PSYCHIC DISSECTION: THE FILMS OF SHINYA TSUKAMOTO
9/4 - 10/2
SHINYA TSUKAMOTO, infamous director of everything metallic and covered in blood, once said that what he hopes to accomplish with his films is a certain kind of psychic dissection upon the spectator. With his psyche-shattering visual style, snapping, sweeping, vibrating, camera movements, Tsukamoto’s films are like a cinematic lobotomy.
His films have an undeniably mind altering effect on the viewer; it feels impossible to catch up, to slow the consistently growing tension between his obsessive and neurotic heroes and the objects of their desire. Although he has been crowned as one of the most brutal Japanese horror auteurs, his characters remain empathetic vessels that drag the audience to the gruesome depths of human suffering on the path.
This selection of films capture how one’s mind turns against itself when faced with a desire that goes beyond lust, passion, obsession into something much more deadly. Come experience the soul-purifying pain, the beautiful terror that is watching a Tsukamoto film on the big screen.
His films have an undeniably mind altering effect on the viewer; it feels impossible to catch up, to slow the consistently growing tension between his obsessive and neurotic heroes and the objects of their desire. Although he has been crowned as one of the most brutal Japanese horror auteurs, his characters remain empathetic vessels that drag the audience to the gruesome depths of human suffering on the path.
This selection of films capture how one’s mind turns against itself when faced with a desire that goes beyond lust, passion, obsession into something much more deadly. Come experience the soul-purifying pain, the beautiful terror that is watching a Tsukamoto film on the big screen.