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Mr Beaks takes in BATTLE ROYALE and LOST & DELIRIOUS
Hey folks, Harry here... Mr Beaks has luckily been blessed to see BATTLE ROYALE, the best film that won't be released in the miserable friggin United States in 2001 or ever... But here is another look, but by the man who can get things done.... Mr Beaks...
As honestly and clearly as possible, think back on your adolescence. Consider the life-or-death nature of crushes, the isolation that spurred a retreat into music as mopey as Morrissey or The Cure, or as rage-fueled as Pantera or Metallica, and wonder why it should be that melodrama is considered anathema when it comes to depicting cinematically the rigors of nascent adulthood. Back in 1986, when critics decried the overwrought, too-knowing dialogue in Stand By Me, I remember feeling – being on the cusp of entering the strange world of 7th Grade myself – that these kids were struggling with the same fears and frustrations that I was facing, and addressing them with a sophistication that wasn’t at all beyond my grasp.
Nevertheless, un-ironic depictions of young adulthood remain subject to critical scorn, which has meant rough passage for Lea Pool’s Lost & Delirious. Set in the bucolic Great White North, Pool’s film is an earnest, at times painfully so, account of two teenaged boarding school roommates, Paulie and Tori, who have fallen madly, unconditionally in love with each other to the point where they can’t see clear to classify their relationship as homosexual. When confronted with a new roommate, Mouse, the girls simply laugh off their brazen, nightly trysts, which at first startle Mouse, but soon prove soothing in their regularity.
It is Tori who invokes the comparison to the Lost Boys, and the dreamily shot campus does seem a sort of Neverland; however, with a boys school close by, and Tori’s nosy little sister poking about, the young lovers’ idyll is simply not fated to last forever. Once the entire school becomes privy to Paulie and Tori’s relationship, Tori, fearful of her family’s reaction, pulls back, choosing to make herself available to a suitor from the nearby boys school. Paulie reacts by first delving into the heightened romanticism of Antony and Cleopatra, though her Shakespeare infatuation takes a decidedly dark turn when she finds empowering Lady MacBeth’s Act 1, Scene 5 monologue in which she seeks deific aid in summoning up the courage to commit murder.
Critics such as Elvis Mitchell of the New York Times have described Paulie’s impassioned utterances as "laughable," which is disturbing, considering that there are other more readily apparent flaws to single out; namely, Pool’s predilection for the music of Michelle Me’Shell Ndege’ocello and Ani DiFranco to provide lyrical buttressing of the film’s themes, or Mouse’s oft-intrusive narration. Paulie’s appropriation of Shakespearean verse, however, to express her heartbreak is not at all incongruous in the world of Pool’s film, and while it is difficult to observe Paulie’s worsening mental state, her dialogue is never alienating unless the viewer’s own personal baggage intercedes.
That said, this whole endeavor could have been a disaster had the three leads been filled by less capable actresses. Those who couldn’t understand the buzz for last year’s "It" girl, Piper Perabo, need only check out her work here to see her in fine, flamboyant form as Paulie. She handles the young woman’s mood swings with remarkable verve, never once striking a false note, even when the script let’s her down with tending to one of the film’s overt symbols (she finds, and nurses back to health, a wounded hawk.) Also impressive is Jessica Pare, saddled with the difficult, unsympathetic role of Tori, while Mischa Barton (the dead girl hiding under the bed in The Sixth Sense) is suitably awkward as the abandoned Mouse.
Remember that life-or-death stuff earlier in the review? It may serve as metaphor in discussing a film like Lost & Delirious, but it’s frighteningly literal in Kinji Fukasaku’s highly controversial Battle Royale, which just received its New York City premiere last Friday night with a sold out screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Fukasaku’s film, which posits a future where kids have become so unruly that the government has instituted the "BR" Program, which mandates that, once a year, the worst ninth grade class will be rounded up and sent off to a deserted island for three days of hand-to-hand combat. The kicker here is that there can only be one survivor; otherwise, everyone is dispatched by way of a radio-controlled collar outfitted with a detonator (much like in The Running Man.)
