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Takeshi Miike
Topic Started: Mar 9 2008, 06:15 PM (694 Views)
RemiZ	Mar 9 2008, 06:15 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	Miike is one of the most interesting filmmakers to me. Each movie is a total surprise. He is one of these very few directors who made movies I love (Audition, Ichi the Killer, Izo) and one I really hate (Visitor Q). Sometimes there is some Lynch in his movies (Guzo mostly) but always a Miike touch is present. His cinema is clearly strange and often quite extreme, but very different from movie to movie. And I have to mention "Imprint" which is Miike's Master of Horror. A real horror masterpiece ;)



laxmasterflex22	Mar 9 2008, 06:49 PM Post #2
Administrator Posts: 954 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: November 20, 2006	I have to check this guy out sometime..



Blake	Mar 9 2008, 07:08 PM Post #3
Co-Founder Posts: 720 Group: Admin Member #30 Joined: November 27, 2006	I'm sorry but Takashi Miike is a second rate splatter director, in my opinion. Ichi the Killer is a joke, but the nipple scene did make me squirm. However, in the Japanese genre of Miike, I think Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale takes the cake.



RemiZ	Mar 10 2008, 12:10 PM Post #4
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	You should try Izo. It is certainly the most serious movie he made. It is a deep thought about human destructive nature, based on (or rather inspired by) historical characters.



buzbe	Mar 10 2008, 01:34 PM Post #5
Member Posts: 307 Group: Valid Members Member #33 Joined: November 27, 2006	I'm surprised that you enjoyed Imprint so much Remiz. I thought it was one of the weakest in the Masters of Horror series, especially considering how much hype there was surrounding it at the time. I just don't care for Miike's films, he seems too concerned with shocking his audience rather than making a decent film.



RemiZ	Mar 11 2008, 06:30 AM Post #6
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	buzbe Mar 10 2008, 09:34 PM he seems too concerned with shocking his audience rather than making a decent film. That is the feeling I had seeing Visitor Q, but it is not the thing to focus on about his movies. Imprint is very scary and sick, and that's what a Master of Horror (MoH) should be ! The best MoH with Carpenter's Cigarette Burns to me. There are many weak pieces in MoH, and the one who gave you this critism has bad taste for sure :P The fact is just that Miike doesn't care if the shoot is not high quality. His aim is just to tell stories. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but he explores many ways.



justinlovesmovies	Mar 11 2008, 10:27 AM Post #7
Long Time Member Posts: 538 Group: Valid Members Member #14 Joined: November 22, 2006	I like Audition and that is it! I agree with whoever it was that said he was a splatter director and a shock and awe director. To me good horror films are more about what you don't show than what you do show. The same principal works for Slasher films. My personal fav Slasher of this decade is probably High Tension, and it excelled at not revealing too much early on. Or am I just dumb and didn't pick up on it?



cystem	May 4 2008, 03:36 AM Post #8
Unregistered	I've seen about 20 of Miike's movies and Visitor Q is my favorite. Was there something in particular you hated about it RemiZ?
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RemiZ	May 5 2008, 09:20 AM Post #9
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	When i ended Visitor Q, I just wanted having never seen that, and I just hoped nobody had never seen that. This is highly chocking - which is not per se a problem -, but also empty and useless. I can hardly say why this particular movie crossed the line, but I felt sick at the end. This is the only movie that let me that feeling. At least, I still remember, and that is a good point for Visitor Q. But that is the only one :)



Goodchild	May 6 2008, 02:52 PM Post #10
Fungi in the Bubble Ship! Posts: 193 Group: Valid Members Member #106 Joined: October 17, 2007	Holy shit! RemiZ, you bastard! Thank you! Just watched Visitor Q a second ago! That movie is just hilariously psychotic! Can�t believe asian actors could expose themselves to such abuse! I mean the mother took a fucking firework to the face! The MPAA would have a heart attack watching this! It�s like a mix between Vermilion Pleasure Nights and House of 1000 Corpses. And that�s coming from the same director that did Zatoichi? :lol:



RemiZ	May 6 2008, 09:50 PM Post #11
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	Ho no !!! Zatoichi -> Takeshi Kitano Visitor Q -> Takeshi Miike :rolleyes: Don't thank me, you have watched the only Miike I don't recommend :blink: Anyway, welcome to Miike's universe !



RemiZ	Jan 19 2009, 10:48 AM Post #12
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	I haven't much time to come here lately (new job, new place). Anyway, a little message to recommend very warmly "The Birdpeople in China". This Miike movie is very poetic. It is certainly his only "general audience" movie. It is marvellous. A movie about travelling and opening mind. A movie for everyone who likes Miike or not !!! RemiZ


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