This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
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This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10
美如画的兄弟爱情片，开场很像《巴黎烟云》。We have no chance to choose the times we live, the only thing we can choose is how we respond. Hope is waiting for others else to do sth. 真的很让人伤心的片，但小狗一直在搞笑，我都伤感不起来…
感觉虚构的部分还是有些架不住这个厚重的历史时刻以及两位国家元首，会形成历史部分与虚构部分互相跳戏不太兼容的感觉。
刚看完书来看电影，重要情节大体相同，但是缺少了书中细节的心理描述，整个过程也就不那么紧张和刺激了，甚至是反转都是有迹可循，没有惊喜感。
视角很独特，之前自己感觉一提到二战张伯伦就像罪人一样。。但能当上大不列颠首相的必然也不是傻瓜
事不关己 无利不起早 是英国等资本主义国家的一贯政策
不错。虽是张伯伦的洗白片，也是相对客观还原，在元历史框架内的虚构情节编织巧妙，英德双线的节奏都具备充足压迫性，杰尼斯·纽沃纳的表演非常优秀，稳压乔治·麦凯，至于希特勒的演员简直是整部戏最大败笔，咋找的？
分分钟感觉两个人都要热吻在一起，
年轻人视角见证的张伯伦/绥靖政策与其政治生涯及生命尾声，现在看来反战意识高于一切。在普通人看来仅一年的和平也是如此珍贵。后半段非常流畅动人。
电影氛围感挺强，演员演技中规中矩不是很推荐的影视作品，高潮部分不够精彩，过程不够流畅，对我而言断断续续的。
比较慢热的历史题材，流程式铺垫，除了箭在弦上临场感的营造上不平衡，其他的虚实历史表现角度方面都算合格。
张伯伦和他的绥靖政策是写进历史课本的黑历史，于是影片将他塑造成一个傻白甜，还挺有趣的，让人有点忽略了他的愚蠢。时代还原做得挺好的，色调也漂亮，两个年轻演员很帅。
以前所看到过的历史表述，大都指责张伯伦，这部电影就道出了首相的良苦用心。战争的直接受害者都是平民百姓，不到万不得已时，绝对不是热爱民众的政治家的选项。此时此刻，战争容易而和平难，激怒纳粹容易而缓解其大规模的铤而走险难。利用外交手段尽量将战争延缓，为盟国争取宝贵的准备时间，这是张伯伦处在那一历史时刻的伟大贡献。
这种以小见大能把人带回到现场，但总有种不见全章的困顿感，感觉会影响对历史的理解。
还行吧，导演就是把一位秘书如何获取德国情报的经历给拍了一遍，中间穿插着张伯伦与希特勒博弈的过程，但人物的表现力不如暴风前夕，尤其我不喜欢结尾张伯伦自我辩驳的那段言辞，这典型又是导演在那里借张伯伦的口抛出所谓的大棋论，你可以洗白张伯伦，说慕尼黑协定是缓兵之计，但麻烦导演能不能不要直接用嘴炮的方式表现人物的复杂性，这种表现形式tm有点蠢。个人认为塑造最好的人物是德国那位小哥，朴素爱国主义和极端民族主义的矛盾情感在他身上得到了体现，其他角色还是相对太单薄了。
两个年轻人挺打动人的，为他们的命运揪着，但是说张伯伦是为争取备战时间这样做的，是不是有点过于拔高，这段史实我不是太清楚。
拍的不错。但最后给绥靖政策脸上贴金是不是太无耻了点
故事依托于真实的历史，头尾也就不会有什么惊喜。在规定范围内，尽量发挥，已经是撑满了张力。顺便洗白了张伯伦，也从另一个侧面刻画了希特勒。
丧事喜办不是这么个办法吧，问过捷克斯洛伐克的感受了吗。
噫，三姑娘一出来还是这么的稳！德国小年青脸上嫩得能掐出水来但是端着一脸忧心天下的凝重，难以负担的Weltschmerz，只有经晓世事的熟女在循循善诱的点拨下才能化解。
是一部适合当下看的预言电影，因为主体状态从未改变。
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