Pure Fault
9Sep12
Have you seen Suicide Club and its counter part Noriko's Dinner Table?
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Julian
14Aug12
I first saw Strange Circus but was totally blown away by its story (incest)...then I came to discover Love Exposure and finished watching it in one go (4 hours long!)...Cold Fish and Guilty of Romance were mind-boggling! Himizu was yet another piece of great work...now look forward to seeing Land of Hope and see how he tackles the nuclear crisis.
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Julian
3Nov12
Yes I did but didn't like them as much as the "hate trilogy" and his subsequent works...i felt he has reached the "pinnacle" or the mature stage rather, of his career with the "hate triology". Everything just fell into place and he hasn't let up since...be sure to share and himizu are excellent as well!
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Pure Fault
20Dec12
I STILL haven't seen Be Sure To Share... I have yet to find it with subs, and my Japanese is such a low level that I would miss way too much watching it raw.
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Pure Fault
21Dec12
I actually liked Himizu more than Land Of Hope, but yeah, I felt Himizu was a step down from the trilogy too... although, it might have to do with the fact that it's based on source material instead of being Sono's own creation. And, thanks! I was really surprised I got to meet him. It was at Tokyo Filmex. He premiered his long lost film "Bad Film".
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Julian
1Apr13
Sure I agree with your point on Himizu; the first half was quite intense and comapct but the second half seemed to lose its focus a bit. Guess what! I went to see "Bad Film" today and was totally blown away by it...he made this back in 1995 with 150 hours of footage and cut them down to 2.5 hours. "Bad film" truly reprepsents the spirit of independent(with no funding yet so full of life) filmmaking in my view.
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Pure Fault
1Apr13
Oh yeah, the "Bad Film" premiere is where I met Sono. It's definitely a movie that will stick in your head, whether you like it or not. haha. You can also find the Q&A form the premiere online, although I'm not sure if there are English subs yet or any subs at all. I'm the only person who asked a question in English.
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BOBBY BROWNE
20Jan12
The Land Of Hope (new film) http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cold-fish-guilty-of-romance-director-sion-sono-making-japanese-earthquake-tsunami-pic-the-land-of-hope
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Stanimir Katsigrov
19Aug11
This guy's on fire lately. Can't wait to see Guilty of Romance and Himizu.
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Zach Lyons
17Aug11
Just submitted his film "Into a Dream" to the database. Hopefully it will be up soon.
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Kenrick Block
9Aug11
this man needs a great quote on his page like Abe Lincoln needs a hole in the head
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Kenrick Block
29Jul11
So the database has two versions of Crank 2 High Voltage and sadly lacks Be Sure To Share... :( sad face
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Pure Fault
31Jul11
Actually, It's been added - http://mubi.com/films/be-sure-to-share - but it's not completed, and his Sono's name listed different, so it's not showing up here. Hopefully, that'll be fixed.
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Kenrick Block
3Aug11
Crank 2 is great! And I'm glad to hear it's landed even if the page isn't up to speed yet. Such a beautiful film.
D. Voluntaryist
26Dec10
I second John's request and would like to extend that request to Cold Fish and any of his earlier films, such as "Heya."
