense of alarm .
along with a free copy of the film , we have developed a curriculum guide primarily for teachers of high school students though it may be appropriate for middle school students as well . while it can be used in various classes , it has clear connections within ela , social studies , sociology , psychology , health , film studies , and anthropology classes . the film can also be screened for clubs and organizations . after the fall : hiv grows up is proud to be part of rock your world , a multi - dimensional and project based curriculum . fully aligned with common core , this innovative curriculum engages high school and middle school students in real world issues using digital media . learn more about rock your world here .
a dangerous , sexy , and at times darkly funny story about two people who desperately want intimacy . after fall , winter trailer coming in theaters january 27th , 2012 . directed by eric schaeffer . © 2012 filmbuff
in 1996 , paul dallas died of head injuries in a fall on the set of the tv series l . a . heat . he fell 57 feet from a power plant platform and landed on the airbag that was supposed to break his fall but was ejected backward and hit his head on a metal railing .
co down actor jamie dornan ' s character paul spector is named after usa bass maker spector guitars .
an art dealer has a heart - attack and the wife finds him dead at their art gallery but after cremation the ashes reveal arsenic . hailey dean gets involved in the mystery .
there’s a rather disturbing sense of privilege in “after the fall . ” it can’t help but justify ben’s actions by stacking the deck against the victims . the places he robs are staffed by people far poorer than ben , and several of these employees are shown in a negative light pre - robbery . it’s as if ben deserves the right to terrorize these people rather than find a job or be truthful to his spouse . his crimes are eventually pawned off on the wrong guy , and “after the fall” is too cowardly to fully consider the repercussions of sending someone to jail for crimes they did not commit . the sole nod to this travesty of justice is an “ambiguous” ending that is not as ambiguous as the filmmakers think .
the first of the movie’s many incongruities is the refusal of the honest , upright bill to tell his wife , susan ( vinessa shaw ) , about his plight . but the flaw at the heart of the movie is the decision of this goody - two - shoes to commit a series of robberies to support the family . the only word to describe bill’s solution to his fall from grace is “ludicrous . ”
fall isn ' t going to cure the world ' s ills , but it does define a few of them to satisfaction , creating an engrossing journey into extremity without ringing all the obvious bells on the way down .
in 1990 , a high fall also took the life of stuntman jay c . currin , who was killed in a 60 - foot jump from a seaside cliff in malibu on the first day of filming bikini island . landing on the edge of the airbag , he was thrown into the rocks along the beach .
“i intended to call my characters after guitars , ” series creator allan cubitt told the belfast telegraph . “in fact there’s probably over 60 references to them in the series . ”
for all its characters ' surnames are named after top guitars , with several of them being made in northern ireland .
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after a perfumer ' s death , his daughter works to meet the production deadline for his company ' s latest scent , which is complicated by the lack of an elusive ingredient .
her former police lover , jim burns , played by co armagh actor john lynch , is named after burns guitars of london .
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mr . klein leaves it to the cinematographer , matthias koenigswieser , to evoke the dread that is missing in a movie that lacks kinetic drive and suspense . an eerie sequence late in the film aims for a surreal , malickian desolation , but it is an isolated conceit unattached to the story or to the characters : a pretentious flourish in an allegory that is all flourishes and no substance .
at various moments , “after the fall , ” originally titled “things people do , ” recalls films like “the company men” and “time out , ” in which prosperous male breadwinners lose their jobs and their footing . eventually , it turns into a thudding , humorless retread of “fun with dick and jane , ” as bill resorts to crime to make ends meet .
as in malick’s work , water is a common visual motif in “after the fall , ” except here it is represented by that symbol of suburban privilege , the swimming pool . ben scanlon ( wes bentley ) installed the pool in the hopes it would raise the property values on the new mexico home he shares with his wife , susan ( vinessa shaw ) and kids . the camera imbues the pool with all manner of symbolism , first by the dreamy shots of ben and his kids’ naked limbs flailing about underwater , then later in a sequence where ben attempts to chlorine himself to death . the home improvement loan ben took out for this watery deathtrap drives the plot toward crime and attempted suicide .
gillian anderson has the honour of having her character named after two famous guitar brands . “i gave stella gibson a double guitar name as she’s my central character , ” cubitt said .
one day , driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel , a writer named tomas accidentally hits and kills a child . will he be able to move on ?
since we know “after the fall” will never let its anti - hero get in trouble , there is absolutely no suspense during the robberies nor at home . when susan finds out ben has been fired , he does some kind of jedi mind trick to get her to believe him instead of his employer . and when she finds ben’s gun and stolen loot , she leaves with the kids but then inexplicably returns without question . she’s practically a stepford wife .
other characters named after guitars include assistant chief constable jim burns ( named after burns of london ) , spector’s former girlfriend rose stagg ( from stagg guitars ) , pathologist reed smith ( named for paul reed smith or prs guitars ) and spector’s babysitter katie benedetto ( her surname is taken from a jazz guitar company ) .
* * * spoilers ahead . most definitely * * * after reading the movie description i had high hopes for after the fall . i was hoping for a falling down type of movie or something like that . i even wanted to at least like the movie but i didn ' t like it at all . it started out interesting enough but after 10 - 15 minutes it became almost . . . . . boring . i don ' t know why i didn ' t turn it off & watch something else . i think i was thinking maybe it would get better or i just wanted to see how it would all end . some of the stuff bill scanlon did was so stupid i couldn ' t figure out if he was trying to get caught or he was just a complete nutjob . 1 thing i do know , he was a lucky guy . he becomes friends with a detective who use to know scanlon ' s father while he was on the force . the detective figures out scanlon is the robber but instead of busting him , he lets scanlon know they ' re after him . when scanlon decides to turn himself in , the detective tells him not to
no , it ' s not a coincidence , i intended to call my characters after guitars . in fact there ' s probably over 60 references to them in the series ,
said mr cubitt .
