A bit late, but here are some quick reviews to tide us all over.
After Porn Ends is a fun documentary about what performers in the industry go through during and after their stint as porn actors and actresses. Each story is unique: there's the usual teenage rebellion, forays into modeling before taking the plunge, and some people who just honest to goodness auditioned for the part. It's a fascinating look into the early porn industry although there's not a lot of coverage of the internet age. I find it's not too preachy so as to be irritating and it does not condemn those who decide to stay. But then again, the film posits that we'll never get to truly know these people, so there's a bit of a conundrum here.
Sepet is a marvelous film that I intend to review fully later on when I have watched more of Yasmin Ahmad's small oeuvre. It lingers in small personal moments, and that is where the movie shines. The acting is a bit awkward at the start, but things really pick up at around the second half. I've been waiting almost ten years to watch this; it was worth the wait.
If you are not convinced after watching Jodorowsky's Dune that his take on the Frank Herbert novel is the greatest sci fi movie never made, then I don't know what is wrong with you. Jodorowsky describes his film with such enthusiasm that it's hard not to get sucked in. I wonder what goes on in that man's head. It's probably like taking drugs without the drugs, which incidentally happens to be one of his aims in making movies like El Topo and The Holy Mountain.
Made as an anniversary project for the Horipro talent agency, Incite Mill is a clever little flick featuring a mix of Horipro's up and coming stars and their top talent. The film gets a bit too predictable towards the end, and the larger scope of the world beyond the incite mill and themes of voyeurism and insensitivity to violence in today's society are sadly not explored. It's still enjoyable, if only to see Tatsuya Fujiwara and company act all cray-cray.
In contrast, the Korean film A Million deals with a similar premise as Incite Mill, but the characters are so devoid of neurons that you wonder why they didn't all die in the first five minutes. There's a twist at the end that feels incredibly tacked on and is ultimately unsatisfying. It unfortunately left a bad taste in my mouth. The chick with glasses is pretty cute though.
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