Okay, admittedly I have not seen a lot of Japanese films, and maybe it is just from my Western point of view that I cannot understand a single thing this movie is trying to get across. To me, it seemed full of non sequiturs, and lacking in any sort of unified plot direction and character development.
I came out of this movie almost willing to throw myself in front of a subway. I do not expect every movie to have a standard, linear plot. In fact, I especially enjoy those movies which relate a story in a new fashion, using new techniques and interesting visuals. Maybe I missed the point, but at the end of the movie, not one of the questions has an answer to be found.
Who is really behind the "Club," if it's the random glam rock guy, then why do the suicides continue, who the hell are half of the people that show up in the last half of the movie, what is Dessart's involvement, what is the meaning of the phone calls, etc etc etc.
From my perspective, the filmmakers were going for a sort of Lynchian motif of a puzzle to be placed together by disjointed images and dialogue--which I am completely interested in. The result, however, seems full of holes and hot air. If anyone can tell me why I should like this movie, I'll be happy to watch it again with an open mind.
I came out of this movie almost willing to throw myself in front of a subway. I do not expect every movie to have a standard, linear plot. In fact, I especially enjoy those movies which relate a story in a new fashion, using new techniques and interesting visuals. Maybe I missed the point, but at the end of the movie, not one of the questions has an answer to be found.
Who is really behind the "Club," if it's the random glam rock guy, then why do the suicides continue, who the hell are half of the people that show up in the last half of the movie, what is Dessart's involvement, what is the meaning of the phone calls, etc etc etc.
From my perspective, the filmmakers were going for a sort of Lynchian motif of a puzzle to be placed together by disjointed images and dialogue--which I am completely interested in. The result, however, seems full of holes and hot air. If anyone can tell me why I should like this movie, I'll be happy to watch it again with an open mind.