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it turns out that nearly all of the characters in the bbc2 thriller are named after guitars , from main players paul spector ( jamie dornan ) and stella gibson ( gillian anderson ) , down to series one’s corrupt cop di breedlove . and it’s no coincidence , according to the series’ writer and director .
three years earlier , stuntman a . j . bakunas was killed on the set of the movie steel while attempting to set a world record by jumping without a parachute from the 22nd floor of a construction site in downtown lexington , ky . a canvas and plastic airbag intended to cushion his fall split open upon impact . he’d set a world record for a 230 - foot jump the year before on hooper and was killed while attempting to retake the record from dar robinson , who’d made a 296 - foot high - fall . directed by stunt legend hal needham , hooper starred burt reynolds as an aging hollywood stuntman who tries to keep ahead of the new kid on the block ( jan - michael vincent ) .
an unfortunate profusion of subplots - - including sophie’s relationship with a terminally ill 13 - year old gypsy girl and michael’s run - ins with an elderly gypsy con artist who puts a curse on him - - stretch the running time to an endurance - testing 130 minutes . and the film completely derails with a melodramatic , romeo and juliet - inspired climax that is beyond ludicrous .
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it’s believed to be the first stunt - related death in the united states in more than 17 years . amc said earlier today that it temporarily halted production on season 8 of the z ombie apocalypse series in the wake of the accident .
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so what else to do but head for paris , the city that defines romance and the possibilities of love ? sure enough , almost immediately after he arrives he meets the gorgeous , much younger sophie ( lizzie brochere ) , who is initially resistant to the advances of this fast - talking american because of , among other things , his rudeness in not saying “hello” before beginning a conversation .
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ben lost his job because he thought everyone he investigated was honest , a plot point that could have yielded satisfying results had it been explored . “after the fall” attempts to present ben as a bastion of self - righteous honesty , but remember , he’s been lying to his wife since the opening credits . had he simply told the truth and either asked susan to try a temporarily return to the workforce , or borrowed money from his snooty father in law , this movie would be over in 15 minutes . instead , ben has a meet cute with robbery , and it sends him down a suspense - deprived path of criminality .
every morning , ben fakes going to an insurance adjuster job from which he has been fired . he is never seen actively looking for a job , nor does it once cross his mind that his ruse will be discovered . instead , he researches closed cases in the hopes that his employer will rehire him . “you don’t even work here anymore ! ” ben’s boss tells him after ben shows up with useless new facts about a case . after convincingly begging for his job , ben is shown the door .
sources say bernecker and an actor were rehearsing a fight scene that was supposed to end with a routine fall from a balcony , but he lost his footing and fell 30 feet to a concrete floor . he was pronounced brain - dead at the hospital and was taken off life support today .
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federal workplace monitor osha and sag - aftra , the union that represents stunt performers , have launched investigations into the accident .
the lovebirds ' dialogue has the sophistication of a junior high school romance , and mr . schaeffer appears to have pasted his story together from the button - pushing plotlines of other films .
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after fall , winter is a dangerous , sexy , poignant and at times a darkly funny story about two people seeking love in paris . michael is a nyc writer going through a hard time , professionally and mentally , and decides to spend a winter in paris to find new inspiration . sophie is a young french nurse hiding a dark secret behind her strong personality . they both desperately want intimacy and ache for the love that will change their lives . when they meet , their chemistry is instantaneous and they hope to start anew , together . unfortunately , they have fashioned reclusive lives and emotional fracture which ultimately spells the doom of their passionate love . - - ( c ) official site
ben gets the idea that he can support his family illegally when he walks in on a real estate agent’s illicit tryst in the house she’s showing . the realtor and her kept man immediately hand over their wallets ( it helps that ben has a gun for reasons too dopey to explain here ) and a light bulb goes off over ben’s head . soon , ben is robbing convenience stores , gas stations and the car pound where the repo man took his car . susan is none the wiser , despite the fact that these petty larcenies barely support the lifestyle to which the scanlons have become accustomed .
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its woebegone protagonist , bill ( wes bentley ) , a saucer - eyed descendant of the character mr . bentley played in “american beauty , ” was recently fired from his job as an insurance adjuster after authorizing too many generous payouts . a happily married father of two young boys , he is a caricature of a sensitive good guy who preaches ethics to his children .
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the naming of the characters - along with some other business and place names - was no coincidence . writer alan cubitt , who created the drama and has directed many episodes , is also a musician and composer who has an extensive knowledge of guitars .
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there are hints along the way of the socioeconomic strife that klein wants to explore , yet they become lost in a muddled screenplay that doesn ' t establish sympathy for its protagonist or his plight .
the filmmaker’s usual penchant for solipsistic navel - gazing is once again on full display , although it’s somewhat mitigated here by the fact that his character despises himself far more than even the most hostile audience members will . fortunately , brochere - - whose character’s disparate professions literally embody the madonna / whore complex - - has a sexy , charismatic screen presence that compensates for her co - star’s tedious moping .
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although stunt deaths have become rare in the u . s . , falls have proved particularly deadly in the past . in 2000 , brady michaels was killed while filming the upn reality show i dare you when he fell from a stationary train during rehearsals in arizona and struck his head on a rock .
