How manipulative the interludes are, as soon as he makes a film within the realm of his majestic interludes we will experience his greatness in full. The rest is just bastard poetry and really too bitter and overplayed to stand out. He's allowed his disease into the narratives. Some occasional great cinematography and cinematic tributes though.

Some of the most stunning colors, set design, and camerawork, but at the same time it has that dreadful third world digital transfer lag, and I stopped paying attention to the story about 2 minutes in. Its a visual experience that requires a bit of additional imagination. Probably better on mute as well.

I second Huckleberry. Zeman is a mastermind cinemagician; a past life Gilliam. Get him in the system as a director.

Ridiculous.

Magic. It gets better every time I watch it.

The Horror! The Horror! Dreadful. Allen's laziest film. Was that Ron Howard narrating..........

Dreadful. Bridges worst performance--- which I'm convinced means quite a bit. The Dude does not always abide. This one sits alongside Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers for me. Although, I am thankful that it cycled once more- it pushed a re-release of the book- now my copy is worth around $100- that's positive.

It is the psychedelic re-rendering of Wings of Desire, Lost in Translation, This Transient Life, Blade Runner, Requiem for a Dream and 2001: A Space Odyssey via Bardo Mentality a.k.a. The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Pure ecstasy. The best film of the last decade. Welcome to New Wave Perspectivism and Neo-Psychedelic-Noir. I have been waiting for this breed.

As a document of the era this is a quintessential ornament. Now on the value of the content- I believe in the documentary world that relies on the subjects. On the surface you have a doped out uneducated masqurerade; and, as if the treasure below was worth more than its weight in gold, you have 10 of those peg leg victims with clubhouse funhouse "nothingness is freedom" backyard orphan syndrome.

Awful, just dreadful. Thin in every aspect; forced beyond repair...

P.T. brings out the best in him.

A decent little after school soap opera. Best line "Childhood is a congenital disease and the purpose of education is to cure it."

Imamura's masterpiece. This would be an amazing Criterion Blu-Ray release- I can just imagine the possibilities for cover art.

If he made this film today- it would take an evening to shoot and a night of editing to complete.

Labyrinth in the Field, is the more precise English title. Grass Labyrinth sounds cheap, and this phantasm glory dream hip grinder is everything but cheap. It's whorish, dominant, and fertile, yet it hustles with fortune. 50 minutes of pure cinemagician gold. Shuji, thank you for the seeds, the storm is approaching.

I can only hope that Criterion releases this soon- they should have released this long before Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence--- I'm not too keen on theatrical war pics- the costumes, accents, and performances drive me nuts. Boy is one of the finest Japanese films ever made.

This was a let down. The framing was dreadful, the pacing was limp; a half-hearted Oshima film- I wonder if he was satisfied with it.

Industrial inferno wasteland, violated by the volcanic after-growth of a sanatorium seance. A slithering leather tongued demolition opera of mechanical intercourse.

Mr. Terayama, I bow before you!!! One of cinema's finest gifts.

The experience of a lifetime. A viciously brilliant narrative experimentation that blends theatrical-big-band-epic energy with subliminal slash cutting and sound design; forcing we the audience to grow within the performance as rabid animals, foaming for a way out. This is my first Carmelo Bene film, time for a binge.

ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE. I've now watched it 4 times in the last two weeks. Either there is a subliminal track that repeats “I’m the greatest film ever made” for the entire duration, or I’ve just fucked the most durable princess of Korea 4 times on purpose.

Where is Promise of the Flesh, Woman of Fire, and Hunting for Idiots!!!

If I had enough time to look at the same clouds for this long- I'd be outside observing them in high quality. This is like watching the import of footage captured by someone who is getting ready to construct a 3 minute time lapse video--- and as a 3 minute time lapse it would be just as forgettable and nauseating. If I wanted a nature video- I'd have gone to vimeo.

As disturbing and over-the-top as this film is- aesthetically it is revolutionary. The cinematography,. the music, the editing, the embedded history, the futuristic Clockwork Orange presentation of wild boys- I imagine it as this cinematic pinata filled with: Straw Dogs, A Clockwork Orange, Stray Cat Rock, Pierrot Le Fou, and Elevator to the Gallows- and in one swing we take a face load. 69.

What I would do to see this on the big screen. Magnificent!!! One of my favorites of the cup.

... the kind of film that makes your stomach burn with destructive awe.

Looks like I may need to watch this one again- it certainly has some lovers. Perhaps my infantile screening needs a modern glance.

Brilliant- Gate of Flesh is the work of a mastermind.

........................ brilliant. The most intimate portrait of humanity I can recall- that includes documentaries. Pedro Costa is the beginning of something beautiful. Ventura- I wish we were neighbors.

Where is Nuts in May?