Tokyo! (2008)
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
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“Holy Motors” is much a compilation film as “Tokyo!”
And the longest section, with that nasty troglodyte, incorporates both one of Carax' earlier works (the same character showed up in his contribution to the 2008 anthology film "Tokyo!") and a bit of Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast."
The new movie is an extension and radical re-thinking of material Carax had introduced with his entry in the “Tokyo!” triptych made in collaboration with French director Michel Gondry and South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho four years ago.
He’s Monsieur Merde, part of the whimsical 2008 portmanteau film Tokyo! that Carax co-directed with Joon-ho Bong and Michel Gondry.
Carax also brings back the character of "Merde" from his short in the anthology film, "Tokyo!"
Except for his gargoyle character, who was previously featured in Carax's contribution to the Tokyo!
I'm a big fan of Bong Joon-ho's genre-bending films The Host and Memories of Murder , but I'll admit that I found his short, "Shaking Tokyo," confounding.
His courage to finally step outside happens to coincide with an event that drives everyone else in the city indoors, but Bong, far from the socially charged mayhem of Memories Of Murder and The Host, settles for a bittersweet tone that leads Tokyo! to a soft landing.
Bong, who made the excellent "Memories of Murder" and "The Host," outdoes himself with "Shaking.
The great Bong Joon-Ho won me back with "Shaking Tokyo," the final segment in Tokyo!. Bong Joon-Ho is quickly becoming one of the more interesting modern filmmakers with the four-star films Memories of Murder and The Host (both of which you should drop everything you’re doing and see if you haven’t yet).