Kurôzu zero (Crows: Episode 0)
June 12th 2008 00:26
Crows is not strictly a horror movie, but there is a dark, urban nightmarish, ultra-violent edge to the movie which makes it suitable material for my blog. Unfortunately I am unable to make the screening of Miike’s spaghetti-sushi western, but fellow movie Orble Cibbuano promises to tackle that one.
Shun Oguri as Genji and Takayuki Yamada as Tamao
Meisa Kuroki as Ruka, R&B babe
Ken (Kyosuke Yabe) is left for dead
There is much irony and twisted humour evident in Crows, basic trademarks of the Miike school of filmmaking, and it is these elements which make Crows so entertaining. Though the characters themselves don’t look especially tough (it’s not really the point), there is a symbolic hard edge to the narrative which underpins their essential nature. The violence is uber, but there's a cartoon-edge to it. For the soundtrack hard Jap rock is the order of the day, although we are treated to a little lite-R&B courtesy of Ruka, on stage at the local club.
Genji and his black rain posse
Here's a rockin' excerpt (no English subs, sorry, but you can feel the style):
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Comment by Cibbuano
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Comment by Damo
Very cool.
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Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
Cibby, I hope Sukiyuki gets a theatrical, but I somehow doubt it ... Not happy I couldn't see either screening, nor was there a screener available ...