Takashi Miike's AUDITION (1999) - Japanese Horror

Name: Takashi Miike's AUDITION (1999) - Japanese Horror
Start: 2024-10-18T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Cinema Arts Centre

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Cinema Arts Centre | Huntington, NY

Japanese Horror
AUDITION (1999)
On the big screen!
Friday, October 18th at 9:30 PM
Takashi Miike (Ichi the Killer) directs one of the most infamous and unforgettable Japanese horror films ever made. A recent widower and film producer, Shigeharu is advised by his son to find a new wife. On the suggestion of a film company colleague, he decides to hold “auditions” for a movie that doesn’t exist – in reality, these are auditions for a new girlfriend masquerading as an acting job. Shigeharu quickly becomes enchanted with Asami, an oddly spooky young woman who is responsive to his charms. But things aren’t quite what they seem. Far from an ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, Audition disorients and unsettles as it carefully pulls the audience through a wrenching exploration of deep male fears and the stereotype of submissive Japanese women. The film also served as a turn-of-the-century flash point signaling the prolific and unique talent of director Takashi Miike, whose expertly-calibrated thriller shocked audiences worldwide with its grisly, white-knuckle finale and ingeniously creepy, slow-burn build-up, in the process ushering in a bold new wave of Asian horror. (Japan, 1999, 115 mins, R, Japanese | Dir. Takashi Miike)