Comments on: The Midnight Meat Train: A Symphony of Blood and Blade http://www.pleasantfluff.com/2008/11/11/the-midnight-meat-train-a-symphony-of-blood-and-blade/ better than wikipedia Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:29:58 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Martin Kingsley http://www.pleasantfluff.com/2008/11/11/the-midnight-meat-train-a-symphony-of-blood-and-blade/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Martin Kingsley Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:27:01 +0000 http://pleasantfluff.wordpress.com/?p=605#comment-39 I'd agree with that 'un right there, Mr. Smith. I'd posit that's something to do with Ryuhei Kitamura and, more generally, the cinematic viewpoints that have been coming out of Japan and Japanese horror particularly in the last ten years or so. Japan is both more and less sympathetic to American culture than one might imagine, and as such a critique on America is less likely to originate, auteuristically speaking, from such a place. The sequences with incredibly involved or psychotically inventive camera setups (you know the ones I mean) reminded me greatly of Takashi Miike's work (Ichi the Killer, particularly), which isn't surprising, since Kitamura is a contemporary of Miike's in the Watch Me Fuck With Your Preconceptions of What a Camera Can Do-brigade. I’d agree with that ‘un right there, Mr. Smith. I’d posit that’s something to do with Ryuhei Kitamura and, more generally, the cinematic viewpoints that have been coming out of Japan and Japanese horror particularly in the last ten years or so. Japan is both more and less sympathetic to American culture than one might imagine, and as such a critique on America is less likely to originate, auteuristically speaking, from such a place.

The sequences with incredibly involved or psychotically inventive camera setups (you know the ones I mean) reminded me greatly of Takashi Miike’s work (Ichi the Killer, particularly), which isn’t surprising, since Kitamura is a contemporary of Miike’s in the Watch Me Fuck With Your Preconceptions of What a Camera Can Do-brigade.

]]> By: baileysmith http://www.pleasantfluff.com/2008/11/11/the-midnight-meat-train-a-symphony-of-blood-and-blade/comment-page-1/#comment-38 baileysmith Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:46:33 +0000 http://pleasantfluff.wordpress.com/?p=605#comment-38 I'll be interested to see some dissent. Boredom breeds without it. What I noticed most strongly about the movie was a distinct shift away from the satirical critique of American society (one quite in agreement with what I one day hope to write on Stephen King's America) and toward a simple and wonderous reimagining of what onscreen violence can be. To me, the short story and the film are two entirely different beasts, but I enjoy both in equal measure. I’ll be interested to see some dissent. Boredom breeds without it.

What I noticed most strongly about the movie was a distinct shift away from the satirical critique of American society (one quite in agreement with what I one day hope to write on Stephen King’s America) and toward a simple and wonderous reimagining of what onscreen violence can be. To me, the short story and the film are two entirely different beasts, but I enjoy both in equal measure.

]]> By: Morgan http://www.pleasantfluff.com/2008/11/11/the-midnight-meat-train-a-symphony-of-blood-and-blade/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Morgan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:27:15 +0000 http://pleasantfluff.wordpress.com/?p=605#comment-37 Look forward to reading it :) Look forward to reading it :)

]]> By: Brad http://www.pleasantfluff.com/2008/11/11/the-midnight-meat-train-a-symphony-of-blood-and-blade/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Brad Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:54:20 +0000 http://pleasantfluff.wordpress.com/?p=605#comment-36 Man, this movie pissed me off in so many ways it's not even funny. Review forthcoming. Man, this movie pissed me off in so many ways it’s not even funny. Review forthcoming.

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