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stunt work has always been dangerous , but less so now than ever before , said veteran stuntman conrad palmisano , a member of the sag - aftra stunt and safety committee . “generally , it’s safer now that it was 20 years ago , and i anticipate it being safer 20 years from now than it was today , ” he told deadline . “but it’s still a dangerous business . the nature of stunts is inherently dangerous , and we work very hard to create stunts in the safest possible manner . however , it’s still dangerous and things can go wrong . it’s never one thing . usually the planets have to align in all the wrong ways for something tragically to go wrong . when we as a stunt community examine what happened , we look to fix the problem , not to affix the blame . ”
the screenplay , by mr . klein and joe conway , makes a stab at redeeming bill by giving him pangs of conscience . in the most embarrassing scene , an old man in a supermarket observes bill putting on a mask to hold up the store and is so frightened that he has a near - fatal asthma attack . bill , good samaritan that he is , kneels in the aisle to help save him . at this point , my gag reflex kicked in .
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the basic story ' s narrative and psychological simplicity - characters stating their beliefs over and over again - becomes an increasing burden .
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yes , i know , it ' s the most famous but it would have been too obvious
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the death was confirmed to deadline by coweta county coroner richard hawk , who said bernecker died of blunt force trauma at 6 : 30 pm et on wednesday . a source at the hospital told deadline earlier that bernecker had been placed on a ventilator while his family made arrangements .
eventually , frank tells ben that he and ben’s dirty cop of a dad worked together at the precinct . “i knew who you were when i first saw you , ” he tells ben , a miscellaneous detail thrown in to explain why frank would befriend him in the first place .
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bernecker’s family has agreed to donate bernecker’s organs through lifelink of georgia , a nonprofit group dedicated to the recovery of organs and tissue for transplantation .
i wondered if they were all like this and i then googled the surnames along with guitar and it turned out that all of them were .
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bill’s opposite and the movie’s mephistophelean mouthpiece is frank ( jason isaacs ) , a cynical , hard - drinking police detective whom bill meets at a bowling alley where they hang out during the day . “it’s fear that keeps us in line , ” frank preaches . “there ain’t no sin . there ain’t no virtue . there’s just things people do . ”
ben is an incredibly inept thief . on his face he wears the sheerest stocking this side of a high priced escort’s legs , making him immediately recognizable through the nylon . he hits places he’s been to before and he walks in front of mirrors and cameras before he puts on his panty hose . his ineptitude is ignored by klein’s script , which not only lets him get away with the crimes but also provides him with a deus ex machina named frank ( jason isaacs ) , a cop who ensures ben is never prosecuted despite being recognized .
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he ' s has used several northern ireland guitar makers ' names such as ciaran mcnally from belfast and hopes one day to use lowden from downpatrick and avalon from newtownards in the same way .
when everyday family man bill loses his job , his peaceful life quickly spirals out of control . terrified that he will lose everything he has achieved , he turns to a life of crime , descending into drastic and dangerous measures to stay ahead of the law . as he fights to provide for his family , bill discovers that the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it . ( c ) entertainmentone
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“i love music and i love guitars and have been playing them for years . in fact , my first ever guitar was a gibson , they are my favourites and i’ve owned loads of them over the years . ”
klein wrote the script with joe conway . producers are sarah green , hans graffunder and christos v . konstantakopoulos . executive producers include nicolas gonda , michael macs , ryan rettig , kurt billick , david klein and doug liman .
the good news is that it will be a good 15 years before we’re forced to encounter the character again in spring . maybe by then he’ll be less of a downer . opens jan . 27 ( filmbuff ) production : d3 pictures cast : eric schaeffer , lizzie brochere , marie luneau , christian mulot director / screenwriter / producer : eric schaeffer director of photography : zoran veljkovic editor : frank reynolds music : matthew puckett no rating , 130 min
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i love music and i love guitars and have been playing them for years . in fact , my first ever guitar was a gibson , they are my favourites and i ' ve owned loads of them over the years .
that character - - played by the writer / director himself - - is michael , a fortysomething novelist whose life has fallen apart . his latest book has been rejected by every publisher ; he ' s hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt ; and , horror of horrors , he’s been forced to sell his nyc apartment for under market value .
but since michael is nothing if not persistent , the two quickly wind up in a romantic relationship , one that is complicated by their respective , thematically intertwined secrets . he’s a masochist who frequently employs dominatrices to abuse him when he’s feeling bad about himself . and , in addition to her day job as a hospice nurse , she’s a highly paid dominatrix herself .
isaacs’ 5 - o’clock shadow - wearing character feels ported from another , more grizzled movie . he slams boilermakers while sitting alone at the local bowling alley . he approaches strange men and asks if they’d like free beer . frank has his own barely addressed side story before he meets ben ; we see him sending a birthday card to his estranged son before he breaks up a drunken bowling altercation amongst ben’s friends .
bentley plays an unemployed insurance adjuster - turned - armed robber , and isaacs portrays a washed - up detective .
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a suburban father and husband embraces a life of crime in order to support his family .
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tag ( japanese : リアル鬼ごっこ hepburn : riaru onigokko ) is a 2015 japanese suspense action horror film directed by sion sono and inspired by title of the novel riaru onigokko by yusuke yamada .

it was released in japan on july 11 , 2015 .

tag ( film )

the tag film will be produced by tod garner , steilen and sean robbins .
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clarece tsui from the hollywood reporter , in a much more interesting review , called tag a
feminist
film .
explanation : tag - riaru onigokko ( 2015 ) - the cha . . .
sucker punch didn ' t win any awards . tag , did . ; - )
isla fisher has joined the all - star cast of the new line comedy tag .
further , again , having a female lead in your film does not inherently make your film a feminist film in any way , shape or form .
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heh . i just noticed the tag line on the poster art for the film . nice . classy . and pretty indicative of what the movie is .
the old man - could be the devil . the title of the film was
riaru onigokko
- which also means
devil ' s tag
.
tag has a unique point of view that felt totally refreshing to me , and i loved the way that sono kept the film moving and in constant flux .
