Make a whole new religion

Helmed by acclaimed director Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer), this film tells the story of a bond that develops between Jun (Ryuhei Matsuda, Cutie Honey) and Shiro (Masanobu Ando, Black Kiss), two inmates of a juvenile hall - and the tragedy that comes from it.

I searched for a while to find a good sypnosis. And the above is it. The director didn't choose to depict the love between the two characters in the way we are used to seeing. And if you are thinking about Big Bang Love Titanic style.. (or whatever), you will probably hate the film.
But has its Bang in its way..

I do enjoy the film, though I did not understand it fully.
Maybe it wasn't meant to be.

I particularly love the one scene when the two characters are talking about their life path.
It goes something like this:
Jun: Where will you choose to go? To heaven or into space?
Shiro: Space.
Jun: Why?
Shiro: It's less crowded, I guess. What about you? Where do you want to go?
Jun: Into space, maybe..
Shiro: Be honest.
Jun: Maybe to heaven..
Shiro: Ah.. That's why..
Jun: Maybe you will see aliens in outer space.
Shiro: maybe..
Jun: Don't you believe there is afterlife?
Shiro: Well, if there is, there is. If there is not, there will not.
Jun: What about ghosts?
Shiro: You must be joking..
Jun: hmm.. Do you mind if I follow you to where you are going?
Shiro: To where?

I'm sure I left out some lines from the real script. But I do love how it layered the relationship and added so much emotions in just these few lines.

I also learnt a few technical things from the film.
The editing.
The direction.
The sound and music arrangement.

To be honest, if you are not art film fan, save your money.
If you do not take joy in the technical side of film, you will not enjoy it as much.

There is more than one way to enjoy a film.
Just like in the film, there is more than one way to love somebody..

Labels: Films, Thoughts