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Summary: crazy as hell
Review: makes you feel very weird inside
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Summary: Blew My Mind For Sure "we will rot the world with our love"
Review: ok so i'm asking this to everyone after they saw the film, did this make you want to die, it was just so weird. while watching it i was just mezmorized on how messed up it was. when the guy runs out in front of the car and gets it and that music just starts planning i think my eyes rolled to hte back on my head, the story line was really hard to follow. It's not that i didnt like the film i just got bored with it even though it fraked me out. But my taste may be sour becasue my friend that i bought it for for his birthday watched it 4 or 5 times. so who knows
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Summary: WHA?????
Review: Ok, I JUST saw this, and this is messed up... I'm still trying to figure out whether I like it or whether it[s bad], which is why I am going neutral by giving it 3 stars. For a small budget movie, the production values are great. The 16mm black and white cinematography is great... but the story? Messed up! I am still in my train of thought on this, so I will end this by saying that I think it is a little too violent for most people's taste. Actually, it definately is.
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Summary: It was worthless
Review: People can try to call this movie art or say that it stands for something but it doesn't. It was a waste of time clean and simple. If you have an hour and ten minutes to waste read a book.
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Summary: for a blown mind
Review: pure visual & mental excitement. though tetsuoII has a stronger storyline,i prefer this one better.the "drill" was just awesome. this black&white flim is outta this world,it takes u to a journey to explore about the wildest ,the sickest state of mind.the latest work "gemini" of Tsukamoto is also not to be missed. tetsuo"iron man" is the second best japanese flim i've even seen. (the best to me is "summer vacation")
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Summary: treading a fine line
Review: reading reviews of this film and looking at the back of the box i was expecting a completely over the top, mind blowing film. i must admit i was kind of let down. narratively the film is all over the place with little or no story to speak of but the big problem was this film came across as being really cheesey and stupid at times. i think the true test of a director is to make a low budget film that doesn't seem cheap. some perfect examples being lynch's eraserhead or aronofsky's pi. also this film wasn't really that 'disturbing' or 'crazy' at all. there are a few really incredible images but they're not enough to save this film. i'm going to give tetsuo II: body hammer a chance in the hopes that the bigger budget solves the abovementioned problems.
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Summary: c'mon (saa koi)
Review: Testsuo: the iron man may be a difficult film for a lot of people. you will probably either love it or think in is trash. this film struck a deeply personaly chord within me, so it is difficult to write about it objectivly. as a teenager i dreamnt of a film shot in gritty black and white that would deal with terrifing and ghostly subjects. this film is it. tsukamoto is a genius for this film. the effects are low buget to the max, but when is the last time your nightmare had a big effects buget? the film actually follows a plot line somewhat resembling a Noh play, except very convoluted; the man runs the fetishist over with his car, and then has sex with his girlfriend in frount of the fetishist's broken body. because of this sexual arousal in the presense of machine induced death, the man is cursed with his sexual/physical merging with the machiene realm. the fetishist wants revenge. the visual effect of the film is beyond incredible, and the music is perfect. very few films incorporate music into the visuals as fundamentally as this one (bergman's Persona and otomo's AKIRA are also great examples). this film implanted itself into my brain like a shard of metal. keep an open mind when you watch this film, and don't jump to conclusions and judgements. if you can withstand the films attack, you will find it to be truly beautiful and rewarding.
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Summary: Surreal Mechanical Horror...
Review: Tetsuo is a surreal horror film about a hit and run accident where the driver begins to grow metal objects on his face. The metal objects are physical reminisce from the accident and it begins to physically haunt him. This metal curse grows worse, and the driver seem incapable of escaping his faith as he becomes dangerous for those around him. Tetsuo is a daunting cinematic experience with an interesting story and at moments the cinematography is remarkable. However, the very same cinematography uses several still shots put together to a continuous shot in order to create movement, which becomes repetitive and clumsy. This visual awkwardness creates a music video atmosphere that lowers the overall cinematic experience.
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Summary: Surreal Mechanical Horror...
Review: Tetsuo is a surreal horror film about a hit and run accident where the driver begins to grow metal objects on his face. The metal objects are physical reminisce from the accident and it begins to physically haunt him. This metal curse grows worse, and the driver seem incapable of escaping his faith as he becomes dangerous for those around him. Tetsuo is a daunting cinematic experience with an interesting story and at moments the cinematography is remarkable. However, the very same cinematography uses several still shots put together to a continuous shot in order to create movement, which becomes repetitive and clumsy. This visual awkwardness creates a music video atmosphere that lowers the overall cinematic experience.
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Summary: A completely unique experience!
Review: Tetsuo is not for anyone that's the least bit squeamish. For the rest of us, it is an absolute wild ride. The movie is black-and-white, hyperkinetic, and totally unique. The story makes only some sense, but it is the visuals and music that work here.Shinyo Tsukamoto uses fast cuts, weird camera angles, and the black-and-white film to great advantage in Tetsuo. Every frame is overloaded with detail, and the metallization of people in the movie is more a weird combination of tubes, wires, and cables than anything else. Visually, this movie is unique, and Chu Ishikawa's soundtrack fits it perfectly. You will just sit there, and say something like: whoa, what the heck is going on!! Tetsuo II is completely different; hard to believe Tsukamoto also directed it. It is worth seeing only to fill in some of the holes the first movie leaves in the story. Unfortunately, the hyperkinetics and great visuals are completely gone in Tetsuo II. I give Tetsuo only 4 out of 5 for an overly graphic middle section; it is a truly humorous section (you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it), until Tsukamoto takes it too far. Otherwise, a great movie.
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