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fisher will play helms’ wife , who is the brains behind this latest and most important tag game in the men’s lives .
fantasia 2015 review : sono sion ' s tag , sure there are lots of japanese girls in it , but . . .
a small group of former classmates organize an elaborate , annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country .
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tag is based on a true story featured in the wall street journal about a group of friends who have been playing a no - holds - barred version of the children’s game tag for the last 30 years . mark steilen and rob mckittrick penned the script .
from this summer ' s films , i thought tag and love & peace were pretty good overall ; shinjuku swan was his worst ever .
specially thanked , an 8x10 film poster & a signed copy of the dvd .
agreed . the tag line is completely studio - generated , and represents how they have decided to sell it . sono has no say in that .
directed by jeff tomsic , the tag script hails from mark steilen and rob mckitrrick and is loosely based on a true story of a group of friends who have been playing a hardcore game of tag for the last 30 years . the story was featured in a wall street journal article back in 2013 . titled tag brothers , the article detailed how 10 classmates from spokane , wa’s gonzaga preparatory school continued to play a game of tag 23 years after leaving the school . they played the game , going so far as to secretly enter one another’s homes and even scheduling their vacations around the game .
credited in the film as the producer , a ' tag , you ' re it ' t - shirt , a dvd signed by the entire cast and we buy you dinner . ( unfortunately , we cannot cover travel expenses ) .
this is a very , independent film production that will be . . . . .
all the aforementioned thanks & a 24x36 film poster , signed by the entire cast .
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are you excited for the tag film ? what do you think of the casting of jon hamm ? have you ever played a game so epic that it lasted for years ? let us know your thoughts in the comments or tweet us @ comingsoonnet .
you don ' t say anything about the film . only bitch around the supposed misogyny .
tag has enjoyed a healthy run on the midnight festival circuit , but from the outset its sleazy tone is off - putting even by late - night horror standards .
reviewed at bifan film festival ( the masters ) , july 24 , 2015 . ( also in fantasia film festival . ) running time : 86 min . ( original title : “riaru onigokko” )
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six films ? i ' ve heard / read about four - - all esper dayo ! , love & peace , tag and shinjuku swan . what are other two ?
tag is an amazing , audacious piece of cinema , and one of sono ' s very best of late . my favorite sono is love exposure , then cold fish .
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you will be listed in the credits as an executive producer , a ' tag , you ' re it ' t - shirt and a dvd signed by the entire cast .
the film shows 3 personas , namely : mitsuko , keiko and izumi . i will try my best to explain together with the last part of the film on what i think really happened to them .
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the tag film from new line comedy is based on a true story a group of friends who have been playing a hardcore game of tag for the last 30 years . the story was featured in a wall street journal feature back in 2013 . in “tag brothers , ” we learned about 10 class mates from gonzaga preparatory school in spokane , wa . 23 years after school , they played the game , secretly entering each other’s homes and scheduling their vacations around the game . renner and buress will reportedly play part of the gang . hamm will play “an overachiever , both in high school and in life , who is now a successful businessman . ”
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this film marked the second collaboration between jake johnson and annabelle wallis , following the mummy ( 2017 ) .
2015 ( 19th ) fantasia film festival - july 14 - aug . 5 , 2015 * north american premiere
but i can ' t and won ' t accept someone who dislikes a film and spoils the entire film in their review . come on , man . don ' t ruin it for the rest of us .
$ 10000 : you will be listed in the credits as an executive producer , a ' tag , you ' re it ' t - shirt and a dvd signed by the entire cast .
you sure you saw the same film i saw ? the film was quite hilarious . sion sono has made three of the greatest feminist films directed by a man in the last two decades ! ! guilty of romance , noriko ' s dinner table and tag highlight the misogyny in today ' s world and all three films have two smart and strong female leads kicking against this system . sure the film portray a anti - women stereotypes but that doers not mean the creator agrees with what is going on in this world .
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i agree that this film is super problematic , but vehemently disagree that the film presents men as anything but villains . i mean , their presentation is not as gross as the slobs that play society in neveldine / taylor ' s gamer , but they ' re clearly presented as pathetic morally repgunant and entitled puppet - masters , and meant to reflect the
male audience
that films like tag are made to be consumed by .
review : tag , you’re it ! now we have another sion sono film to review and that’s one out of six in 2015 alone ! only this time , he’s venturing into the genre of teen survival once again since suicide club and noriko’s dinner table . over the years since love exposure , sion sono has been accused of misogyny due to the many sexual references and portrayals of women in his films . and in 2015 , he doesn’t appear to stop restraining himself from doing so , which is quite evident in his other 2015 film , the virgin psychics . but in tag , he does something incredibly transcendent that makes this film so much more than expertly made exploitation that just goes to show that sono is one of the most daring filmmakers today .
after watching this film , i wondered if this is the movie that director zack snyder tried to make with sucker punch , since it shares the same agenda of vilifying female glorification in the media . but unlike sucker punch , the world of tag is much more haunting , immersive and downright gutsy in its execution . this is by far the best japanese film i’ve seen this year . a film about a girl’s journey for survival that consistently surprises , shocks , thrills , ridicules and provokes all at once all in a scant running time of 85 minutes .
wonderstruck is a film by todd haynes and you will certainly be struck by wonder , often . you will wonder at…
nothing blind here . i ' ve seen the film , along with the vast majority of sono ' s output .
