Thursday, 9 June 2011

Man from Earth




The Man from Earth is a 2007 science fiction film written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Richard Schenkman. The film stars David Lee Smith as John Oldman, the protagonist of the story. The screenplay for this movie was conceived by Jerome Bixby in the early 1960s and was completed on his death bed in April 1998, making it his final piece of work. The movie gained recognition in part for being widely distributed through Internet peer-to-peer networks and its producer publicly thanked users of these networks for this.
The plot focuses on John Oldman, a departing teacher who claims to be a Cro-Magnon (or Magdalenian caveman) who has somehow survived for over 14,000 years. The only setting is in and around Oldman's house during his farewell party, with the plot advancing through intellectual arguments between Oldman and his fellow faculty.

Monday, 6 June 2011

Noriko's Dinner Table


Noriko's Dinner Table (紀子の食卓 Noriko no Shokutaku?), is the sequel to the cult film Suicide Club (Jisatsu Sākuru), a Japanese film concerning a mass suicide of 54 schoolgirls and how it leads the law to a shadowy cult. It won the Don Quixote award at the 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and a special mention. The movie was written and directed by Sion Sono. This film deals with various themes such as the generation gap on modern families, the nature of happiness, suicide, the lack of real communication, the alienation it causes and how the Internet is used in an attempt to mend it, and the concept of family. It takes place before, during, and after the first film, in hopes of explaining some of the lingering mysteries that film left behind. The film was released theatrically in Japan on September 23, 2006.

Suicide Club


Suicide Club, known in Japan as Suicide Circle (自殺サークル Jisatsu Sākuru?) is a 2002 Japanese independent horror film that gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation, and has since developed a significant cult following. It won the Jury Prize for "Most Ground-Breaking Film" at the Fantasia Film Festival. The movie was written and directed by Sion Sono. It deals with a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes Japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior.

Thursday, 2 June 2011

AAchi and SSipak




Aachi & Ssipak is a 2006 animated South Korean film, directed by Jo Beom-jin and featuring the voices of Ryoo Seung-beomLim Chang-jung, and Hyeon Yeong. It screened at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival. "Ssipak" is pronounced like "she pahk"

Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have somehow engineered a way to use human excrement as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", which in turn also act as a laxative. Aachi and Ssipak are street hoodlums who struggle to survive by trading black market Juicybars. Through a chain of events involving their porn-director acquaintance Jimmy the Freak, they meet wannabe-actress Beautiful, whose defecations are rewarded by exceptional quantities of Juicybars. For that reason, Beautiful is also wanted by the violent blue mutants known as the Diaper Gang (led by the Diaper King), the police (most notably the cyborg police officer Geko), and others.


Wednesday, 1 June 2011

Dead Leaves


Dead Leaves (デッド リーブス Deddo Rībusu?) is a 2004 Japanese anime film produced by animation studio Production I.G. It was distributed in Japan by Shochiku, in North AmericaCanada and the UK by Manga Entertainment, and in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment. It is directed byHiroyuki Imaishi. It is notable for its fast pace and energetic visual style.