tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post8621932963217059138..comments2024-03-16T18:31:16.417+00:00Comments on BLACK HOLE REVIEWS: LOFT (2006) Kiyoshi Kurosawa's toys in the atticMark Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08744056312268440003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-1365739869668267152009-12-10T05:49:28.963+00:002009-12-10T05:49:28.963+00:00I've not seen LOFT, but have seen many Kurosaw...I've not seen LOFT, but have seen many Kurosawa films and even interviewed him at one point. I personally doubt LOFT was intended to be satirical; I think we can safely say that Kurosawa films don't generally possess a great sense of humour and when he tries to be funny (DOPPELGANGER - give me THE MAN WHO HANTED HIMSELF anyday!) the results aren't particularly pleasing. Of course, when something raises laughs it's easy to say afterwards that It was supposed to.<br /><br />I also doubt his heart is in horror any more. If he's working in J-horror genre it's merely for the paycheck. He does have an affinity for the horror film, but his favourite director is Godard. And I think Kurosawa likes to think he uses horror in a similar way to how Godard used the films of Nick Ray and Sam Fuller (of whom Kurosawa is also a fan), and he strongly believes his films are "meaningful" in the worst sense of the word. Even his early Nikkatsu Roman Porno's are very Godardian.<br /><br />He has talent, most evident in his early work up to his breakthrough film CURE. After that we've had unforgivably pretentious rot such as CHARISMA and BRIGHT FUTURE whose failure presumably sent the director back into making genre films again. KAIRO was interesting but his other post-CURE horror films really haven't been all that good. The recent success of TOKYO SONATA may have elevated his stated once more, and given him another chance to break free of the J-horror ties.Milesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16605980.post-68715648751837701522009-12-08T19:09:12.612+00:002009-12-08T19:09:12.612+00:00Holy shit, the atmosphere is affecting me even in ...Holy shit, the atmosphere is affecting me even in still form. I can't imagine the dread of seeing the film.<br /><br />Kurosawa is awesome!Chris Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360811267835990523noreply@blogger.com