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tag will be produced by tod garner , mark steilen and sean robbins . look for it to hit theaters june 29 , 2018 . that’s the same date that sony pictures has slated to debut their barbie movie .
woah . you really read this film wrong . like most the commenters here , i perceived quite the opposite . perhaps you should go back and watch it again . personally , the fact that sono took a what was suppose to be the sixth film in the chasing world series , which is a series of successful run of the mill teen thrillers and turn it into a provocative art film is a triumph unto itself . i wish more directors when handed a typical sequel to direct , would turn into something more original and interesting like sono . ' i thought tag was brilliant .
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$ 20000 : credited in the film as the producer , a ' tag , you ' re it ' t - shirt , a dvd signed by the entire cast and we buy you dinner . ( sadly , we might be unable to join you because , we cannot cover travel expenses , but you still get a free meal ! )
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that ' s when he brought up the film tag and the scenes he did with christopher mintz - plasse as his biggest challenges as an actor so far . now you have to keep this in perspective of course before snickering at it . this is coming from an
actor
that has had a career as a stuntman and most of his acting consists…
even by sono’s standards — 25 features and tv projects in the past 10 years — he’s been especially prolific in 2015 . “tag” follows “shinjuku swan” as his fourth release of the year , with “the virgin psychics” due next in september . situated closer to the extravagant excess of works such as the gang warfare musical “tokyo tribe” than the slow - burn psychodrama of his four - hour epic “love exposure , ” “tag” at least shares the latter film’s obsession with female underwear ; such is the frequency of shots showing exposed briefs that the movie could accurately be categorized as “j - upskirts horror . ”
this reading of sono ' s tag as a feminist tract is given credence as the film enters its final act , when all is revealed about the true nature of the three protagonists ' existence and how they could break out of this misogynistic vicious cycle . mischievously , sono has produced a satire aimed squarely at both fanboys and filmmakers of exploitative cinema , himself included .
now , what are the other things that we should consider important during the film that would help us support and understand these theories .
i think when verhoeven ' s on his game he ' s a great satirist . there ' s no satire in this film .
i just find it strange that anyone would positively identify with the
player
of tag . i suppose it would be the same people who walked out of fight club and felt motivated to start their own clubs and mra - leaning mayhem programmes . of course , that ' s a demo that is missing out on the true intention of the text , but also points towards why fc , like tag , is a problematic work , but not one worth writing off entirely .
i can accept the opinions of this film , as everyone should , since this is just an opinion . different strokes for different folks .
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not one aspect of this review has changed my mind about this fantastic film . the reviewer ' s reaction to the film feels to me like the product of him being pussified by crybaby us media and on - line feminist attacks on anything even hinting at eroticism or female nudity .
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in the beginning of the movie , hogan is a janitor and walks in backwards to bobs office , he takes the tray of pastries from the table and dumps them in his cart but after he tries to tag bob the tray is back on the table .
i went into this with low expectations . honestly , an entire film about adults playing the game of tag ? i was pleasantly surprised how funny this film was ! i haven ' t laughed this hard in a long time ! it is a fast paced comedy that wears its r rating proudly - it is rude , crude and funny ! ! this film is all about excellent acting , great direction and wonderful editing . the plot is paper thin but i was never bored . . don ' t let the plot dissuade you from seeing this . i actually laughed so hard i missed a lot of the jokes ! will probably buy this on bluray so i can catch up with what i missed . enjoy . 8 / 10
i swear he ' ll end up making a film in every genre if he hasn ' t already by the pace he ' s been going . .
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the gist of sono sion ' s tag is this . as a woman , you are a man ' s play thing . you exist solely for male pleasure . and if you don ' t like it , kill yourself . women cannot overcome any act of objectification by empowerment , only by a cowardly act of ultimate surrender . now it becomes really difficult to defend this film because honestly , how can you even begin to defend that worldview ?
hisohiso boshi
, a fukushima - nuclear - disaster - themed film . probably similar to the land of hope , but that ' s just my assumption .
you have no right to attack other people for their interpretation on the film when they clearly respect the film way more than you do . the simple fact that you refuse to look at it past the surface level says enough . you see this movie and just go :
oh , shiny ! !
all over it .
jon hamm ( mad men ) has just been cast in the upcoming tag film , according to deadline . he’ll join jeremy renner ( the hurt locker , captain america : civil war ) , ed helms ( the hangover , the office ) , jake johnson ( new girl , jurassic world ) , hannibal buress ( the eric andre show , the secret life of pets ) , rashida jones ( the office ) and annabelle wallis ( the mummy ) in the film directed by jeff tomsic ( this is not happening , i’m having a difficult time killing my parents ) . the script was written by mark steilen and rob mckitrrick .
the whole film is suffused with dream - like sadness and despair , which sion sono captures in wide shots of forests and snowy landscapes that are interspersed with the action .
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yes , i know i wasn ' t planning to write anything anymore on this blog . but this film caught my interest that i had to write my thoughts somewhere .
haha sorry for all that , it ' s the first sono film i ' ve ever seen , and frankly i loved it and already feel kinda defensive of it .
fresh from the misguided gangsta gung - ho of tokyo tribe or shinjuku swan , tag offers hope that sono remains the mad , bad boy he started out as , offering that curious mix of rage and romance that shaped the delicate psychological dramas of suicide club , noriko ' s dinner table or himizu .
and no any award . . . best film , best actress and special mention for its
creative , surprising and monumental opening kill sequence
! ! ! ; - )
i can ' t say for sure if sono ' s body of work is necessarily like this too , but i found ' ' tag ' ' fell pretty much in line with my theory . and if you wanna talk about disgusting rape fantasies , what would your thoughts be on the classic ichi the killer ?
as i wrote to you on another venue , sono ' s film foregrounds all of its problematic stuff so emphatically , that it becomes impossible to watch the film and not have a conversation about it . i think there ' s more value to that then the genre films that rehearse the tropes in the guise of a more benign and seemingly apolitical conceit .
well said . the discussion generated by the film in a very short time has generated so many interesting ideas , and i don ' t necessarily mean here . one well - written piece , for instance , authored by a female critic fas it were , did not note anything about feminism or systematic male oppression and yet also viewed the film very favorably .
