Anti-Porno

Sono sometimes, including here (and in the celebrated LOVE EXPOSURE), pushes the hysteria to a level difficult to cope with, but, as it unfolds the variations on its themes and the repetitions of its monologues, this example succeeds in generating a certain amount of power and indeed rage against the poles of shame and shamelessness that seem to define the contours of female sexuality in Japan. Contains some remarkable imagery, interspersed with a familiar set of classical music favourites.

Not just an arthouse ironic porn, but alto a film-within-a-film ironic porn, which is even worse. Looks beautiful -- all in red and yellow, mostly, with the leading girl smashing her head on a birthday cake and bathing in multiple colors -- but seems severely distant emotionally and incredibly annoying -- despite some potentially good insights about Japanese hypocrisy torwards women's freedom.

No male (or female) director today has really managed to get to the heart of the discomfort arising from female sexual liberation. Sion is no exception, but he tries harder than most, despite harbouring some views on the topic that strike me as somewhat dated. Or perhaps my western mind is deficient? The world he creates here is purposely exaggerated to the point of hysteria, which can be annoying, and his dialogue is too pointed (a common failing), but it's too bold to dismiss offhand.

as one might expect, sono enters the roman porno reboot project with a hilariously unsubtle and obnoxious fuck you to the roman porno reboot project. the final provocation makes the end of KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE look like ozu. even the (intentionally) bad sono films are a pleasure for his vivid eye and defiant, shameless sensibility.

Excessive & unconventional film in film style where space & time mix up in order to create an unconscious odyssey of an adolescent girl's sexual and societal liberation. Sono tries to let the colorful imagination of the protagonist free in order to create an alternative world where she is labeled either a whore or a virgin, between porn and family respectably. The major weakness was that it makes its characters express its philosophy explicitly, diminishing the effect of aesthetic experience.

Can't say I understood anything, but it had some spectacularly beautiful costumes/decor and a nice way with alternate realities and shattering expectations.

This film makes a real attempt to address the degradation inherent in both sexual liberation and the porn industry. The film is also visually stunning and the non-linear plot mostly works.

Visually interesting while being pretty boring in all other aspects. I've seen over 10 of Sion Sono's films and honestly, I've found his work to be fairly middle of the road.

Anchiporuno estreava há 5 anos no Festival de Stiges. Nossa, essa sim é uma pedrada crítica na concepção dos pinku eiga, era para fazer uma releitura contemporânea e o Sion Sono foi lá e mostrou tudo que há de errado em relação a sexo na cultura japonesa no eterno embate repressão/perversão na indústria pornográfica. BlurayRip no MakingOff.

!f - Akasya.