The film plunges us into the madness of this scenario along with the children, and we learn the ground rules of the "game" from their former seventh grade teacher, Kitano (played, appropriately enough, by the inimitable "Beat" Takeshi Kitano). As would be expected, there is initial resistance and hostility to being thrust into such a dire situation, but the protestations are swiftly quelled when Kitano stages a nifty demonstration of the aforementioned collars. At this point, the class is also introduced to a pair of slightly older, silently intimidating ringers, one of whom, Kawada (Taro Yamamoto), has volunteered to a second go-round on the island, while the other, the malevolent Kiriyama (Masanobu Ando), has signed up merely for fun.
With the ground rules established, the children are given rations and one randomly, pre-selected weapon (ranging in lethalness from semi-automatics to a cooking pot lid,) and sent out onto the island. Some children immediately band together in an effort to find a peaceful way out of their predicament, but others accept the kill-or-be-killed mandate, and go about their business with varying degrees of success. Clearly, we are meant to sympathize with Shuya and Noriko (Tatsuya Fujiwara and Aki Maeda,) but the true protagonist of the piece is Kawada, who sees in the young lovers striking similarities to his own, tragic experience in playing the game, the residual guilt from which has forced him back onto the island. Whether or not he means to spare them is another question entirely.
Surprisingly, it has been Fukasaku’s tendency toward melodrama, rather than the graphic violence, that has soured viewers and critics alike on Battle Royale, but it is from this straightforward presentation that the film derives its power, making it a truly dangerous and subversive piece of cinema. While some of the awkward dialogue may be the result of a bad translation, at its worst, it isn’t that far removed from how teenagers often express deeply felt emotions. As in Lost & Delirious, adolescence is depicted as a period in which every little personal tragedy takes on epic, life-altering meaning, which lends an authenticity to the bold proclamations of love and friendship, even if, in this case, it’s in the context of an unthinkable bloodsport.
Both of these films have the misfortune to surface in a highly cynical era where melodrama has fallen out of favor, and while societal attitudes seem to be shifting (I mean, half of this country did vote for Bush,) we still seem to be a nation unwilling to deal with the sappy stuff, even when rendered with a Grand Guignol edge (e.g. Hannibal,) which spells certain doom for a couple of flawed, but emotionally honest, works.
In Lost & Delirious, Paulie repeatedly exhorts "rage more!" To that, I’d like to add "smirk less!"
Faithfully submitted
MrBeaks
P.S. For those of you who can handle the sap, check out Criterion’s newly released Douglas Sirk dramas, Written on the Wind and All That Heaven Allows. If you’re ever going to have a tolerance for the stuff, this is the place to start.
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I can't wait for Lost & Delerious. I'm a huge fan of all three stars (Jessica Pare's Stardom and Mischa Barton's Sixth Sense are both in my top ten favorite films, with Sixth Sense being my all time favorite, and Piper Perabo is just plain hot), and the plotline does, in fact, seem pretty good, a rarity in Hollywood nowadays. I read an interview in Saturday Night magazine with the author of the book Lost & Delerious, and she supposedly had no expectations of the film whatsoever, and was distraught upon hearing that her favorite part - the ending - had been changed for the film adaptation. However, once the private screening had finished, she was in tears and absolutely loved the film. That has got to be a good sign.
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This is not a plug or a promo for a company, but here in the UK we are just as unlikely as you in the States to see Battle Royale on general release, and after a bit of searching I found it available on V-CD at the following site www.dddhouse.com and this film rocks....as I said this is not blatant advertising, just trying to be a friend to all.....
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Jul 09, 2001 11:58:11 PM CDT
How can Battle Royale be playing in Brooklyn New York if it's "b
by bari umenema
Doesn't make much sense now does it? Can we only see it at a film festival? Will it be released on video? Is it playing on the net at some secret website? Details please!
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Ummmm...I saw the preview for Lost before either Sexy Beast or Time and Tide (Both of which kicked serious ass) and I have to say I had a good chuckle. It didn't look any less silly then say Here On Earth. Is it so much different because it involves lesbians? That makes one a "teen film" and the other a "sensitive art film"? I think Beaks is an intellignet reviewer and he uses the melodrama as a defense in that for teenagers perspective ain't even in the dictionary. That all maybe true but the fact that 13 year olds write bad poetry and cannot get a grip on their new found emotions is no excuse for overwrought heavy handed story telling. There is a pervasive tendency to romanticize adolescence. This is rarely handled well. I can almost swallow it easier when Neal Moritz or his ilk do it for a quick buck. That I get. But otherwise it just comes off as silly as that kid at the mall's poetry. The best portrait of high school I have ever seen on film is Election. No sentimentality, no mercy, no quarter. The unfliching gaze makes you realize how caught up people are in something so transient and silly, even the adults. That seemed a story worth telling. The rest of this stuff...But I do wanna check out Battle. Is there any movie Beat ISN'T in?
