Supreme weirdness, as usual accompanied by J. A. Seazer's repetitive yet fun soundtrack. The Cage is a silent experimental short by Shuji Terayama tinted in green and black, saying that man is a prisoner of time. Clocks are broken, swung and ritually imitated by an old woman and a dark figure standing in the middle of a clock. The message is pretty cryptic and the seemingly non-sequitur images of bodybuilders and goats make it even more confusing.
(Not so)Fun fact: Shuji Terayama's first movie was actually a 1960 short called Catology, which quickly gained controversy from animal protection agencies and such because it apparently showed a live killing of a cat (which got thrown from a building). The film is now lost. WTF, Shuji?
(Not so)Fun fact: Shuji Terayama's first movie was actually a 1960 short called Catology, which quickly gained controversy from animal protection agencies and such because it apparently showed a live killing of a cat (which got thrown from a building). The film is now lost. WTF, Shuji?