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the story behind the story tag has been with me for a long time . i wrote what was later to become ' tag , you ' re it ' as part of a horror anthology i was working on with a couple of friends . it was set in a restaurant that was quite famous around my hometown : ' the mon desir ' . the history of the building brought out a lot of curious folks . i had an excellent story that i am finally able to tell , the way it deserves to be told . time has changed it . i hope to get this story out there and share it with the world .
posssible spoiler , if you havent watched it , stop ! i just wanted to share how i understand the message of the film , if there is any . i am actually interested on other peoples opinion on how they see the film , and i do believe that i don ' t need to watch the previous films and the series in order to understand the message of the film . i ' m actually interested to read the original novel but i can ' t seem to find a copy available anywhere . so , without further adieu . . .
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the one element underlining all three characters ' existence is the unending need to run for survival . this premise is based on yusuke yamada ' s 2001 novel in which people sharing a similar surname are hunted down ( or
tagged
as in the children ' s game ) and killed . adaptations have already appeared in droves during the past decade — including a whopping five - film franchise entitled the chasing world — but tag offers a major departure by relocating most of the story to a world solely populated by women .
you know the saying ' two steps forward one step back ' ? for every ' one ' step forward that sono has taken this year , love & peace was a huge favorite at fantasia this year though i don ' t share nearly everyone ' s enthusiasm for it , he ' s taken ' two ' steps back with tag .
third release of a scheduled six - film slate for 2015 , and it will probably end up the most intriguing and innovative of the lot . alternating between scenes of visual splendor and relentless gore , sono ' s latest film — which revolves around young women trying to flee from a murderous paranormal presence and psychotic humans — is by turns absurd and affecting , bloody and beautiful , carnal and cerebral .
equal parts flash - trash exploitation gorefest and punchy pro - feminist action - fantasy , “tag” is another feather in the highly idiosyncratic cap of japanese helmer sion sono . this cavalcade of carnage set in a bizarre parallel world where women are chased and slaughtered by all manner of human and supernatural forces hits the sweet spot where grindhouse meets arthouse . [ … ]
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derek jarman is one of those film makers . he’s a bit of an enfant terrible , especially in this , his first film . there are some deliberate nods to fellini’s cinematic style , and the whole italian art house oeuvre clearly had a strong influence on the direction this film took . it’s not got the same directorial voice and chaotic association - by - accident that jarman develops later in films like the last of england ( 1988 ) , and nor does he quite reach the levels of ultraviolence he plays with in jubilee ( 1977 – the film which really established jarman’s cinematic identity , and one of the few films i’ve actually had to stop watching half way through ) . of course , what most people reading will know sebastiane for is not the historic importance of jarman’s historic role in british cinema , but the porn .
so you take the the events of the film exactly as they happen , and assume that they quite literally translate into sono ' s worldview ? that ' s barely a step away from watching any movie and assuming that the views of some vile / evil character must represent the filmmaker ' s real life views , especially considering it ' s the men objectifying her who ' re ultimately the film ' s villains .
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it ' s not a mix made for the mainstream , and tag ' s release in japan on july 12 has failed to emulate the chart - topping success of sono ' s star - fueled but structurally conventional pimp - and - prostitute drama shinjuku swan in early june . just like the erstwhile enfant terrible ' s early work , the film will probably leave a more lasting mark away from home : its screenings at fantasy - genre festivals in bucheon and montreal should be the start of a run of bookings for midnight - screening sections in asia or asian - themed festivals .
dear whoever it was that brought this movie back to this website ' s database after someone ( or something ? ? ? ) replaced its page by the one for the movie tag by sion sono , making it stay that way for months , with this movie nowhere to be found here : thank you . thank you , thank you , thank you so very much .
even i think it is overall a lesser sono and was surprised to see it get so much love in the awards categories . that being said i think its super fruitful that the film has inspired such discussion .
film ' s box office & user reviews are suffering here , unfortunately . maybe fantasia prizes will give it a boost . the older
chasing world
films offered ok small scale sci - fi action , directed by salaryman issei shibata at geneon - u ( he didn ' t work in film dept . originally ) . not sure why sono couldn ' t have grafted his worldview onto the reasonably solid gensaku . . .
this film is also an obvious attack on misogyny , like his previous films noriko ' s dinner table and guilty of romance . let me state the obvious , once again . because a film has a rape scene does not mean it condones rape ! if you believe that , then i guess that makes all war movies pro - war ? ! ? ! ? sometimes you have to show the villain to out them ! !
if intended as satire , tag is hamstrung by sono ' s own well developed tendencies towards fetishizing women . this feels more along the lines of an apologetic than a criticism , with everything leading up to the revelation at the end of tag aimed at the pleasure centers of creepy dudes . it has loads of stylish violence , all of it against women . there are a ludicrous number of up - skirt shots in the first act and a church full of underwear laden beauties in the second , all of it culminating in references to gaming in the third act , which , in the past year and a half alone , is an industry that has had its image tarnished by a few meatheads , or , has been exposed for its overall poor attitude towards women .
the actress will team with ed helms , jeremy renner , jake johnson , hannibal buress , jon hamm , annabelle wallis and rashida jones for the film , which is set to begin shooting later this month in atlanta .
there are very clear , precise and explicit answers to every one of those questions within the film itself . and there is no possible way you can pitch those answers as pro - woman in any sense and i see nothing within the film itself that suggests sono is presenting this worldview with any degree of criticism at all . it ' s not satire or criticism , he ' s rolling around in it and enjoying himself while doing so .
