Suzuki's "Branded To Kill"

Started by SoNowThen, June 24, 2003, 09:27:44 AM

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SoNowThen

June 24, 2003, 09:27:44 AM
Just watched for the first time last night. What a great, balls-out, fucking hilarious crime/action movie. I haven't seen anything else by the guy, but I will be now. Inspiring, to be sure.

Anybody have any thoughts on the director or the movie? Or any recommends on his other flicks?
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

chainsmoking insomniac

#1
June 24, 2003, 11:26:25 AM
Finally, someone else saw this guy's work!!!

Tokyo Drifter is really great too...but I'll never forget the first time I saw Branded to Kill....laughed out loud at some parts, particularly when he confronts #1 and they have to sleep in the same room together...
The worst story line I've ever seen (besides Manos the Hands of Fate), however it's just so fun to watch anyway that it really doesn't matter.  :lol:
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote: 'The world's a fine place, and worth fighting for.'  I agree with the second part."
    --Morgan Freeman, Se7en

"Have you ever fucking seen that...? Ever seen a mistake in nature?  Have you ever seen an animal make a mistake?"
 --Paul Schneider, All the Real Girls

SoNowThen

#2
June 24, 2003, 02:45:25 PM
Yeah, I just went out at lunch and bought the dvd!! I'm such a Criterion whore...


So, seen anything else by him besides those two?
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

godardian

#3
June 24, 2003, 05:52:29 PM
Quote from: punchdrunk23Finally, someone else saw this guy's work!!!

Tokyo Drifter is really great too...but I'll never forget the first time I saw Branded to Kill....laughed out loud at some parts, particularly when he confronts #1 and they have to sleep in the same room together...
The worst story line I've ever seen (besides Manos the Hands of Fate), however it's just so fun to watch anyway that it really doesn't matter.  :lol:

I've only seen the two mentioned (the ones Criterion released), and I prefer Branded to Kill. It is thoroughly insane in the best possible way. How do you bypass pale expectations of "story," "realism," and "sense" to distill pure cinema? When in France, ask Godard. When in the States, ask De Palma. When in the East, ask Suzuki.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

SoNowThen

#4
June 24, 2003, 06:11:41 PM
So absolutely fucking perfectly put!

:-D
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

lamas

#5
June 24, 2003, 09:51:41 PM
You definitely want to see Tokyo Drifter.  The use of color is just crazy!  Some scenes almost look like a cartoon.  The storyline though...I didn't know what the fuck was going on!

godardian

#6
June 24, 2003, 10:47:16 PM
Quote from: lamasYou definitely want to see Tokyo Drifter.  The use of color is just crazy!  Some scenes almost look like a cartoon.  The storyline though...I didn't know what the fuck was going on!

I'm almost very sure that's the point...??
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

chainsmoking insomniac

#7
June 25, 2003, 07:54:49 AM
Quote from: SoNowThenYeah, I just went out at lunch and bought the dvd!! I'm such a Criterion whore...


So, seen anything else by him besides those two?

Those are the only two I've seen.
"Ernest Hemingway once wrote: 'The world's a fine place, and worth fighting for.'  I agree with the second part."
    --Morgan Freeman, Se7en

"Have you ever fucking seen that...? Ever seen a mistake in nature?  Have you ever seen an animal make a mistake?"
 --Paul Schneider, All the Real Girls
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