The issue with Sion Sono has been on going for quite some time now. I will not analyze what happened, since I feel that the articles linked next shed much light to the case
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/sion-sono-sexual-harassment-1235224844/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sion-sono-accused-of-multiple-sexual-assaults-1235125282
At the same time, I feel that in every case, both sides should be heard, and in that regard, I decided to also feature an interview that Nikodem Karolak recently conducted with the director. This, however, does not mean that I condone any type of the behavior mentioned in the aforementioned articles (which I definitely condemn) neither that I do not realize how much of a toxic setting the (Japanese) movie industry can be. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
When meeting Sion Sono for the first time, one expects to encounter a bizarre circus character – a conspicuous Mad Hatter and defiant amanojaku in one – capable of...
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/sion-sono-sexual-harassment-1235224844/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sion-sono-accused-of-multiple-sexual-assaults-1235125282
At the same time, I feel that in every case, both sides should be heard, and in that regard, I decided to also feature an interview that Nikodem Karolak recently conducted with the director. This, however, does not mean that I condone any type of the behavior mentioned in the aforementioned articles (which I definitely condemn) neither that I do not realize how much of a toxic setting the (Japanese) movie industry can be. (Panos Kotzathanasis)
When meeting Sion Sono for the first time, one expects to encounter a bizarre circus character – a conspicuous Mad Hatter and defiant amanojaku in one – capable of...
- 5/28/2024
- by Nikodem Karolak
- AsianMoviePulse
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is This Gift from the Fuck Bombers the Greatest Movie Ever Made?
One dramatic question plays out twice in Sion Sono’s gleeful, blood-soaked, meta-masterpiece “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” As a ragtag group of amateur filmmakers known as the Fuck Bombers pursues their earnest quest — to achieve all-time cinematic superiority by capturing the real violence of a yakuza war — every slice of skin and splice of footage demands to know: Is this the greatest movie ever made?
In short, not quite.
As a matter of craft, Sono’s...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is This Gift from the Fuck Bombers the Greatest Movie Ever Made?
One dramatic question plays out twice in Sion Sono’s gleeful, blood-soaked, meta-masterpiece “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” As a ragtag group of amateur filmmakers known as the Fuck Bombers pursues their earnest quest — to achieve all-time cinematic superiority by capturing the real violence of a yakuza war — every slice of skin and splice of footage demands to know: Is this the greatest movie ever made?
In short, not quite.
As a matter of craft, Sono’s...
- 7/8/2023
- by Christian Zilko and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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