since i was out late friday and will be out again sunday, i stayed in tonight and had myself a double feature of two terrific japanese movies i hadn't seen, both from 97.
The first is Fireworks, a sort of anti-revenge movie that's formally daring.
the second is Cure, Japan's answer to Se7en, a serial killer procedural that mainlines dread and unfurls into social critique. It was a *Very* disturbing movie to finish at 3 a.m. on a saturday.
Are both films on Criterion Channel or any other streaming service?
i pirated the fuck outta them artemis i'm going to be 100% honest
elevator to the gallows, a super neat pre-nouvelle vague noir that's sorta on the cusp of the zeitgeist in that it breaks a lot of rules not but as many as breathless or whatever, is on criterion tho.
So this week I wanna try to watch The African Queen, Nights of the Cabiria and After The Wedding before they leave the service. Hopefully next week I can get to Cure and Elevator to the Gallows.