Comments on: Grotesque http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jamie Carruthers http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/#comment-39 Jamie Carruthers Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:26:46 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=461#comment-39 I've got a DVD version from Yesasia, there was tonnes of hand held stuff mostly in the first section. I still thought it was pretty excellent camera work, and the lighting was indeed fantastic. If that was the intent then it would appear that I missed it, but when I hit my second viewing (which won't be far off, I reckon) then I will see if I can see it in a more clinical light. I just thought the ridiculousness of some of the violence (which had an almost cartoon-like quality) made it seem a bit unreal, and severed me from the actual belief that this could be real, which isn't something you usually get in these quasi-serious Japanese gore flicks. I’ve got a DVD version from Yesasia, there was tonnes of hand held stuff mostly in the first section. I still thought it was pretty excellent camera work, and the lighting was indeed fantastic.

If that was the intent then it would appear that I missed it, but when I hit my second viewing (which won’t be far off, I reckon) then I will see if I can see it in a more clinical light. I just thought the ridiculousness of some of the violence (which had an almost cartoon-like quality) made it seem a bit unreal, and severed me from the actual belief that this could be real, which isn’t something you usually get in these quasi-serious Japanese gore flicks.

]]> By: roger armstrong http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/#comment-38 roger armstrong Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:08:59 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=461#comment-38 Did you have a dodgy cam version of Grotesque because the version I saw was notable for it's excellent non shaky camera work. Most scenes looked to have been shot with a steadicam rig and/or a small crane/boom, maybe even a tripod. Not only was the camera work fantastic but the lighting was incredibly well done, I think the intent was to make it clinical rather than distant. Did you have a dodgy cam version of Grotesque because the version I saw was notable for it’s excellent non shaky camera work. Most scenes looked to have been shot with a steadicam rig and/or a small crane/boom, maybe even a tripod. Not only was the camera work fantastic but the lighting was incredibly well done, I think the intent was to make it clinical rather than distant.

]]> By: Jamie Carruthers http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/#comment-31 Jamie Carruthers Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:14:37 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=461#comment-31 Yeah, I could only get hold of the Lion's Gate dvd release. I will look for the NC-17 release and re-assess the situation. I was looking to watch it again in all the furore going on with the BBFC at the moment... Yeah, I could only get hold of the Lion’s Gate dvd release.
I will look for the NC-17 release and re-assess the situation. I was looking to watch it again in all the furore going on with the BBFC at the moment…

]]> By: Ben Meeker http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/#comment-30 Ben Meeker Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:24:54 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=461#comment-30 You must've watched the LionsGate version of MURDER-SET-PIECES, because the NC-17 version was one of the most ultraviolent horror films ever made. As for Grotesque, let us know when a Region 1 or 0 DVD becomes available! You must’ve watched the LionsGate version of MURDER-SET-PIECES, because the NC-17 version was one of the most ultraviolent horror films ever made.

As for Grotesque, let us know when a Region 1 or 0 DVD becomes available!

]]> By: admin http://www.gorepress.com/2009/09/10/grotesque/#comment-26 admin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:27:17 +0000 http://www.gorepress.com/?p=461#comment-26 I resent that last, rather sexist, sentence. I hope Charlie Sheen doesn't get hold of a copy of this one and cause another snuff film witch-hunt ;) I resent that last, rather sexist, sentence.

I hope Charlie Sheen doesn’t get hold of a copy of this one and cause another snuff film witch-hunt ;)

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