to return to verhoeven ( which i really hesitate doing , because i don ' t mean to imply that sono ' s satire is as at all as elegant ) , starship troopers ends with a textual endorsement of a functional fascist regime that will continue to perpetuate itself ; none of the characters in the film recognize the culture they ' ve become complicit too . and yet it would be naive to call the film simply pro - fascist .
you are very annoying and i feel like someone needs to tell you . if you love this film so much , get down from your high horse and defend it with a proper analysis instead of trowing all the awards that it won at people . give some real arguments or kindly leave .
it won tons of awards
is not an argument . and honestly i think cinema is not your thing . and you are the one that doesn ' t know jack because you are clearly incapable of analyzing a film past the
omg it ' s so cool and it won so many awards
are you sure you even know what the film even means ?
although i’ve read a lot and spoken a little bit about this film , i’ve never actually sat down and watched it . so last week , i finally made the time ( across two evenings – they don’t make films with that epic spread any more ) . it turned out to be a surprisingly appropriate film for lent , because of the significant role played by the early christian church in the narrative ; it also finally made the chariot race in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum make sense ! but i now have a better understanding of why quo vadis has remained one of the touchstones for classical reception in film , besides its comparatively early production date .
not the most well formed point on my part , but what i ' m getting at is studio ' s probable lack of interest in subtext of films , and a tendency in the case of other japanese films for marketing to be misleading . basically , i don ' t think it ' s fair to say the tag line on that poster represents sono ' s point of view at all .
we hope you enjoy this feature length film that highlights rachael + justin’s gorgeous september wedding at the farm at eagles ridge . we wish you all a happy and healthy new year and look forward to what’s to come in 2018 !
equal parts flash - trash exploitation gorefest and punchy pro - feminist action - fantasy , “tag” is another feather in the highly idiosyncratic cap of japanese helmer sion sono . this cavalcade of carnage set in a bizarre parallel world where women are chased and slaughtered by all manner of human and supernatural forces hits the sweet spot where grindhouse meets arthouse . far too extreme for mainstream acceptance , the pic failed to make much of an impression on its july 11 local release , but the outlook is brighter elsewhere . recent appearances at bifan and fantasia should be just the start of a lengthy fest run that will in turn boost the film’s smallscreen sales fortunes .
let me state the obvious , once again . because a film has a rape scene does not mean it condones rape ! if you believe that , then i guess that makes all war movies pro - war ? ! ? ! ?
but i do have to say i completely disagree with todd ' s point about
that being all there is
. i mean , the only male during the first 60 minutes is literally a grotesque pig . the other males in the film are ' wankers in the alley ' and pervert ( s ) at the end . if the film was ( only ) trying to make a chauvinistic statement , wouldn ' t it try to make men look good rather than pathetic ?
, so all the smooth flying shots are mine in the video . chad of cinema candy edited the video in record time and we showed it on tvs to everyone at the reception . you can download this wedding film at my blog ,
while the other films tend toward conventional political allegories similar to the purge , tag ' s narrative could be interpreted as a story of gender - based social oppression as seen by a woman undergoing rituals of adolescence and adulthood . the violent interventions break up long scenes of solidarity in a world without men , the sense of optimism and freedom vividly captured by drone filming and cinematic post - rock numbers from the japanese band mono .
with production on the new line comedy set to begin in atlanta later this month , the hollywood reporter today brings word that isla fisher ( nocturnal animals , now you see me ) is joining the tag cast . she joins an ensemble that includes jeremy renner , ed helms , jake johnson , hannibal buress , rashida jones and annabelle wallis , as well as fisher’s own recent keeping up with the joneses co - star , jon hamm .
tag is certainly not matinee fare for the faint - hearted . even for those who have seen sono ' s previous notorious gore - fests like strange circus or the kill bill - aping why don ' t you play in hell ? , the film ' s first part will still come as a visceral shock , as a mysterious wind arrives out of nowhere to abruptly ( and literally ) strike two coach loads of schoolgirls down on a country road . the only survivor of this calamity is mitsuko ( austrian - japanese actor reina triendl ) , who dodges the murderous airstream and flees to a town where , somehow , students she doesn ' t know acknowledge her as a longtime friend and classmate .
my friend michael elliott likes j . j . abrams , lens flares , and his wife sarah . aptly so , when he asked me to film his wedding , i did him the honor of including j . j . abrams influenced lens flares for effect .
structure films tasked me with building a small landing page for their project in development . that page has since grown a bit into the bill nye film home and our work together spilled into a kickstarter campaign , complete with gifs , infographics , and rewards designs .
high levels of upskirt photography and grisly dismemberment notwithstanding , it’s perfectly legitimate to read “tag” as a girl - power “alice in wonderland” variant in which three versions of japanese womanhood find the means to kick against a male - controlled system that would seek to assign them positions of subservience and / or victimhood . though action and excitement are clearly sono’s primary concerns , viewers searching for deeper meaning to all this mayhem will certainly find plenty to think about along the way .
have you seen the film ? the women in it - literally every single one of them - literally exist purely as male playthings . literally . it is the only reason they exist . and their only recourse , assuming they don ' t like this , is to kill themselves . literally . that ' s not prejudice , that ' s the actual , factual basis of the film . it ' s the core premise . there ' s nothing else to discuss in it , because that ' s literally all there is .
taking only the bare bones of its story from the book that inspired it , this film is as much a comment on cinema - and on other forms of contemporary art - as it is an experience in its own right , but it is no less gripping for that .
