Comments on: First Trailer for Kitano’s Outrage http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/ SNOW is a Tokyo-based online magazine featuring news and guest columns covering the cultural landscape of Tokyo/Japan. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marc Weidenbaum http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Marc Weidenbaum Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:05:08 +0000 http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/#comment-38 Yeah, Dolls is just a remarkable film -- it's like if Terrence Davies and Julie Taymor had teamed up. Our understanding in the U.S. of Kitano is so Clint Eastwood, and so not the Jerry Lewis he is at home. I'm so uninformed about his comedy, I don't even know if Jerry Lewis is the correct comparison. Yeah, Dolls is just a remarkable film — it’s like if Terrence Davies and Julie Taymor had teamed up. Our understanding in the U.S. of Kitano is so Clint Eastwood, and so not the Jerry Lewis he is at home. I’m so uninformed about his comedy, I don’t even know if Jerry Lewis is the correct comparison.

]]> By: Jean Snow http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jean Snow Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:31 +0000 http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/#comment-34 Oh, I did in fact like Dolls, was very beautiful to watch. And yes, he truly is seen as a clown here, and so it's the yakuza films that marked a departure for him. I remember reading a piece on him in an American magazine a few years ago, and the interviewer was supposed to meet him on the set of one of his many shows, and he didn't realize that Kitano was there (because he was acting so crazy). Oh, I did in fact like Dolls, was very beautiful to watch. And yes, he truly is seen as a clown here, and so it’s the yakuza films that marked a departure for him.

I remember reading a piece on him in an American magazine a few years ago, and the interviewer was supposed to meet him on the set of one of his many shows, and he didn’t realize that Kitano was there (because he was acting so crazy).

]]> By: Marc Weidenbaum http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Marc Weidenbaum Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:52:23 +0000 http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/#comment-33 The recent self-conscious trilogy is neat, but having no first-hand experience with his comic persona (having viewed it from an American perspective, I only truly know his hard-ass persona), I'm sure a lot of it is lost on me. I'd probably say Dolls, if you haven't seen it yet, is the most thorough and compelling thing he's done since Kikujiro. Definitely falls into the "hated it the first time I saw it, loved it the second" category that lasting work often does. The recent self-conscious trilogy is neat, but having no first-hand experience with his comic persona (having viewed it from an American perspective, I only truly know his hard-ass persona), I’m sure a lot of it is lost on me.

I’d probably say Dolls, if you haven’t seen it yet, is the most thorough and compelling thing he’s done since Kikujiro. Definitely falls into the “hated it the first time I saw it, loved it the second” category that lasting work often does.

]]> By: Jean Snow http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Jean Snow Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:48:14 +0000 http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/#comment-32 I'm embarrassed to say I haven't seen his last few films, but yeah, same here, can't wait to him doing something in the gangster genre again. I’m embarrassed to say I haven’t seen his last few films, but yeah, same here, can’t wait to him doing something in the gangster genre again.

]]> By: Marc Weidenbaum http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Marc Weidenbaum Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:31:05 +0000 http://snow-mag.com/2010/02/first-trailer-for-kitanos-outrage/#comment-31 Thanks for the alert. Very much looking forward to this. Hard to believe it's really been over a decade since Kikujiro. I've pretty much enjoyed everything he's done in between, but am looking forward to some pure gangster activity. Thanks for the alert. Very much looking forward to this. Hard to believe it’s really been over a decade since Kikujiro. I’ve pretty much enjoyed everything he’s done in between, but am looking forward to some pure gangster activity.

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