why the hell isnt anyone discussing this film? it was quite invigorating and made me excited for cinema again! it was like a modern day godard but using its own language - i guess the bukakke scared everyone away - anyway i will be looking forward to seeing what this film maker does next
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I just heard about this film - "Japan Japan" - today with an alert from tla video. Looks very interesting after doing some research. The DVD is releasing 02/24/2009.
http://www.jehuti.com/japanjapan/
I imagine the opening shot scared people away. They never made it to the bukakke. They never even made it to the opening dialogue (cinema is dead), which would instantly rile the feathers of most viewers and turn them away as well.
The structure of the film, its multiple cinematic languages (documentary, travelogue, improvisation, music video moments, web videos, pornography, disjointed editing, etc), its raw images and raw emotions, its vacuum of exotic and orientalist tropes, its complete sidestepping of Israel's cultural oases, its lack of allusion to the Israeli-Arab issue, its contemporary focus on "wasted youth" and marginalized society, etc, would drive most people away.
It reminded me of an externalized interactive version of the film "Container" (2006, Lukas Moodysson).
Lior Shamriz defied his own "cinema is dead" quip. What he achieved is not only unprecedented in the diverse spectrum of Israeli cinema, it is nearly unprecedented in contemporary (1980's-present) cinema.
He directed another film entitled "Saturn Returns", but of course it's sitting in its reels rotting away.
You are not alone.I thought it was amazing. Very compelling and fresh,with a free flowing loose structure that evoked lots of emotions and ideas. Very cinematic too.
shareyou're kidding - you must be related to the producer to be so gung-ho. if it had anything to do with the sex and bukakke, super, but those were just thrown in as an unrelated afterthought. for instance, imagine how arid the film would have been without nudity. there's nothing cinematic, just the cheap and usual allure of sex gimmick while hoping the movie is about something, anything! if i wanted to forego a movie and plot i'd have bypassed this to rent the bukakke film directly, don't you think?
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