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Audition is a very provocative brutal film with no message or reason.

posted 12 years ago by naak00
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SPOILERS!!!

Ok. So this is a film about a girl who twists men to having sex with her and then cuts their legs,tongue,fingers puts them in a bag and make them live like moles. Oh, before that she causes extreme pain to them as well. Why ? Do they rape her ? Do they make a bad move on her? Do they treat her badly? No. They just try and build a healthy relationship with her and eventually have sex with her. I don't actually know if the previous movie producer did that but i perfectly know Aoyama did that. 1,30 hour of an old man trying to find a glimpse of hope in his unfortunate life and 20 minutes of unspeakable torture and brutality. I have nothing against brutality in films. I sort of enjoy brutality in films. But until a point. AND MOST OF ALL WITH A *beep* REASON. This was totally uncalled and deeply disturbing. I cannot call art or a fine film a movie that shows this amount of violence for no reason at all. I know we live in a brutal brutal world but brutal films must have a message to say at the end. The message of "don't try to bang wannabe actresses without promising them a role but just trying to build a relationship with them because excruciating pain awaits you" is stupid. And provocative. Pure provocation without any particular reason.

I KNOW WHAT THE DIRECTOR HAS SAID! YOU KNOW WHAT? I don't care about the director saying that the torture scene is a dream and giving a psychoanalytic charm to the movie. There were signs of this not being a dream all along :

*the girl sitting next to the bag waiting for the telephone in the beggining
*Mr. shimada
*the murder in the bar with the extra organs
*this girl not having anything at all NOT suspicious in her life
*the girl not trying to get the part and just trying to lure someone of the two producers with her silly sexy (for the japanese) way of talking and interracting with people

A guilt complex in a dream cannot be the correct explanation with so many things pointing out the torture did happen in real life.

All i am saying is brutality is an extreme way of making a point of so many things. Why waste it on pleasing the sadists and the mazochists of this world.

[–] Rold_Darl 9 years ago

Just finished watching the movie, and while I didn't really catch one unified message (there doesn't need to be), I did feel that the movie explored various themes pretty well. Loneliness, manipulation, betrayal, etc. These themes put the movie above the average slasher, aside from the great acting and direction.

[–] Eat_yourself 8 years ago

I recently rewatched this film and I do think it has a very strong message. I haven't read all the replies here so sorry if its been mentioned but in my opinion this film is essentially a film about abuse, and its illogical and harmful cycle. Of course its a horror film so I don't think things usually get this bizzare - but they certainly are as devastating in the real world. Its no coincidence most child molesters were molested themselves, same with domestic abusers, etc..

The fact that you say Asamis abuse toward Aoyama is unjustified is exactly the point it is trying to make. We have seen Aoyamas story, his hardships and loneliness of having to raise a son being a widower, and we feel as if he does deserve another chance at love. But Asami, her whole life has been the victim of severe sexual and physical abuse from the people who were entrusted to care for her. This really distorts your view on future relationships, any inkling of doubt and Asami would have probably felt he was also just another abuser (regardless of whether it is justified or not) and this eventually pushes her to do what she does. Its frustrating because shes now doing exactly what was done to her, but this is the nature of abuse.