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Nope. Nope, nope, nope.
I found this while searching my forgotten "Watch Later" list on YouTube, downloaded it.
I like Alejandro Jodorowski. His films are brilliant. And I'm reading his book "The Way of Tarot" and so far his interpretation is excellent.
So I was looking forward to this.
But no.
Half an hour in, when the Australian Serial killer in Paris began smashing pumpkins with his parents/sibling effigies on top, I gave up. I mean, there's nothing new here. He's reenacting scenes from his movies in the guise of "pop-psychology", or an alternative to psycho-analysis, but this has been done. Rebirthing, etc, etc, there are a hundred alternative therapies that are the same as his, offering clients/patients the opportunities to live out alternative scenarios to their upbringing, their childhood, their relationships, to help them realize who they are. And so this - despite his enthusiasm and bullshit - is nothing new. And watching these people - like yourself, like me, but with more trauma, more shit - "regain" their lives - it's just painful, voyeurism, obscene even, I wish them well, all the best, but - given the short intervals between follow-ups, I'm hesitant to class them as "successful" or even "therapeutic". Maybe. We hope so. But - all these nouveau treatments can be found under a hundred other umbrellas, and so I'm giving this a miss.
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I've seen this a few times, and every time find more to appreciate in it. A film that tells the story of Faust while itself being the story of Faust, while as well touching upon the themes of Dorian Gray and Phantom of the Paradise and Frankenstein as well. Brilliantly both Satirical and observant, ironic, touching - and - while appearing at first glance to be dated, not a little bit, not at all...
And - little observation - but is it possible - that the Phantom was the inspiration for Lucas's "Darth Vader"? I mean, compare the costumes...
This is a masterpiece that gets better every time I watch it.
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Which I watched with the kids on Sunday, spoilers below:
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Japanese, very clever. By which I mean there's no predicting where this goes - which is in it's favor. I quite enjoyed this.
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Movie night, watched "Ong-Bak" - Thai martial arts film about a villager sent to retrieve a stolen Buddha's head.
Largely "Meh", although with good fight scenes - but - overall could have missed it.
That said, the depiction of the ex-pats - English, Australian, Americans & other - living in Bangkok - was rather illuminating. Exactly what you'd expect, if you thought about it, only I'd never thought about it and so was intrigued to see it depicted from a local perspective.
Which made me question if I'd ever want to visit Thailand - I mean - given all the Westerners that have gone before - and the reputation they've blazed - maybe find a different holiday destination...but - where in the world have we not stained our reputation?