Three Clips From Tokyo! Anthology
posted by The JoeFrom Leos Carax’s Tokyo Merde
A mysterious man spreads confusion on the streets of Tokyo through a succession of irrational and provocative acts. “The Creature of the Sewers” as the media have dubbed him, arouse passion or repulsion. He will be captured, judged and then…
Hilarious use of the Godzilla theme.
From Michel Gondry’s Interior Design
The surreal fable of a young couple who moves to Tokyo in search of a future. While the boy\’s ambition is clear – be a movie maker- the girl drifts gradually apart. Both of them will be drowned in the immensity until the girl, feeling alone, discovers something strange.
From Bong Joon Ho’s Shaking Tokyo
He is a hikikomori – like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world .When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens – the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo?
The Tokyo! anthology is hitting theaters not soon enough.
Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pm