A Page of Madness Comments

Sidney 2023-04-08 22:58:42

The fourth day of the newspaper, a new chapter in the history of Japanese cinema. Based on a novel by Yasunari Kawabata, this family is common along the coast of Japan. Using western avant-garde techniques to create a terrifying atmosphere, black and white light and dark are distinct, the consciousness of cutting and isolating composition is opposed, and the rhythm of the soundtrack is fast and changeable. Silent films can always amaze you with their technology, improving on the commonly used...

Chesley 2023-04-04 15:55:45

Japanese New Sensation School, a lot of double exposure. Compared with Dadaism, it has a relatively clear and realistic...

Shanon 2023-03-24 06:47:20

I saw it in 2012, the earliest experimental film in Japan. I was watching...

Tara 2023-03-17 14:40:25

Quite an experimental work, the chaotic editing fits the crazy mental state, the oblique composition, overlapping images, double-speed action, rotating camera, and the chilling soundtrack constitute such a paradoxical fable, and the masked man at the end is a stroke of genius...

Eldora 2023-03-14 17:51:41

The soundtrack of the version I watched from the abnormal experiment is very similar to Hans Richter's appearance if he made a feature film. The creepy smiley face, the unlimited use of superimposition, the character switching achieved by fast panning, etc. Kawabata's novels are actually not so eerie, but they are relatively everyday. Kinikasa Sadanosuke's choice of a lunatic asylum is a bit of a coincidence, but it makes a very experimental work less experimental, but whether it's the opening...

Roscoe 2023-03-02 23:38:18

The music and messy editing are brilliant in the...

Lenny 2023-02-28 03:05:07

The horror brought by the strange is the fear of chills...

Savannah 2023-01-31 04:45:47

Japan's new feeling school, very cool. A lot of overlapping images, skewed/distorted images show the crazy heart. High-speed editing, inserting visual symbols (related to the story), and opening up time and space on scene transitions (shaking the camera, falling keys). The part of wearing a mask was wonderful, and the stage-style lighting of the stage in the part of breaking free from prison was very special. The curator has repeatedly said that the plot is difficult to understand, but there...

Clemmie 2023-01-29 05:32:19

Although not very ordinary, the director created a terrifying feeling through editing, sound effects, and the expressions of the actors. Advanced...

Rosemarie 2023-01-23 04:51:13

A lot of overlays are used, and there are moving shots such as push and pull. The display of the mental state in the hospital is really...