a couple of things about the film surprised me . although i’d been prepared for it , the way peter ustinov played nero for laughs but then moved the character into a darker and more dangerous place came as a shock . the clowning buffoonish character was sustained throughout the film , ending with a surprisingly heightened emotional scene when nero had to rely on his spurned lover acte to help him commit suicide before the mob who have broken into the palace find him . there are moments that are funny despite themselves – “tigellinus ! my robe of grief , ” nero utters as he is about to begin his musical performance over burning rome , which he has had torched so he can sing convincingly about the fall of troy . the film clearly aims to show how the spoilt and indulged emperor is abusing his authority , and thus why his fall is justified , but the pantomime aspects sit at odd with the portentous voiceover at the start of the film which labels nero the antichrist . ( i know that label forms part of the historical record and that christian texts identify nero in this way , but i wasn’t expecting to hear it in a 1950s introduction . )
congratulations to annette + matthew ! these two are the kind of people you want to hang out with . they’re silly and playful with the perfect blend of serious and sentimental . we’re honored to have been apart of their wedding day and to have captured their gorgeous philly wedding on film !
congratulations to kristen + brendan ! this stylish new york couple came to lancaster to tie the knot last november , and we had the pleasure of capturing their day on film ! our favorite moment of the day ? the mother of the bride’s reaction when she saw her daughter for the first time .
as for the social commentary , i was amused by it . you could probably compare much of it to the anti - violence message in death wish 3 or the anti - war message in rambo . the film certainly has its fun with schoolgirls , but then again , half of japanese film , music , adult and sex industry is built on the schoolgirl phenomena . in my opinion anything as outrageously over - the - top as this can only be seen as half - parody , and should be far less offending than the understated sexism that might be found elsewhere . but obviously not everyone agrees .
you ' re taking half of my sentence out of context there with the ' ' sure there ' s misogyny
thing . i never said ' ' oh it ' s only as little , no biggie ! ' ' , i ' m saying that there are miiiillions of films that have misogynistic characters ( whom i repeat are suppose to be the bad guys ) but that hardly means a film or filmmaker ' s ideas reflect that . that ' s my main point , which no one is addressing , you guys are taking a literal plot description and touting it as the film ' s message . i ' m pretty sure that ' s not general how you interpret art , and that ' s especially true of surrealism . i see characters who are misogynists ( but for the trillionth time , they are the bad guys ! ) , but i don ' t see sono making any misogynistic film making decisions .
entitled puppet masters , yes , and very effective ones . but morally repugnant ? to who ? i ' d say not to anyone within the world of the film at all . i ' d say that ' s baggage you ' re bringing to it because you ' re a decent human being . but i don ' t see that anywhere within the film itself . closest thing i ' d say to that is the groom being a pig , but i take that more as a power play against the woman - let ' s see what horrible thing we can force her to do - than any sort of comment on the players .
this film forms a group of ‘recent films on roman britain’ , the others being king arthur ( 2004 ) , the last legion ( 2007 ) and the eagle ( 2011 ) . there are some interesting resonances starting to develop between these films , but each of them uses the roman frame to do something rather different as well .
this week , we are proud to announce the dodge cast , the official podcast of the dodge college of film and media arts ! every month , we aim to bring you some great stories from all around the dodge community ; from current students and their projects , to alumni and their successes . for the last few months , we
one form of wedding video that is gaining popularity is the same day edit , where the wedding preparations and ceremony are filmed , and a short highlight film is immediately edited and shown at the wedding reception to the guests . this is what we accomplished and what you have just viewed ( or are about to view ) , here .
as far as the film suggesting suicide as a way out for the young women of the film as opposed to being empowered , i think this the film may be presenting a cynical and even bleak point of view , but that ' s a way to get at and try to effect a change in people ' s conscious . suicide in my opinion shouldn ' t be encouraged or made to seem cool , but in a lot of art , it does represent a form of rebellion in extremely dire situations . to present a vision where the female protagonists here can just kick ass and fight the power seems overly simplistic and even a bit naive , considering how deeply rooted misogyny is in many aspects of japanese culture . it would probably be a lot more forgettable too . the review seems genuinely disgusted with this sort of world , and i think that ' s what sono wants you and i to feel about it . if that includes roads he ' s gone in the past , then that shows the possibility of his own maturation .
structure films approached me to design their visual identity and home webspace . jason and david were interested in using a model of electromagnetism as the basis of their logo to reinforce their science - in - film mission . we put together a dynamic , wordpress site that uses video , full width elements , and tall , scrolling pages to engage the visitor .
i realize that the synopsis that i wrote is incredibly ambiguous but i sincerely do not want to provide any spoilers since the film should be best experienced without any prior knowledge . i also loved the fact that the theatrical trailer does not spoil any of the film’s events . having said that , the story is simply outlandish . although it is based on a manga , sion sono apparently has never read the source material and only used the premise as a entry point to his own creation . and boy , was it a creation . the film is essentially a chase movie not much unlike mad max : fury road and it could’ve easily be seen as an exercise in gory exploitation no different than a grindhouse film , but sono adds themes and elements that vilify the idea of female glorification . and this is a surprise considering that sono is very guilty of the glorifying himself . everything from the japanese schoolgirl culture ( or jk , as it is referred to in japan ) to video games to films , sono takes them down and tears them a new one in funny and thought - provoking ways . funnily enough , there is no male actor in sight until the third act , but even then , the only male actor that is seen before then , his face is covered with something , for a lack of a better word , bovine . all of the seemingly random events coalesce into an ending that borders out of this world .
but isn ' t the perpetuation of that culture the horror he ' s getting at with the end of the movie ? perhaps you ' re right , and its merely the baggage i am bringing , but yeah i really didn ' t see the film as an endorsement of that culture in its final minutes , rather a cynical and jaded reflection of it .