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Anybody familiar with Miike's films (Audition, Visitor Q) knows a couple of things about him: (1) there is no affront against civilized behavior he won't put on film, and (2) he's a heckuva filmmaker. Imprint confirms this, on both counts. The only weak spot is the English dialogue reading by the Japanese cast--and by Billy Drago, for that matter, although he does look very cool. The story may or may not make sense, but what stays with you are the pregnant, eye-filling images (cinematography by Toyomichi Kurita) and the truly shocking violence. It is really what the Masters of Horror series seems designed to do: give a director complete freedom to merge style with story. Take this to heart, oh ye of low nausea thresholds: Imprint will seriously mess you up. --Robert Horton
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 October, 2005 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Anchor Bay |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Horror, Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 013131446692 |
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Customer Reviews of Masters of Horror: Imprint
No fun, but can't help but be interesting . . . At the outset, let me assure you that I dig horror movies and I think Takeshi Miike is a mad genius. That being said, "Imprint" is not very good. Sure, it's interesting (what Miike film isn't?) and there are some mindblowing sequences. But the acting is terrible (it's in English; Miike doesn't speak English - see the problem?), the story is, well, stupid (just lame, seriously), and it's more over the top than it needs to be (and yes, I realize I am reviewing a Miike film, so the term "over the top" has almost no meaning - and I'm still saying this is too much). It succeeds insofar as being an "oh dead God, why am I watching this?" sort of thing, and that in itself is something. But it's no fun, there's no point, and . . . well, I was disappointed. Too bad, that, because the very idea of Miike making an episode of MoH for Showtime that was too disgusting to be aired was truly delicious. Unfortunately, it appears that the reason they refused to air it was because it's just not very good and too f---ing disgusting for words. Watch only if you're a Miike fan and just want to chuckle at the outright lunacy of the guy.
Enough With The Commentaries Please...
This was a fairly "enjoyable" bit from Miike, the horror is more disturbing than "scary". It's probably more horrific to know that women actually lived in terrible conditions like these during Japan's Meiji Period. It would also have been better in the actors' native Japanese, but most American audiences simply aren't going to watch anything with subtitles, no matter how good the movie. When I saw Jet Li's "Fearless", a number of people walked out as soon as the subtitles rolled! I am giving it 4 stars only because I am getting exasperated with these commentaries from pretentious film "experts"," not related to the production, which the studios insist on adding to nearly every DVD that comes out. Fifteen minutes into the commentary track on this one, and these people don't sound at all interested in the film, or even seem to think that it's very good. Why are they commenting in the first place? NOT a good marketing idea if the studios want people to buy their DVDs. If the DVD will be cheaper, I can skip all the photo galleries, trailers, music videos, and other junk that's padded onto a DVD nowadays. The film is good enough, please!
Wonderfully disturbing
This was far more exciting than Audition..... If you are a fan of Audition I would seriously suggest this movie and if you are not... I would still suggest this movie... I wouldn't however suggest it to those of which have weak stomach....
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>I love this movie and this is by far now my favorite horror movie,,,