The boys play a couple of exgis who use their discharge money to finance a trip to florida, where jerry hotchkiss lewis hopes to land a job as a circus clown. For the first 30 minutes or so of strange circus, you might be fooled into thinking. It has a score and tone that reminded me of norifumi suzukis masterpiece, beautiful girl hunter, and sono contrasts grisly depravity with great beauty. Movies like strange circus 2005 big bad wolves 20 flay 2018 house of bad 20 full movie the pit 1981 the presence 1992 lights out horror short the sandman 2018 sick nurses 2007 recovery 2019 the enigma of. School principal ozawa gozo rapes his daughter, mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex.
Alyssa miller explores how sion sonos strange circus 2005 reflects and. Similarly, strange circus is a collision, a wild blend of the utterly. But what a film strange circus is intensely difficult and challenging to watch, confusing. Shino sonos strange circus is a beautifully twisted, aphotic and grotesque masterpiece starring the absolutely brilliant masumi miyazaki. Its strongest points are the writing and the dialogue, something sono shines at. This film deals a lot with the deconstruction of collectivism which really is a trait of japanese society compared to the more individualistic trait of western society. Qualley is the best thing in strange but true, a psychological thriller adapted from john searles novel by eric garcia matchstick men and directed by rowan athale the secondbest thing in the movie is every other actor, a bomber crew of big talents that includes connor jessup as melissas boyfriend ronnie, who died in the aforementioned wreck.
Kimyo na sakasu strange circus 2005 rotten tomatoes. Battle royale official bluray trailer cult classic movie 2000 duration. Her assistant, yuji, sets on a mission to uncover the reality of this story, but the reality might be too much to bear. Isseu ishida, give the film the closest thing it has to a conventional plot line. Strange circus, another sono film brought stateside under tlas danger after dark label, is a different kind of film, but even more bizarre. We are introduced to mitsuko, a 12 year old girl who suffers heavy mental and sexual abuse. Just as the title of the movie suggests, mitsukos dream world or fantasy world, whatever you wanna call it. Kotora mafune appears in her debut movie teases with oil on her panties. The erotic novelist taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Strange circus is difficult to talk about without giving too much away.
Sexually molested by her father gozu hiroshi oguchi and mentally tormented by her jealous mother sayuri masumi miyazaki, twelveyear old mitsuko rie kuwana is locked in a cello case and forced to watch her. Also included is a oneofakind performance by the dirty mac, a onenightstand band comprised of eric clapton, john lennon, mitch mitchell, and keith. This movie has great rewatchability tho id gladly skip those 20 minutes, thank you. Strange circus ending i want to know how strange circus ends and what the plot twists are and what the heck happens with a chain saw. Curiosity gets the better of her and she witnesses them having sex. But theres something uniquely twisted about the feverish strange circus, sonos 2005 exercise in. While the lynch movie completely falls apart by the end and becomes weird for the sake of being weird, circus is always coherent if not a little, pardon the pun, strange. With masumi miyazaki, issei ishida, rie kuwana, seiko iwaido. This is the erotic novel that novelist taeko, who uses a wheelchair, sets out to write. Having already heard that this movie contained sequences of underage girls being abused and degraded, i had assumed that the rest of the film would continue on in the same vein, making strange circus an ungainly mix of martyrs, torture porn flicks like hostel, and with an unsavory dash of lolicon thrown in.
The film begins with 12yearold mitsuko who accidentally walks in on her school principal father raping her mother. Attempting to understand strange circus completely isnt recommended. The school he runs seemingly lets him watch porn movies on a movie. While sono is always being compared to countrymen miike, strange circus is actually the first film that i thought truly resembled miikes style especially visually and editorially there is a scene at the end that almost seems like a. It is the lowestgrossing wizarding world installment todate. In strange circus, adolescent mitsuko is forced to watch her parents lovemaking by her perverted father and her domineering mother, who imprison her in a cello case employed with. Strange circus seems to be particularly linked to audition, even recycling the famous its all a dream sequence. Strange circus is a film directed by sion sono with masumi miyazaki, issei ishida, rie kuwana, mai takahashi, year. The boys play a couple of exgis who use their discharge money to finance a trip to florida, where jerry hotchkiss lewis hopes to. A joint american and british production, it is the sequel to fantastic beasts and where to find them 2016. Strange circus is, undoubtedly, very true to its title.
