Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
by Takashi Miike
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Actor: Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Ryo Ishibashi, Tetsu SawakiDirector: Takashi Miike
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
Producer: Akemi Suyama
Producer: Jun'ichi Shind?
Producer: Satoshi Fukushima
Producer: Toyoyuki Yokohama
Writer: Daisuke Tengan
Writer: Ry? Murakami
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Japanese (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
DVD Review: Interesting but not as good as I expected
Summary: 3 Stars
I thought this film was interesting but I was expecting more. As several other people have noted, it is very, very slow for an hour and very little happens. I was starting to fall asleep at one point; only the hot laptop on my lap kept me awake (I watched the movie over my laptop through Netflix). It's only in the last 20 min. or so that the movie picks up and becomes more intriguing and creepy. I think I would have liked it more if the creep factor had come into play a little sooner. However, I liked the actors and I thought overall it was a good movie. I probably wouldn't recommend it to most people because of the brief torture scene. It didn't bother me that much but I realize a lot of people get pretty freaked out by scenes like that. (I was expecting the movie to be much more extreme in its depiction of violence, having read and heard some other reviews of it.) I wouldn't buy a copy of it, but I enjoyed it.DVD Review: Pleasantly surprised
Summary: 4 Stars
All the talk about this movie is torture. And so, that is what I expected to watch for 2 hours. I was wrong, but the movie I did watch was really good. It is more of a psychological thriller/horror movie than a gruesome gore fest (a la Hostel or Saw). The story interested me, the plot moved at a good pace, the acting was extremely well done, and overall I liked what I saw.
Audition is about a widower who lives with his teenage son. One day, his says he should take a wife and find some happiness. And so the guy decides that this is what he would like to do, but he is so old that he needs for the perfect woman sooner rather than later. Joking with a friend over drinks, they decide to hold an audition. From the women who audition, he will select a woman to date. And he finds the perfect woman, but she is obviously not who she says she is. Some crazy scenes ensue, time lapses, and mysteries abound as we watch their relationship. I won't spoil anything for you...
I like this film. It was smart and creepy. A well done film that is not what everybody has been telling you about. And even though it's now 10 years old, it is still good. Recommended.
DVD Review: COMA IN A BOX - OR 2 HOURS OF TOTAL BORDOM
Summary: 1 Stars
What a HUGE disappointment. This so called Blu-Ray edition was a total waste of 115 minutes. I would have been more entertained wathcing a block of ice melt. Big hype and no delivery. If you want to experience a temporary coma, watch this movie. Do not buy it as you can have my copy (Blu-Ray). If you don't want it, I will give it to someone I really do not like. (Maybe ex #1, but even she does not deserve this king of mental agony and extreem bordom.) This is perhaps the slowest movie I have ever seen. No soundtrack. English sub-titles. (This is not a problem for me as I was enthralled and totally imersed in Downfall, which was in German. A superb movie about a very dark part of our history.) It was not clear as to why the star was so demented. The premis of the audition was OK, but the rest of the movie was just stupid. (Don't be taken in by the big mystery sack. It too was way over-hyped.) How could so many think this was scary or entertaining or even a moderately good movie. If you want to waste two hours of your time, you now have a way to do so. Oh, and the Blu-Ray edition looked grainy with no crispness. Just one more of the many things wrong with this terrible excuse for a horror movie. Lemon Drop MartiniDVD Review: Snooooze
Summary: 1 Stars
Unquestionably one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. The pacing is dreadful, the dialogue insipid, and the pay-off is ultimately flaccid. In the first hour...nothing happens. And I DO mean nothing. Secondary characters are by and large unnecessary, and Asami's motivation for her actions is not well justified. The Blu-ray quality is appalling as well -- very grainy. Can't see recommending this to anyone. Stick with "Battle Royale" instead.DVD Review: i expected a lot, i got a lot
Summary: 5 Stars
i already owned the lions gate dvd which was a great version of this film but i wanted it on blu ray for the higher quality. turns out this one is great quality picture and sound and its got a bunch of extras. im going to keep the lions gate dvd and this one as they have different extras and are both good. highly suggested
Description of Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
A middle-aged widower is urged by his teenage son & film producer friend to start dating again. They devise a plan to hold a phony film audition to meet new women. The widower falls for a beautiful ballerina with a suspicious past & their courtship veers from poilte romance to psychnightmare! Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/06/2007 Run time: 115 minutes Rating: UrIf you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike's jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it's time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama's choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the stereotype of the cute, submissive Japanese woman. Audition is by no means an easy movie to watch--even hardcore horror fans may have trouble--but it will stay with you for a long, long time. --Ali Davis
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