Audition
September 9th 2011 02:23
Director: Takashi Miike
Screenplay: Daisuke Dengan (from the novel by Ryu Murakami)
Production: Japan/South Korea
Year: 1999
Sub-genre tags: serial killer, psychological thriller, torture
Logline: A middle-aged man slyly orchestrates a tentative romance with an aspiring actress only to discover she's not quite as mentally stable as he first thought.
Tagline: She always gets a part
Core cast: Ryo Ishibashi (Shigeharu), Eihi Shiina (Aami), Jun Kunimura (Yasuhisa), Toshie Negisha (Rie), Miuki Matsuda (Ryoko)
Memorable moment: The dismemberment.
Curious Facts: The dog bowl of vomit fed to Asami's prisoner is in fact the actual vomit of actress Eihi. Takashi Miike claims that Eihi is a method actress and insisted on doing this.
Intensity levels:
Blood & gore: high
Fear factor and/or frights: low
Likelihood of bad dreams (disturbing content): medium
Horrorphile’s two cents: "A powerfully effective movie with its resonant themes of loneliness, abuse, love, commitment, and the unhinged. Superb compositions, with arresting dream/nightmare imagery occasionally inter-cut ... The serenity of much of the movie lulls the viewer into a false sense of security, then Miike throws in an image of moment of insanity."
Click here to read Horrorphile's movie review.
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