Dec 24, 2005 movies like strange circus 2005 big bad wolves 20 flay 2018 house of bad 20 full movie the pit 1981 the presence 1992 lights out horror short the sandman 2018 sick nurses 2007 recovery 2019 the enigma of the yacht 1983 the contraption 1977. It is a film filled with dreamlike imagery, dual roles, sex, violence, and decadent posturing, all centering around a japanese family that has gone way beyond nuclear. I get the feeling its meant to be for all its weirdness, suicide club was almost policeprocedural in its plotting. Strange circus 2005 cast and crew an erotic novelists assistant tries to uncover the truth behind her latest story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. It has a score and tone that reminded me of norifumi suzukis masterpiece, beautiful girl hunter, and sono contrasts grisly depravity with. But thats actually presuming that the events depicted in the film do actually take place in the reality of that film. With a filmography as pervasively perverse and profane as sonos, one could place such a distinction on almost any title and probably be correct in saying so. Even in the plot summary several taboo subjects come to light. The show is set up as a circus with the musicians appearing in elaborate psychedelic costumes.
The effects childhood sexual abuse in strange circus scriptophobic. Quite bizarre to the core, this film doesnt leave much unaddressed from the world of the macabre. Basically, without spoiling the plot, ill say that the film is told in a completely nonlinear. Strange circus is confusing at times and a little too clever for its own good, but it is a true sexual horror film that goes places few films do. Just as the title of the movie suggests, mitsukos dream world or fantasy world, whatever you wanna call it, is literally a strange circus. Now i see why about 200 hundred people rushed to get sonos autograph after the showing at the fantasia festival in montreal. The synopsis of this film is an erotic novelist is writing her new book which is a morbid tale of abuse. In strange circus, adolescent mitsuko is forced to watch her parents lovemaking by her perverted father and her domineering mother, who imprison her in a cello case. Strange circus 2005 scary horror movies horrorrated.
Superficially, strange circus is a revenge movie, and you could argue that the target of the revenge gets all thats coming to them. We are then whisked onto a luxury jet where the liberal rich are feted and random poor conservatives from different parts of the country have been drugged and tucked outofsight in the back of the plane. Her father realizes this and one day invites his daughter to watch him and his wife having sex with mitsuko locked in a cello case. The story she is writing tells a tale of abuse, incest and murder, she has an assistant named yuji who has made it his task to find out the truth of her story. Her dad catches her in the act and from that moment this movie gets really crazy. Strange circus might have just brought that to another level, rivaling even that of takeshi miikes standards. Strange circus is a 2005 japanese horror drama film written and directed by sion sono. Strange circus brings to mind two other filmmakers and their work, david lynch and takashi miike. Having already heard that this movie contained sequences of underage girls.
It is no exaggeration to call strange circus a movie turned nightmare. The ending, on that note, is a little longwinded, but theres so much room for richness and speculation. Grand guignol, japanese style, takes center stage in strange circus, an outthere yarn that shocks, provokes but ultimately bores with its tasteless indulgences. Aesthetically exceptional with cinematography that is dangerously disorientating and feels close up, really close up to everything that is going on it feels nightmarish and strangely poetic at the same time. As melissa moody in strange but true, a young woman who returns home five years after her boyfriends death on prom night yet claims to be pregnant with his child, qualley is a sweet, upbeat, cando type of heroine, someone youd expect to see on a tv series about an intrepid girl detective or a small town kid trying to save the family farm. Strange circus 2005 an erotic novelists assistant tries to uncover the truth behind her latest story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. I should make clear if i havent already that this movie isnt for the young or old. Movies like strange circus if you like strange circus you are looking for scary, psychological and rough movies about with incest, child abuse, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, innocence lost, incest rape and father daughter incest themes of drama, horror and mystery genre shot in japan. Whatever the case, the film offers a comparatively relaxed martin and lewis, wandering through a thinnish plot with amiable finesse. Nov 26, 2018 having already heard that this movie contained sequences of underage girls being abused and degraded, i had assumed that the rest of the film would continue on in the same vein, making strange circus an ungainly mix of martyrs, torture porn flicks like hostel, and with an unsavory dash of lolicon thrown in.
