This trailer is in Korean with no subtitles, but it's about a sex toy that comes to life, presumably because of an ancient Egyptian curse, if Mannequin has taught me anything about living dolls. But it looks like it might be a really good movie, drifting along miscreant pathways and contemplating love and poetry, which is what the best SE Asian romance dramas seem to do.
I saw this movie in Vancouver when it premiered at the VIFF many years ago. It's one of the most stressful movies I've ever seen. It's two stories, one about an Arab immigrant who left his life in Iran behind to pursue one with a future in Sweden who's being blackmailed by old terrorist contacts who will kill his Iranian wife and child if he doesn't set off a bomb for them. The other story is about a boy that gets bullied until he's pushed too far and then kills another student in the woods with his police officer mother's gun. There are no happy endings in this film, and every decision is wrought with circumstances that seem insurmountable by our protagonists. If you can find it, watch it.
Finally, an actual coming attraction. I haven't posted one of these since Doomsday, in the waybackwhen. This is the story of two families who shared the same father, one of which was treated quite badly and the other the father's second start in life. Now that 'ol Dad's dead, their differences are drawing them into a showdown that, I'm guessing, involves shotguns.
The events in this movie make little sense in a vacuum. A troupe of murderous greasers, an English vampire in love with Viggo Mortensen, a calcified fetus, and rural Idaho. But woven together by the curiously horrifying script of Phillip Ridley, they acquire a gestalt majesty. It doesn't make logical sense, but it all seems disturbingly familiar.
I recently read that there won't be any dialogue for the first 20 min. of this movie. True story. Just a heads up if you were planning on seeing it.
This movie was the best thing to ever happen to me. It completely changed my whole outlook on the world. The cruel uncaring world...
