964 Pinocchio

Lots of crazy shit was going on and yet I found myself bored most of the time. Some interesting ideas but the film as a whole makes little sense and most of the cast spends most of their time just moaning, groaning, yelling or simple wandering around.

An incoherent, chaotic mess with no redeeming qualities. The story of an abandoned sex android spiraling into madness could have been intriguing, but the execution is abysmal. Grotesque visuals feel gratuitous, not artistic, and the grating soundtrack only adds to the unpleasantness. Lacking narrative coherence or emotional depth, it’s a tiresome, self-indulgent experiment that fails on every level. A complete waste of time.

It's like 20min of plot stretched out forever, using endless screaming and shaking and puking

This is just pure crazy

Fukui created a no-budget movie that provided yet another view of Japanese Cyberpunk, one very different from the first Japanese Cyberpunk movie, Tetsuo. In 964 Pinocchio, we don't get an external merging of man and machine parts - instead, we see the residue of extreme internal struggles - ones that overwhelm the protagonists. The images are very intense, and the pacing is erratic and fast paced. While this movie is uneven and haphazard in places, 964 Pinochio is definitely a unique experience.

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