Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suicide. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Caché - An Abrupt End


Sometimes a movie will come along that will make you think, then there's Caché, a movie that will drive you fucking nuts. The director, Michael Haneke, deliberately confuses the audience by not resolving the story. Instead, he ends the film with a long static shot that leaves the viewer searching for answers. No.....literally rewinding the movie and searching for answers. Haneke is known to be a critic of "mainstream cinema", especially the way it always has a simple and superficial solution to complex problems. Haneke also uses graphic-shocking-violent scenes to jolt the audience when they least expect it. Much like this clip from Caché.....

Majid invites our protagonist to his home and states he wants Georges to be present for what follows.....

bonus points for the gurgling noises....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Pelts - Clamp Trap Death

The pelts made me do it! That's what little Larry Jameson was thinking as he placed his head in an animal trap. All this after killing his father with a baseball bat. This Masters of Horror episode was directed by Dario Argento, so expect a bloody and gory death.....

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Groundhog Day - The Many Deaths of Phil Conners


Poor Phil has to relive Groundhog Day over and over again. When he's had enough, he kidnaps Punxsutawney Phil and after a long police chase, drives off a cliff. However, Phil wakes up the next "day" without a scratch. He then tries to kill himself by every means possible, including electrocution by toaster, walking out in traffic, and jumping off a building. But Phil finds himself back at the start of February 2nd every time.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Letters from Iwo Jima - Death before Dishonor


Saigo overhears General Kuribayashi radioing orders to retreat northward. Kuribayashi's commanders disobey his orders to fall back and solidify the northern defenses so they and their men can die with honor. In the film's most horrifying scene, a group of soldiers commit suicide by grenade, one by one. They would rather die then fall in enemy hands. The men follow the Bushido code. Under this code, if a samurai warrior failed to uphold his honor he could regain it by performing seppuku (ritual suicide).

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Suicide Club - Mass Subway Suicide


This clip is from the Japanese film Suicide Club. The movie gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation. In this scene a mass suicide takes place in a subway station as some Japanese school girls take a plunge on the tracks.