Turn on RTE 2 at 12.15!

Karl Hungus

Takeshi Kitano's seminal masterpiece Dolls is on. Watch it.

Do it. I command thee!

Or else, I'll send the robotic Richard Simmons after you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_pqeluhznM

You have been warned.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

awesome movie

did the film board burn to the ground?

Karl Hungus

Mordeth wrote:

did the film board burn to the ground?

No, I just think the average AH poster needs some culture in their sad little lives.

pyure

hooray for vcrs is all i can say, im off for a decent nights kip

Karoma

...so... eh, you're posting for a larger audience, eh? Moved.

Karl Hungus

Karoma wrote:

...so... eh, you're posting for a larger audience, eh? Moved.

Argh! You've taken it out of context! It was a direct address to the posters of After Hours! Under films, it no longer works! :eek:

Karoma

Oh, no peons in here? EH?! *Looks around. Finds mirror. Shoots self in foot.*

Karl Hungus

Karoma wrote:

Oh, no peons in here? EH?! *Looks around. Finds mirror. Shoots self in foot.*

Oh, we got lots of peons here, believe me.

Karl Hungus

Nice title, Karoma.

I can only keep this up untill 12.15 though.

johnny_ultimate

Four minutes remain. Boy, Irish made drama shows are off poor quality. I want meh Japanese cinema fix!

Dudess

Karl Hungus wrote:

Or else, I'll send the robotic Richard Simmons after you!

AAAAAHHHH!!! I'm turning over to RTE 2, I'm turning over to RTE 2 - I swear!

Oh no... THE BATTERIES!!!

Karl Hungus

Good peons!

johnny_ultimate

Peon: any person of low social status, esp. one who does work regarded as menial or unskilled; drudge.

Damn, forgot this was on tonight, Guess it's about time I invest in the DVD anyway. The words A Takashi Kitano Film guarantees qualitycinema.

johnny_ultimate

Wow. That truly was an astonishing film. Everything about it was so beautifully handled:
The cinematography was wonderful. The colours were extremely vibrant: the yellow car, the blossom field, the repeated use of the colour red. It was just a wonderfully filmed piece of work. And that shot of the toy windmills absolutely blew my mind.

The stories were all fascinating as well, and extremely emotionally involving. I had a tear in my eye when

the little plastic ball got crushed by the car

A truly remarkable film, definitely worthy of comparisons to Kurosawa. And the best looking film Ive seen since the Fountain , easily.

Karl Hungus

johnny_ultimate wrote:

I had a tear in my eye when

the little plastic ball got crushed by the car

Same here. That always gets me.

As for comparison with Kurosawa, yeah, I can definetly see it in Dolls, but on the whole, Kitano's always had a very distinctive style. Check out Hana-bi for example, and it's equally as lush visually, but in a more unique Kitano style.

I do remember reading about how some people interpret Dolls as part of a trilogy, which begun with A Scene At The Sea, and Kikujiro. Sadly, Scene hasn't been released on DVD in the UK, along with Kids Return, both films being dramas. Seems that Kitano is best known for his Yakuza films, and somebody has decided that there'd be no audience for his less violent films.

Necronomicon

Damn it! Trudging through the movie channels finding nothing but The Fast And The Furious 3, I never thought of checking our very own RTE. I've never seen it. Might pick it up on dvd (with Hana Bi, which I still somehow haven't seen).