RoboGeisha sorta looks like Machine Girl (after seeing the trailer I now realize there’s a reason for this; it’s the same director and visual effects team), but also like CASSHERN, which was awesome– that was a virtual set movie (like Sky Captain) but it was about fighting robots in a post-apocalyptic world. It’s based on a 1980s cartoon.
I’ve been watching a lot of retro Japanese and modern Japanese film recently (leaving what, exactly? “Classic” film I guess? Contemporary horror?).
So far I recommend:
- Sex and Fury – a “pinky violence” samurai movie, like Lady Snowblood. In an extra “oh this is what Tarantino was talking about” reference, it also has the actress from “They Call Me One Eye.”
- Ecstasy of the Angels – a gritty 1960s piece about a revolutionary cell betraying each other
- Detective Story – a recent Miike movie. It combines a… Detective Story… (duh)… with his usual wackiness. There’s a super scary half second in it about 20 minutes in which ends up having nothing to do with anything