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Yeah the vcd for this is excellent quality. Saw it last night, the film borders on the brilliant. The kids are amazing actors, both physically and emotionally. The most haunting and exhilarating action film you'll ever see.
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Just because you have a prior grievance against "Mr. Beaks" is no reason to resort to such an immature post on THIS particular TB. If you must offer such insults, please DO feel free to explain to us why he should feel compelled to project his head into a bruin anal cavity. If you disagree with his review, presuming that you have actually seen or were previously aware of the film involved, please give us the pleasure of your review. In all honesty, I would like to hear your review/opinions if you could present them in an acceptable manner. I have NOT seen the film and appreciate his interpretation.________An honestly waiting an intelligent reply Bee
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Battle Royale is the real deal. I was able to see this film two months ago when the American Cinematheque had its retrospective for director Fukusaku. Battale Royale was screened to a sold-out capacity and everyone was stunned. People were walking out by the first killings, because the film is so violent. There really hasn't been a film quite like it. When they say "the strongest survives" they really mean it. Every kid except for the "winner" gets mangled, blown up, shot to bits, and some even commit suicide. It would be a miracle if this film gets distributed here, considering Toei wants this film to be fully distributed, rather than go the indie route. I really haven't seen a more violent film. Basically throughout the movie, you could hear people in the audience gasp with disbelief, and I even heard someone say out loud "did that just happen?"
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Jul 10, 2001 5:20:47 AM CDT
I would venture so far as to say that there is something else Pi
by heywood jablomie
..........My schwanze?
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Jul 10, 2001 5:43:12 AM CDT
What the fuck does voting for Bush have to do with not wanting t
by twonkenn
Excuse the fuck out of me, but wasn't it Tipper GORE who created the whole movement with the PMRC? Just goes to show all of you how Democrats are a group of uninformed dipshits!
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I saw this one over the weekend of VCD and I have to agree with those who doubt that this will get a wide American release. It's dark, haunting and unflinching right from the moment the teacher makes his "demonstration" to the class. (Those who've seen it know what I mean. I don't want to spoil it.)Although I have some questions about the premise (Like NOBODY would have protested the passing of the Battle Royale law?!), I'm strongly suggesting that everyone track themselves down a copy of the film.
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but don't tell that to ignorant film geeks.
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To the above inquiries regarding Battle Royale's availability on DVD, I have read that an August/September release has been planned in Japan. Harry, can you confirm this? I know it is orderable on some Hong Kong sites as VCD. Give me a date and I'll be the first to order. I saw this movie at the Cleveland International Film Festival. When I was getting my tickets for this and 11 other flicks (Memento among them!) the guy behind the desk was spilling out all kinds of warnings dealing with the violence. Kind of a Lord of the Flies/Survivor mix. It was a great movie although the audience wasn't sure how to take some of the killings. Not to give much away, but one of the girls that was bitchy to some of the others was killed off and some of the audience members started cheering! That was a little odd. Blood thirsty wackos! The teachers announcements during the day were great though. Beautiful satirical movie! If you haven't seen it, make damn sure you do at some point.
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Yes, yes. I own Battle Royale. Now who wants to touch me? I said who wants to fucking touch me!?
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So, here's the deal: the Bush remark was meant to imply that half of this country seems willing (in this case, and IMO, blindly so) to move away from the cynical posturing that has pervaded the culture for the last ten years or so, and voiced this intent with a vote for a decidedly uncomplicated, uncynical man, mirroring the election of Reagan in the wake of the dissent-heavy 70's. And while I may be advocating a move away from knee-jerk cynicism, I don't necessarily think Bush is the man to lead us out of our disagreeable malaise. That said, it's just like a Republican to misread one small mention in an otherwise apolitical essay as an attack on their ever-delicate sensibilities. Lighten up, boys!
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is Fortress, starring Rachel Ward as a teacher in a one-room school house in the Australian outback whose kids get terrorized by freak-ass men in cartoon character masks. The end of that movie really wigged me out. Check it out.
