Member Takuma Posted March 6, 2017 Member Share Posted March 6, 2017 This was by far the best thing I saw at Yubari this year! If Ghost in the Shell ends up sucking, have no worries, your cyberpunk fix is here. While the film's trailer hints of the violence and graphic sex, it does not prepare you for how ambitious and political the film is. It's almost impossible to digest everything with just one viewing. Let me just give you the basic premise: The film is set in the future. A man is hired to test run a new virtual reality game, which is set in the past (our present day). It is said that the game is plagued by some kind of virus, but we don't know exactly what. The game, which seems even more realistic than the reality itself, features a stressed office worker who is secretly harbouring extreme right wing ideologies and apparent hatred towards women. This one takes a lot of brainwork. What is the connection between the film's two storylines? What is the relationship between actual reality and manufactured reality, and which one is influencing which more? The film looks very stylish throughout and sounds even better. The cast is entirely Japanese, as is most of the crew, including Yoshihiro Nishimura who contributed the blood effects. Director Cho Jinseok has Korean and Australian nationalities, and perhaps its due to the former that the film bites modern Japanese political atmosphere in the ass. He joked prime minister Abe should see the film, and dedicated the movie to Nagisa Oshima. The film's English title is Colonel Panics, but in Japanese it's "Kernel Panic". Different meanings, although both make sense in the film's context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted March 13, 2017 Author Member Share Posted March 13, 2017 Interview with the director:http://asianmoviepulse.com/2017/03/interview-cho-jinseok-im-particularly-interested-artificial-intelligence-creativity-interact/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted December 7, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 7, 2017 JP DVD coming 2018/03/02 - http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=1015677 and according to Allcinema it should have English subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted December 7, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 7, 2017 7 hours ago, Takuma said: JP DVD coming 2018/03/02 - http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=1015677 and according to Allcinema it should have English subs. I'm in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 9, 2017 Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 12/7/2017 at 9:27 AM, Takuma said: JP DVD coming 2018/03/02 - http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_dvd.php?num_sid=1015677 and according to Allcinema it should have English subs. Oh yeah, please let this become the new trend! Japanese film fans please BUY THIS, don't download it, so that the Japanese distributors will continue to make their releases "English friendly". I completely missed this thread when you posted it @Takuma. Thanks for telling us about it, and for your review and the interview link. Is it safe to check out the interview, or does it contain spoilers? On 12/7/2017 at 4:58 PM, One Armed Boxer said: I'm in! Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted December 9, 2017 Author Member Share Posted December 9, 2017 From what I recall, the interview is spoiler free (this isn't an easy film to spoil anyway ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted December 9, 2017 Administrator Share Posted December 9, 2017 8 hours ago, Takuma said: From what I recall, the interview is spoiler free (this isn't an easy film to spoil anyway ) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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