Sion Sono
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Guro Taku
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Re: Sion Sono
The CGI is absolutely horrible and the trailer song as cringy as usual but I'm into how colorful and weird this looks!
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Guro Taku
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Re: Sion Sono
TOKYO VAMPIRE HOTEL has been edited from its series format into an 142 minute feature film, which is how it is to play film festivals and how it is shopped around to Western distributors.
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Guro Taku
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Re: Sion Sono
Could he have been talking about PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND, the film that'll see him team up with Nicholas Cage and which is currently being pre-sold at Cannes?
This isn't the first time Sono is about to make his English language debut as he was previously attached to the Scandinavian death metal flick LORDS OF CHAOS on which he was ultimately replaced by Jonas Åkerlund.Ghostland, penned by Aaron Hendry and Safai, centers on notorious criminal Hero (Cage) who is sent to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence.
Sono is very much a writer-director and as far as I know the only times he directed someone else's screenplays we got... SHINJUKU SWAN 1 and 2. The summary sounds Sono as fuck though, so maybe that won't be an issue here.
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HungFist
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That sounds interesting. Beats Shinjuku Swan 3 for sure.
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Guro Taku
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Sono has been hospitalized and had emergency surgery due to a heart attack.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ck-1184182
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... ck-1184182
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narutonutty
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How is he doing now? Have not found any news or update on his recovery
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HungFist
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HungFist
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Discotek's Suicide Club has a release date: April 25
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGRY2J2/
Third Window Film's release of the film in turn appears to be cancelled for good. I think they mentioned it became practically and financially impossible for them to release it in today's political environment following the accusations made against Sono.
If I recall correctly, there were also a couple of US releases of his most recent films that got cancelled for the same reasons. Which really sucks. I mean, one man turned out to be an asshole, and as a result hundreds of innocent actors and film makers are being punished by cancelling their work and income. I really can't agree with this kind of collective punishment that mainly affects innocent people.
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BVGRY2J2/
Third Window Film's release of the film in turn appears to be cancelled for good. I think they mentioned it became practically and financially impossible for them to release it in today's political environment following the accusations made against Sono.
If I recall correctly, there were also a couple of US releases of his most recent films that got cancelled for the same reasons. Which really sucks. I mean, one man turned out to be an asshole, and as a result hundreds of innocent actors and film makers are being punished by cancelling their work and income. I really can't agree with this kind of collective punishment that mainly affects innocent people.