This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
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This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10
回想2021年，最轻松舒展的两个小时，应该就是和王老师在电影院看这个的时候。好像世界都退回到我喜欢的那个状态里了。神奇。
非常的平淡，上海话得一直看字幕很烦，语速还快，看的累死了。看完就像没看一样。。。
一般吧…有些地方整的挺诙谐，结尾那个盗版资源字幕讽刺的很到位👍（有点后悔去看了其实，不太感兴趣）
+0.5 不喜欢散装叙事，但肯定影院需要这样的电影。舒适的观影体验，不太成熟但不带工业感的行云流水太难得了。离别的悲伤刚刚好，读不进费里尼的大众仍一样，让期待着大道理和深层次观众落空去吧。不是那种导演按头接收信息的电影，所以某一观众的如何不认可、无共鸣之类都不会对另一有过多影响：荧幕里的桃花源就留在荧幕里不好吗？老拿现实抨击他干什么
还是女人懂女人。喜欢徐峥美术馆那段“代表中国男导演给女性道歉”就是说非常一语双关了。中国电影终于又会好好讲普通人生活了
突然有点 get 到上海的好了，与其说是什么文化，倒不如说是长期的财富聚集带来的普遍的选择自由——不是说高端低端，也不是说每个人选择的情况多种多样，而是说可选择的余地很大所以想选确实可以随便选——因此似乎所有角色，甚至是鞋匠，都在生活，而不只是生存。经济基础决定上层建筑，文化都是物质积淀出来的。我相信50年后到我死的时候，在社会主义中国，各地的人都已经懂得了生活的自由，也都可以活得浪漫，像是神话。
3.5. Neither a masterpiece of realism nor a disastrous, complete sham, this film is roughly as good (or as bad) as a mid-tier Rob Reiner/Norah Efron rom-com. The real question is whether we could still afford to enjoy such a film innocently in this day and age.
1.一部很上海很洋气的电影，这个演员阵容，饭局上互飙演技也是棋逢对手了。倪虹洁还在秀身材，但是本短发控还是更喜欢马伊琍那种知性熟女。
太讨厌上海话了…………真的 在电影院要看吐了🤮
✪94//第二遍看时连最初没留下美好第一印象的开场都看着顺眼，开篇后来的每段戏都有我入迷的节奏（无论表演或影像内容编排），场景灵了、机位和运镜灵了、对白也灵了，每当两个人说上话时似乎都要有好神奇的事发生：寻常生活的小麻烦在自然的谈天里渐渐走向水到渠成，偶尔冒出的矛盾慢慢已经看来不是什么大事。太喜欢角色之间好自在、几乎一根刺都不带、带刺也不扎人的交流。
这堆砌感好像重了些，浦东工人阶级表示难以 relate
浓浓海派文化腔调，上海话嗲是嗲得咧，亲切感十足，每句台词都是高跟鞋踩在阁楼上的烟火气，每扇窗户后面都住着一个上海老克勒或王琦瑶。
没有实质性的内容，无端端围绕一个男人团团转，这是爱情？我不晓得。俏皮话很多，但搞笑不等于幽默，这里面有智慧的差距，所以看到蛮多好评说导演拍片像伍迪.艾伦，我就觉得算了吧。前者是谈情说爱表面功夫，后者深入人的性情心理，质感完全不同，现在这电影更像是某集没头没尾的电视剧或小品，不过要是我也能碰到电影里不收房租还供伙食的房东，我也会说片子灵，我就是这么俗。是嘛，你们有钱有闲长得还那么好看当然灵咯。我还特别看了上海的友邻们的评价，两极分化，夸得基本是夸它全程用方言（我倒觉得这没啥难度）骂得则指出这根本不是上海，“都不知道这群人从哪里冒出来的。”另外：老乌感情爆发大讲索菲亚罗兰的那段戏最蹩脚；不喜欢导演在美术馆和片尾夹带的自作聪明的私货，所谓致敬费里尼的那点内容也很尴尬；没有爱情神话，连笑话都看不到。
除了听徐峥儿子说话浑身不适之外，其他都还挺好。
我觉得是今年最佳。多年以后，我想我也会津津有味地谈起看这部电影时的激动。是观影史中值得夹上书签的精彩一页。
挺好的，有那么点看woody allen的感觉，在轻松小品的表象下四两拨千斤地在做一些探讨性别和爱情的努力，摇摆于浪漫和现实之间激荡出火花。看到熟悉的街道和见证过类似生活的场景，会心一笑里又加深了对故事的信任度。
最后的上海人，拼尽全力守卫着法租界，守卫着最后的营垒天平路街道文化活动中心。
意外的还挺好看的 事实证明电影选对了语言是有多么的重要 上海话的节奏太流畅了 气质对了 故事对了 人物对了 电影就顺畅了合理了 徐峥的商业片风格拓宽了
生活在上海，听得懂沪语的话，观影感受无疑是指数级翻升的。电影在商业片与文艺片之间寻求了一个微妙的平衡感，恰又与上海的城市气质完美契合。
中间看到一半的时候我真的是在一边哭一边笑，最后结尾一下被激得痛哭失声，上次给看成这样是什么时候？ 太爱了。
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