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Listen, Bush may suck but can you IMAGINE if Herr Lieberman was in office? Fuck, he'd probably have already instigated one of his insane "bills" to "protect the children of america" from movies. And Tipper of course would be standing beside him burning albums. Gore sucks too, he's done a 180 on many of his stances on major issues over the years just to appease voters! Vote Nader!
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Lieberman *is* a voter-appeasing rat bastard. I hope he stays far away from the 2004 campaign.
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For anyone who wants to see Battle Royale goto ebay and do a search for it. I was released in Hong Kong on VCD format that will work in almost all DVD players. The average cost to buy it now in between 20 and 30 so it about the cost of a normal DVD to own this great movie. They are letter boxed and most are subtitled(although badly, there are many typos). So if want to see this movie you now know how. Peace.
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Have you stuck you head up a bears a-hole yet? ;)
axelfoley is an idiot, probably off somewhere sticking his banana up someones tailpipe again...
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about a lot of stuff, but overall his choice in movies bite. And why the need to use such big words? But I will give you props on seeing Battle Royale and on owning the Diggler himself. "Go Tom Green and 2 white guys in 2002!!!!!!!"
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Respectfully dude, your 2nd to last post made no sense. FACT: Tipper Gore lead the PMRC (which is responsible for your labels on cds now), FACT: Lieberman and Clinton HERSELF have introduced legeslation to curb films. NOT Republicans.
I know it's fashionable to blast conservatives and republicans for anything that is against "art" (calling this film art is a stretch) but the facts suggest otherwise. I'm a Libertairian by trade, but I find myself agreeing with Republicans more as I value freedom more than anything. Yes, 20 years ago I would agree with you, but the PC movement has totally switched the sides of late. -
I saw that movie when I was a kid but since it was impossible to track because I didn't know anyone in it or the name I was screwed and couldn't find it...now I can!!! I was really little at the time and saw it on regular old TV during the day and it ROCKED!!! One of my first influences in foreign film...thank you again!
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Mr. Beak (or whatever) I read it perfectly. After all, as a Republican (or non-Democrat) I'm well-educated and well-informed. Democrats take any chance they can to slam a Republican in the media. It's irritating that you would use this forum to spread your misinformation campaign. But then again, that's what Democrats are best at.
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As for Battle Royale playing in Brooklyn, that was at a college so theyre allowed to show what they want, especially under the auspices of film education. E-Bay has some cool prices on this VCD but do yourself a favor and do as I did and go to www.jpopwww.com. They have it there for $12 flat-shipping included and it will get to you in a week. I live in the Bronx and got it in a week from Hong Kong. This is an awesome deal and I thought everyone should know. Other than that, this movie is clearly one of the best ever to me.
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Yowsers, am I regretting that insert regarding Bush! Teach me to make offhanded political remarks. SCOTT: my friend, you're obviously hot to start some kind of row over censorship, and on that issue I would agree with you 100%, but that's nowhere near the point I'm making, and that should've been patently obvious through my next-to-last post. If, however, you're still having trouble deciphering it, you'll just have to wait for the annotated edition due out from Penguin in early 2002, with a forward by Gore Vidal. Murrdoggy: Murray, you damn well know that you'll be languishing at or near the bottom of the HAHA by the end of next season. Twonky: if we're so educated, why are we ending sentences with prepositions? Now, go bitch about the supposed liberal bias in the media elsewhere. Or better yet, let Roger Ailes do it for you.
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When are all of these "anti-bush" people gonna wake up and realize that the whole fucking "blame movies for everything wrong with this country" bullshit was started by DEMOCRATS...that's right...DEMOCRATS(headed by Tipper Gore-with support from Al, and fucking led now by Leiberman. Personally...I don't like democrats, republicans...politicians in general... but if you want to place some blame somewhere, put it where it fucking belongs.
