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We’ve reached the midpoint in this year’s Shocktober marathon, and we’ve peaked in weirdness. Dalton’s third choice is the 1977 Japanese cult classic, Hausu or House.
Time Stamps:
00:30 – Introductions and Synopsis
03:49 – Quick House Reviews
15:20 – Expanding the Syllabus
36:46 – Analysis
1:01:05 – Shelf or Trash
1:01:19 – Wrap up and Next Week’s Film
This House is Bananas
For years, Dustin has told Dalton and Arthur to sit down and watch the Japanese cult classic House. A film that did not see U.S. release until 2009. He would continously describe it as an episode of Scooby-Doo directed by Rob Zombie.
And listener, he wasn’t wrong.
In this Japanese ghost story, young Gorgeous and her friends go to visit her Auntie in her birth town. But, Auntie’s house isn’t all its cracked up to be.
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, who came from an advertising background, House is makes use of just about every visual cinematic camera and parlor trick known to man.
So, this week we’re talking form and function and Obayashi’s surreal techniques. We discuss the war, how it impacted survivors and thereby the art they made, and how the film navigates tone in a powerful way.
If you haven’t seen House, please do so. It’s currently available on the Criterion Channel and HBO Max (as of 10/9/20).
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