Izo

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:13 am

Just when you thought Takashi Miike couldn't get any weirder...

A little frustrating at times but overall I dug it. Not for the faint of heart. Lots of stabbing and arterial spray.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:46 am

warning: post re-use ahead.

[quote]Izo

Aaah. Izo. What can I say of thee?

Chances are, this film will piss you off. Action fans will be befuddled by the structure and think Miike went off the deep end. Intellectuals will abhor the violence and will thus miss the innovations. Finally, Miike fans of all sorts may leave the theater scratching their heads even more than usual out of sheer confusion. This ain

StormShadow · Post by **StormShadow** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:14 pm

Wasn't feeling it that much. But I'm down to watch it again and look for some quality I missed the first time.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:15 pm

I watched this again yesterday on DVD and really enjoyed it even more than the first time. The boudhist/Karmic element is a lot clearer the second time around and I got to see a lot more symbolism. Really reminded me of oldschool European art-films: pretentious and unashamed of it, but with a completely Japanese feel this time around.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:21 pm

Difficult but good once you figure out what he's trying to say. The whole thing is a meditation on violence being a constant phenomenon of all incarnations of humanity

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:48 pm

Very odd movie. I like Bob Sapp though.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:49 pm

For those who aren't in Mp3x (and because it's more likely to find an audience here), here's the clossest thing to the soundtrack to Izo

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http://s63.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2B5ZMMJEYPHEF2MR0V5JOAYHYA

They never released the raw acoustic version of the tracks used in the movie, but unnamed tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 and 11 are studio versions of the same tracks. plus it comes with extra stuff including some english language work by the same singer, Tomokawa Kazuki

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:21 pm

Thanks man

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:39 pm

watched this today.

i must say i fucking loved it.

better than ichi imo..

El Keter · Post by **El Keter** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:36 pm

AWAE wrote:better than ichi imo..

That's a bold statement.

I might have to move this to the top of my Netflix queue.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:41 pm

It's really different than Ichi. personally that was always one of Miike's most overrated ones and it got by on the strength of the violence rather than anything of substance. He's done a lot of iller (and weirder shit) like The Bird People of China, Izo and Gozu and nicer action pieces like Dead or Alive and Deadly Outlaw Rekka.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:57 am

Funk Docta Bombay wrote:It's really different than Ichi. personally that was always one of Miike's most overrated ones and it got by on the strength of the violence rather than anything of substance. He's done a lot of iller (and weirder shit) like The Bird People of China, Izo and Gozu and nicer action pieces like Dead or Alive and Deadly Outlaw Rekka.

agreed 100%. Ichi doesn't really stand up to time, it used to be my favorite around 2002, but a few months ago I had to struggle to sit through it.