Eat the schoolgirls: Osaka Telephone Club - Naoyuki Tomomatsu - (1997) - Japan

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450004/

Plot by Imdb: "Two young adults are doing dirty works for a yakuza gang, making sadistic rape/snuff films. Both of them are sexually obsessed; one is addicted to telephone sex whilst the other can only function sexually, whilst seeing mutilated female corpses."

Before joining the  Nikkatsu's "Sushi Typhoon" production team, alongside with Iguchi, Nishimura and many others, Tomomatsu made this very disturbing picture, that has very little to do with his futur absurd-gory-tongue-in-cheek productions, like Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl. More a Pinku movie turn gross, "Eat the schoolgirl" is to be handled with care, as it is obviously not for everyone. Not for your girlfriend, for example.  The amount of misoginistic sadism and extremely deviant male behaviour is difficult to believe. But the real interesting thing is the stylistic archievment that this movie represent: It is as weird, twisted and unsafe as other masterpieces of the genre like "Angst" or "Henry". Higly recommended if you can stomach this style of production, it shows once again that even a small production in a sub-sub-genre (pinku horror) can result in an impacting and memorable movie. 

A dark, dark shocker from an interesting director. Watch it at  your own risk.

Video clip made with images from the movie (the "music" has nothing to do with the movie)

BLU is back with some AMAZING stop motion graffiti

 

BIG BAG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

Koara kachô aka Executive Koala - Minoru Kawasaki - Japan - (2005)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830581/

Plot from Imdb:"Keiichi Tamura is a hardworking executive in a pickle company, who is making a big merger at work and struggling with memory loss and the mysterious disappearance of his wife three years prior. He's also a koala, which doesn't seem to bother people too much, but then the president of the company is a large white rabbit. Tamura enters the sights of the police when his current girlfriend is found stabbed to death and his murky past seem to imply that he is not the well-mannered Koala he appear to be."

Maybe the best work of Kawasaki, this "false" nonsensical thriller is filled by excellent ideas and witty artistic direction. The acting is great...or the animal masks are good, whatever you prefer. The gruesomeness of some scenes is made hilarious by the oddity of the costumes, until a certain point. Not unlike the masterpiece of adult animation from Satashi Kon "Perfect Blue", the childish aspect of the characters is becoming more and more odd, if not unsettling, as their behaviors grows more sinister. Perfect balance between the usual intimate stories told by iconic figures (a classic of Kawasaki, in Calamari Wrestler for example) and a denunciation of schizophrenia of the modern workplace, Executive Koala is a delightfully weird moment of cinema.  If you never had the chills on front of a maniac koala, now is just a good time.

PS: I, personally, discovered a few years ago, in Australia, that they are vicious little bastards, Eucalyptus junkies without moral or ethic !!! But that’s another story...

Tense moment at the precinct (extract): 

Japanese trailer:

Spun - Jonas Åkerlund - USA - (2002)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283003/

Plot by Imdb:"An out-of-control speed freak (Schwartzman) is introduced his drug of choice's creator (Rourke) by his dealer (Leguizamo). A massive three-day adventure ensues (with Fugit, Murphy, and Suvari in tow)."

Speed ride into the meth-addict everyday life, Spun is a fun and crazy journey into over-the-top characters. A mix between Fear and loathing in Las Vegas (without the depth) and Trainspotting, it relies on a strong casting, especially John Leguizamo and Britany Murphy both perfect and hilarious. Made to be cult, it doesn't succeed entirely, even if some scenes will clearly stay with you for some times (the gf tied to a bed during half the movie for example). More a dark hysterical comedy than an addict "mind landscape", Spun is a post modern punk version of a 70's hallucinogenic movie. It's good fun and general cinematography is really excellent. Jonas Akerlund professional background as a musical video clip director  helped a lot. Overall a good little gem in  the forgotten Drugsploitation genre. Wicked !

Don't take speed watching this, your head  might explode !

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Dolemite II: The Human Tornado - Cliff Roquemore - USA - (1976)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074653/

Plot by Imdb:" Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose primarily black Nightclub is threatened by White Mafia types."

A part of the Dolemite movie series (that, of course, have very little in common apart from the main character), "The Human Tornado" is a never seen before investigation into the absurd. A moment in cinema history that stands the test of time and will be referred as, in the future, one of the worst movie of all time, as well as one of the funnier. If you have my kind of humor. I must add right now that Rudy Ray Moore is one of my heroes (with Wesley Willis, amongst others. More on Wesley later on). Every movie he made during the seventies is a Blaxploitation gem, more hysterical and fucked up than the previous one. To begin with, Rudy Ray Moore is everything that is interesting in those movies, the rest is meaningless. 

HE is the MAN. 

And what a man: overweight, dressed as a pimp with clothes out of a Disneyland garage sale, beating the shit out of his adversaries with his invented-overacted-false-kung-fu (the fighting sequences are played in fast forward in general), Rudy Ray Moore is mainly a singer / entertainer and above everything else a womanizer. I'm sure the  ladies reading this will be turned on, just by looking at the pictures of Rudy.  Yes, Rudy's effect on women is amazing and he never misses a chance to score...The plot doesn't matter, the cheapness f it all doesn't matter, only Rudy Ray Moore matters. He makes this movie a marvelous experience, as you will just roll on the floor laughing more than once...

HILARIOUS & UNMISSABLE !

Check out his others movies that are equally insane: Dolemite (the first), Petey Weatstraw and Disco Godfather (a hell of a guilty pleasure).

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