Comments | hidingmywings: Home, everybody wants to go home. Even when they're old, even when they're small.

hidingmywings

Home, everybody wants to go home. Even when they're old, even when they're small.

Nov 04, 2004 10:02

Recently, I've been having trouble defining what "home" means to me. I waver. Sometimes I think that memory is more of a home than any place can be, but lately I've felt this sub-gravital tug towards western Maryland. I think everyone has a psychic/spiritual tie with the region of their birth. It's not just the people there, but the landscape, the ( Read more... )

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Dude xreckusx November 4 2004, 13:48:07 UTC

First off, as a fellow West Coast transient, I totally agree with you sentiments about Home...I miss the place...I need it, in some weird way, to recharge my spiritual battery. Christmas cannot come soon enough. As far as A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, it's on my list. I've been up to my elbows in Japanese/Asian Horror of late. My girlfriend just got a job with a company that owns a great deal of Japanese properties and is trying to sell them to the American market...her job is to watch all of the movies and whatnot and figure out how to pitch them...so yeah, nothing beats watching free Japanese Horror with your girlfriend...it's been a lot of Takashi Miike so far, but they've started her on the Tomie series...should be interesting...

As soon as I get my hands on the flick, I'll let you know what I think.

J

PS - Looks like I'll be on the crew for House of the Dead 2 here before too long...should be interesting...hopefully not interestingly BAD...

Re: Dude hidingmywings November 4 2004, 16:35:48 UTC

Speaking of Miike, have you seen Audition? That one's next on my to watch list. The only other film of his I've seen is "The Happiness of the Katakuris." A Tale of Two Sisters takes place in a strangely Victorian house in the countryside (dark wood paneling, heavy drapery, patterned cloth everywhere), which gives it a very claustrophobic feel. From the opening sequence, the film is ripe with symbolism. While the film definately has its scares, it's more of a family tragedy than anything. It sounds like your girlfriend has a killer job (and that she's pretty cool to boot). I can't decide if the recent trend of remaking asian horror films is good or bad. On one hand, after seeing the remakes, many people are drawn to rent the original. However, the remakes tend to bastardize and distill the source material. As far as Tomie goes, the first one is slow (understandably), and doesn't pick up until the last quarter of the movie. Also, the cinematography, on the whole, is pretty shoddy (in my opinion). I've only seen the first 15 minutes of ( ... )