> dazed

walked around in a daze for the rest of mysunday after watching Shinya Tsukamoto's VITAL at 11am. was trying to find words to describe what i had felt for the movie and the only thing i could comeupwith was: "humbled". not "awe" or "excited" or any other exclaimations i had expected and built myself up for ... just simply, "humbled" . it wasn't the typical/usual Shinya-celluloid-deviantness that we've been used to, no. personnally it exuded a more "matured" and understated approach to storytelling. somehow even mundane. tho with a few shinyamoments and techniques, still it shone out brighter than the rest of his earlier works, for me anyways. and it works. we dun haveta (like in the past) try hard to understand and conceive what the filmmaker was trying to convey and portray. this actually had a beginning and a closure. i am in silentawe of its beauty and emotional depth. and i am in silentawe of itz power on me. and i smile a privatesmile to myself for this was a work of restraint by a matured and confident filmmaker, at peace with his craft and innerdemons (tho i know not IF he had ever battled any innerdemons if at all ANY, tho his previous works pounds jackhammer emo-blows and mindfcuks our senses til unto the fray of the fringes of sanity and delirium, IMHO)



i shan't go too deep into the storyline. ya can read the reviews here and here. amnesia, asphyxiophilia, wakingdreamsinlimbo and dissecting deadgirlfriends = makes this movie a satisfying watch for me. itz my kinda celluloidtrip. and i am still dazedtrippin' at 640pm and i know not how much more to feel for this movie. and maybe that's proof enough, on how good it was for me ... but that's just me ... :)

anybody else watched it? what did you think of it?