Suicide club - Jisatsu saakuru (2002)
Director:
Sion Sono
Film pocinje tako shto 54 srednjoshkolke sa osmehom na licu izvrsavaju masovno samoubistvo u Tokijskom metrou tako shto se bace pod voz. Policija je naravno u zbunu, sumnja se na neku vrstu samoubilachkog kulta. Uglavnom ne zelim da vam objashvam sad o chemu film zaista govori ali ima priche i o internetu i o tome shta sve iz njega moze da se izrodi. Ovaj film se jednostavno mora pogledati jer nije klasichan japanski horor (zapravo nije uopshte horor kad malo bolje razmislim) vec je u totalno drugachijem fazonu, jako potresan, ali u isto vreme i veseo i zabavan. Shvatish izmedju ostalog da su ti Japanci jedan totalno drugachiji svet od svega shto mi poznajemo, ko neki vanzemaljci barem za mene. Njihova kultura, njihove moralne vrednosi, to je sve daleko, daleko ispred onoga shto mi danas nazivamo "zapadna civilizacija", a jezik im je posebno super, uzivao sam slusajuci kako devojke u filmu govore japanski. To je bash na neki chudan nachin smirujuce delovalo na mene, ko dokumentarac "The Bridge". I naravno devojke su im prelepe, setite se samo glavne glumice iz "Audition". A scena ima bash stvarno suludih, ko shto rekoh u isto vreme i prelepih i jako potresnih. To ti pomesha emocije do te mere da dobijesh neki poseban, specifichan utisak dok gledash ovaj film. I josh kad se na to sve doda skroz suluda muzichka podloga (ne moz' da zamislite kako to zvuchi) onda je ovo sigurno jedan od genijalnijih japanskih filmova. Od istog reditelja sam gledao i "Noriko's dinner table" koji se nadovezuje na ovaj film (nije klasichan nastavak) ali mu nije ni prineti. NAJTOPLIJE PREPORUCUJEM !!!
54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train. This appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as one could hope.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/First, you cannot watch this film within a Christian/existential context. You must watch it from a Buddhist/Shinto perspective. This is the predominant religion in Japan.
Watching this as a Shinto/Buddhist you'll find that a lot of the images take on new meaning. Shinto is an animist religion that WORSHIPS NATURE - pay attention to the animal symbols that repeatedly crop up in the film (did you wonder why there are baby chicks running rampant during that creepy "shaving" scene?). Also, pay attention to the colors. Yellow means something much different to the Japanese than it does to Westerners.
Also, Japan has an incredibly powerful youth culture. Western societies, especially the United States, tend to dismiss youth as a time of decadence, immorality, and lack of direction. The Japanese hold their youth in reverence - they believe it's an incredibly precious time of life. In fact, just as the US has "mother's day" and "father's day," the Japanese have "children's day!" This movie is making a statement about childhood and the value of childhood.
And, last but not least - reincarnation. Reincarnation is accepted as a fact of life in Japan. Keep that in mind when the kids from the Dessart Group are talking all "cryptic" and "nonsensical"
