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`Audition'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Until the phone rings _ a shattering clang in the room where the quiet, pretty Asami lives _ things in "Audition" have been fairly benign. Sure, there's an offensive scam in which a widower and his film-producer friend interview 30 young women for what the actresses believe is a movie project, though it is, in fact, just a means for the widower to find his "ideal woman." And there are some peculiar dinner conversations between the widower, Aoyoma (Ryo Ishibashi), and his teen-age son about fish and ovaries.
But when that phone rings, writer-director Takashi Miike's brutally creepy drama takes flight (and fright); it's a chilling study in sexual pathology, male ...
- Takashi Miike's cinema of outrage.
- Magazine article from: CineAction Williams, Anthony (African American musician) March 22, 2004 700+ words
...ways similar to those revered works. Takashi Miike's films represent the contemporary...tradition. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Takashi Miike was born in 1960 and has operated entirely...by his "fan boy" following. (1) Takashi Miike's films contain excessive features...
- Venice eats up spaghetti Westerns.(Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" to...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Vivarelli, Nick July 26, 2007 700+ words
Japanese helmer Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" a tribute to spaghetti Westerns that features a Quentin Tarantino cameo, will world preem in competition...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Lawson, Terry June 4, 2002 700+ words
...steered to "Audition" (Ventura Distribution, $24.98), a disturbing, insidious 1999 horror film from Japanese director Takashi Miike. It's about a widowed video producer (Ryo Ishibashi) who searches for a new love by pretending to audition women for...
- This week's releases take a disturbing turn.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rahner, Mark June 11, 2002 700+ words
...more. Japanese auteur of the extreme Takashi Miike caused theater walkouts with this tale...seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services...seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.
- `Curse of the Jade Scorpion' unleashes stinging dialogue.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rahner, Mark February 5, 2002 700+ words
...flick by "Dead or Alive" director Takashi Miike. It'll make your family fights look...seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services...seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.
- `XXX' runs on high-octane Diesel.(The Seattle Times)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rahner, Mark January 7, 2003 700+ words
...Souls" (Ventura, R) from transgressive Japanese auteur Takashi Miike ("Dead or Alive," "Visitor Q"). A pair of lovers...Web at http://www.seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services. (c) 2003, The Seattle...
- Though it shivers few timbers, `Treasure Planet' sails onto DVD.(The Seattle...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rahner, Mark May 6, 2003 700+ words
...in R or unrated versions), from "Audition" shock-teur Takashi Miike, is a frenetic cop-vs.-gangster tale with vile, outrageous...Web at http://www.seattletimes.com/ Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Inform
- Peter Jackson catches Roth's `Cabin Fever'.
- Newspaper article from: Zap2It.com (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 9, 2003 700+ words
...What more would you expect from a director who dressed as Takashi Miike's "Ichi the Killer" to his own film's premiere...Zap2it.com at http://www.zap2it.com Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.