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Just read your retort, mrbeaks...and maybe you should have said it that way to begin with. You made total sense there...but the name drop at the end of the review is easily mis-readable to most who are not you. In any case...good reviews, and thanks for clearing up that statement
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First props to Mr. Beaks for at least offering some insight in his reviews. I liked the segue way about "Stand By Me". As for the films themselves...that's a different story.+++++++++++++++++I'm surprised how little comparisons have been offered regarding "BR" and "Lord of the Flies". True LOTF is about a cooperative sytem that breaks down into chaos and BR in some ways is opposite--being competitive from the begining--the elements are the same. Another striking little tidbit is the increasing verbal traffic over how disturbing it is seeing kids (or "young adults"...although never tell the adults that) off one another. One would suppose in the aftermath of so many school shootings I could either watch this or go home and flick on Fox News.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++As for the yet again revisited plot of the ultra-intense femme-femme relationship flick, I'd be interested to see how it stacks up against "Heavenly Creatures" or for that matter (save us) "But I'm a Cheerleader"...and moreover if I could end up drawing anything new out of either film, save but another opportunity to poke fun kiki hipster jet set, sporting their latest lost cause.+++++++++++++++++And speaking of lost causes, what's the deal with everyone going off with the politics in a talkback? True, the films involved here prove little more then the usual round of Euro-style nihlism, easily gobbled by the "raised-consciousness" art house masses. The real question is will we see anything new?
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Vote Libertarian - not as baseless and vapid as Democrats and not as blind to the ways of the world as Republicans! But anyway, I must admit I just read this review to see if Piper Perabo got naked. Ah well, I'm an immature bastard.
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Jul 10, 2001 11:31:37 AM CDT
a second thanks to Schlock and I have seen it and here is the de
by sundown
first off I just bought that film through ebay and anticipate it thanks you. Secondly for horrible imagery of children doing violence that film is hands down worse. The sad thing is all this controversy is coming from nothing really. It is massive over-reacting BS. The film features Dawsons Creek style kids (Not as a put down but age wise 18-25 year olds playing 15 year olds) battling to the death. Would anyone be offended if they saw Dawson gun down Joey with an uzi? Nope! What I mean to say is don't expect a shlocky bloodfest and its not like the olsen twins are running around in this film. It's not a horror film and the gore is nothing we haven't seen before. There is NO scene like the one in Hannibal. Nothing is really that graphic. Instead the movie succeeds by going the psychological route. I don't really get the melodrama argument beaks made but to me it simply seemed like well thought out characters. It wasn't melodrama mjust good writing. Now people might complain about the "dialog" just keep TWO VERY IMPORTANT things in mind 1-these people are from another country and have utterly different sensibilities than us so they will say different things this IS NOT an American film 2 The dialogue was converted and so you are merely reading the LCD of whats being said devoid of the poetry of language. These lines in their own language in the context of their culture will undoubtably sound more appropriate. Now for the meat of the issue its good news too this film delivers kick ass action with characterization not seen since the eighties. I got the adrenaline rush these films used to give to me that I haven't gotten since Die Hard Rocky Rambo and for some odd reason Karate Kid comes to mind. Its that you are so utterly screwed situation they put these kids in and the fact that you believe it so well that makes it work. You want to see these kids triumph even if you know they are doomed. You are on the edge of your seat hoping for a miracle that may never come. Never mind the uber cool nuances that I won't give away and some really awesome gunfights involving chicks at one point and a great finale. All in all it felt like i was reading a book where anyuthing can happen not a paint by numbers hollywood film. It is Running Man Long Walk and Rage all in one but not just the gimics it includes all the tension and suspense. There is some great stuff here and I recommend it to any film fan not just schlock horror fan. Seek it out and enjoy
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How did I know you would point out that I used 'at' at the end of a sentence. Silly me for using plain speak. Smart ass.
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Man, when I posted last night, I was bracing for a lashing. But nobody cares. They are too busy tossing political cherry bombs. Ahhh well, I resign myself to hating stupid teen movies in whatever guise they appear (fight the real enemy)! That's my big statement! See you in the peanut gallery!
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Just throwin' my opinion in and saying that Fortress is definitely a movie worth checking out. It's about a school in the outback of Australia. One classroom, K-12, taught by Rachel Ward, based on a true kidnapping story. The kids are kidnapped by men in masks of cartoon characters, and (since they are in the outback, miles and miles and MILES from civilization) they are marched into the outback and hidden in a cave, trapped by a boulder, and held for a ransom. The movie is how the teacher keeps them all together, and how the students end up fighting back. Very good, but a hard one to find. Check it out if you can.