Gozo now rapes both of them as he pleases, while his family is undermined by incest, suicide, and murder. Theres incest, rape, murder, plot twists and, of course, twisted imagery that will make you question if what youre watching is a dream or what is actually happening. If the characters and narrative are lynchian, then surely the. In this movie they are, mitsuko being the only exception. It is a film filled with dreamlike imagery, dual roles, sex, violence, and decadent posturing, all centering around a japanese family that has gone way. It manages to make the grotesque beautiful and it does so with class. Decapitated limbs, incestuous lovemaking, and bloodsoaked walls squeeze deep within the storys convoluted and utterly unnerving nature. Strange circus is a asian horror film by sion sono full of mind screw and fridge horror. The film opens on a bombastic overture and a stiltedly staged group text that will retroactively become important. Aug 17, 2016 pull any sion sono movie off the shelf and chances are somebody somewhere has called it his most extreme. It is no exaggeration to call strange circus a movieturned nightmare.
Jul 17, 2006 while the lynch movie completely falls apart by the end and becomes weird for the sake of being weird, circus is always coherent if not a little, pardon the pun, strange. One day she hears some strange noise coming from her parents room. Other performers include taj mahal, marianne faithfull, and the only recently formed jethro tull. Strange circus, on the other hands, starts off with a scene that basically says. At one point, just as the film becomes particularly cruel, the main character. The movie totally fucks your mind with a plot twist that will guarantee leave a scar on your memories im still thinking about, even after a couple days have past. Ill keep most of the plot for the spoiler section and here i can only tell you that the movie is about an erotic novelist, taeko, who is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse.
Its hard to describe the plot of this movie without giving away the huge reveal at the end. Strange circus starts out as a story about a quiet young girl named mitsuko. From the director of the cult hit suicide club comes an unsettling look at the life of a sexuallyabused adolescent whose inability to distinguish her mothers pleasure from her own. Its in fact as if you were in a delirium and had to face your most deepseated fears. Even in the plot summary several taboo subjects come to light that become a surreal net of drama, pain and art on the screen. Like a dream trying to be recalled, its essence will begin to sift away. It is the second installment in the fantastic beasts film series and the tenth overall in the wizarding world franchise, which began with the harry potter. The film starts with the incestuous and violent relationships between a father gozo hiroshi ohguchi, his daughter mitsuko rie kuwana, and his wife sayuri masumi miyazaki. Strange circus 2005 the erotic novelist taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abuse. Jun 11, 2011 strange circus ending i want to know how strange circus ends and what the plot twists are and what the heck happens with a chain saw. Given the difficulty of summarizing strange circus plot, it may be easier to make another comparison. Jun 22, 2012 battle royale official bluray trailer cult classic movie 2000 duration.
But theres something uniquely twisted about the feverish strange circus, sonos 2005 exercise in eroguro, a japanese. Gozo now rapes both of them as he pleases, while his family. To say this film is strange is a severe understatement. Strange circus 2005 sion sono synopsis, characteristics.
The crimes of grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy film directed by david yates and written by j. Basically, without spoiling the plot, ill say that the film is told in a completely. Is the little girl someone to sympathize with or not. This channel was generated automatically by youtube s video discovery. If the characters and narrative are lynchian, then surely the structure and tone of the. Pull any sion sono movie off the shelf and chances are somebody somewhere has called it his most extreme. May 11, 2012 strange circus brings to mind two other filmmakers and their work, david lynch and takashi miike. Strange circus is a asian horror film by sion sono full of mind screw and fridge.
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