Shimoda's Illusion: aesthetic essence

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Sonatine (1993)

yakuza eiga manifest

death by boredom & an Okinawa gang war

When you’re scared all the time, you reach a point when you wish you were dead

is a japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano

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Millennium Mambo (2001)

she broke up with Hao-hao,

but he always tracked her down,

called her,

begged her to come back

is a Taiwanese romantic-drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

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2046 (2004)

everyone who goes to 2046 has the same intention:

they want to recapture lost memories.

because in 2046, nothing ever changes.

but nobody really knows if that’s true or not because nobody has ever come back

is a Hong Kong romantic-drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai

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Hana-Bi (1997)

maybe the secret of life is in the silence,

in stillness,

so in the beauty of death

is a Japanese crime-drama written and directed by Takeshi Kitano

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In The Mood For Love (2000)

he remembers those vanished years 

as though looking through a dusty window pane, 

the past is something he could see, but not touch

and everything he sees is blurred and indistinct

is a romantic Hong Kong film written, produced, and directed by Wong Kar-Wai

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Rashomon (1950)

if men lie in this world, what makes you so sure they’ll be honest in the next?

is a Japanese period film directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)

If they attempt to remove their collars or fail to meet the time limit of their mission, the collars will self-destruct

is a Japanese cyberpunk anime directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri

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Akira (1988)

Neo-Tokyo is a booming industrial city with the atmosphere of a collapsing one

Neo-Tokyo is violence, corruption, rottenness, deterioration

is a Japanese animated sci-fi film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo

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Wild At Heart (1990)

but i’m wild at heart

if you are truly wild at heart

don’t turn away from love, sailor

is an American film written and directed by David Lynch

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Accattone (1961)

MO’ STO BENE

is an Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, and the main charachter Vittorio (Accattone), is interpreted by Franco Citti

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The Holy Mountain (1973) 

we are images, dreams, photographs

your sacrifice completes my sanctuary of one thousand testicles

you are excrement, 

you can change yourself into gold

is a Mexican surrealist fantasy film directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Repulsion (1965)

the nightmare world of a virgin’s dreams becomes the screen’s shocking reality

androphobia

is a British psychological/thriller film directed by Roman Polanski

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David and Lisa (1962)

david is affected by haphephobia, the fear of being touched

lisa is affected by duplication of personality

the cure is called ‘David and Lisa’

angry, wangry, angry, wangry!

is an American drama film directed by Frank Perry

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The Invisible Man (1933)

the power to make huge crowds of people moan, touching them with invisible fingers

monocaine is a substance that injected into human body make the people invisible, and crazy

is an American horror film directed by James Whale

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Freaks (1932)

freaks follow a code, freaks are endowed with thoughts and emotions like normal people

is a American horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning

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Peeping Tom (1960)

do you know what the most frightening thing in the world is? 

it’s fear

is a British psychological thriller-horror film directed by Michael Powell

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The Servant (1963)

look at yourself in the mirror, you will see yourself, equal but at the same time opposite

is a drama film directed by Joseph Losey