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Battle Royale, as far as I know, is, in Japan, being released in September on DVD to buy, and is currently available on video and DVD to rent (not that my local video store has the DVD). This follows the usual trend of releasing the normal edition for rental and the special edition to buy, BR was so popular that the special edition had a fairly long cinema run, hense the delay between rental and sale. Last I heard it was set to be released in October at the cinema in the UK (although with films like this 'at the cinema' tends to mean four days at the ICA in London with hardly any advertising.) I'm assuming the VCD is the normal edition?????
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It's great strolling into a local cinema with the usual local cinema crowd, and seeing them react to the first 15 minutes or so of BR. Guarenteed walk outs every time! I suspect when it gets released in the UK or USA it'll be thought of as an 'underground cult movie' and you'll never get the same reaction. Oh what a fun country I lice in. I noticed the other day that Cannibal Holocaust has been digitally remastered and is on promotion at my local Tsutaya (Japanese equivalent of Blockbuster)...
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I'm a wee bit amazed at everyone who's been taking Battle Royale as some dark nihilistic transgressive piece of cinema. Every time I watch it, I bust a gut! The melodrama is just so overdone it *has* to be a dark comedy at heart. Think something like Heathers meets Survivor - but much, much better than either. I think the frequent use of humor in the violent scenes bolsters my case. I mean, look at it however you want, but I think it's more properly and enjoyably viewed as a very dark comedy.
The VCD quality is good except for the blacks which seem a little washed out, and nothing has been edited out comparing the version I saw at the Seattle International Film Festival. However, it is 1.33:1 (which I don't believe the original was) and the subtitles aren't as good as the theatrical version, including one very spoilerish gaffe - but those missteps are few and don't hamper the enjoyment of the film. And you can get it at several HK DVD/VCD houses at $12 including shipping. Just promise to watch it if it plays in a theater, 'kay? -
While I wasn't a big fan of Battle Royale, it does bring up the issue of what's happening in the schools here in a big way. I teach in Japan, and I think a lot of people have the perception that Japanese High Schools are little more than juvenile prisons where strict taskmasters dole out loads of work to sneeringly servile subjects. This is only about half true. The regimentation that exists in Japanese schools is relatively hollow--wear the uniform, sit in class, take tests.
Day to day classes are more like romper room in most classes. Imagine a classroom of surly youth in an inner city school in the US, and you'd have the right environment. For junior high students especially, no matter how surly, rude, or combative a student is, you can't throw them out. As most schools have to heavily recruit students to stay afloat during a baby bust era rude behavior is rarely punished lest the parents pull there students out of school. Students go to school, largely because it's compulsory, but do their real studying at cram schools. School is for talking with friends. Good students generally give up or get frustrated and become the worst troublemakers along with the poorest students. Most teachers are ill-equipped at dealing with classroom management, and so the problems intensify. The Japanese Education System is failing. Here's just one statistic to chew on: despite six years of compulsory English education, Japan ranks somewhere like 180th out of 200 nations in TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) proficiency. This is almost getting off topic, so I'm signing out. -
there is comedy in die hard amidst the suspense and there is comedy in halloween to break the suspense. Hell even in the theater for the Excorcist there were scenes where the audience laughed. It breaks the tension and is much needed in all of these films as well as Battle Royal. No doubt Battle Royal has a sick sensability alla Heathers but I did NOT laugh all the way through it by any means although I did cheer for the kids to...well you'll have to see. But while they're definite satirical elements (the manga girl gleefully explaining to the kids how to survive in the cutsiest manner possibe) that make this film a scorching critique on Japanese society and even humanity which is why we can all understand it. The melodrama argument completely escapes me. Its not in our language and it doesn't cater to our sensibilities but it does capture the imagination so hopefully the jaded among you will give it a chance. There ia a lot special about it and a lot that the reviewer missed (The ringer that is there that is sympathetic is NOT there under the circumstances described the reviewer is wrong and this is a key plot point in the film) but I digress- see for yourself and judge.
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I picked up Battle Royale on vcd from an online store for $12.50. The movie is on 2-vcds, and has Chinese and English subtitles. These are onscreen throughout the film but don't distract, or maybe you just get used to them. The picture quality is shaky at times but is really very nice for the most part. It usually breaks up a little on fast camera moves and explosions. It played on my dvd player no problem. I'll definitely pick this up on dvd later, especially if there are some cool extras.
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