New 1080P High-Definition Transfer From The Negative!
Deceptively innocent at first, Takashi Miikes Audition finds Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi, Suicide Club, The Grudge), a middle-aged widower of many years, urged by his teenage son and his film producer friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura, Ichi The Killer) to get out and start dating again. To help Aoyama meet women, Yoshikawa devises a plan to hold a fake audition for a leading lady. Reluctantly agreeing, Aoyama auditions 30 young hopefuls and falls for the silent beauty of Asami (model/actress Eihi Shiina), a former ballerina with a dark past. Their courtship veers from quiet romance to psycho nightmare, realizing a sadistic breach of contract between filmmaker and audience of which Hitchcock could only dream. (Richard Falcon, Sight And Sound).
Shout! Factory presents this 1999 modern horror classic in a new 1080P high-definition transfer from the internegative, with a new 5.0 digital stereo soundtrack mixed from the original audio elements. This special collectors edition includes 90 minutes of new interviews with the cast and a new audio commentary with director Takashi Miike and screenwriter Daisuke Tengan.
If you want the full sledgehammer-to-the-stomach effect of Audition, stop reading this review now. Just watch it and take the consequences. At first glance, Takashi Miike’s jack in the box of a movie works like a romantic comedy: amiable widower Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it’s time to find a new wife, and a friend suggests holding a fake audition to find the right girl. It soon becomes clear that there is something wrong with Aoyama’s choice. This is no ordinary Fatal Attraction-style thriller, however; Audition slowly and carefully builds into a wrenching exploration of both deep male fears and the stereotype of the cute, submissive Japanese woman. Audition is by no means an easy movie to watch–even hardcore horror fans may have trouble–but it will stay with you for a long, long time. –Ali Davis
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March 23, 2010
#1
After seeing a little preview while watching AMC’s scariest movies of all time, I decided to purchase the movie, WOW what a mistake; the entire movie is downright boring. I say the best part of the flick was when she sawed his foot off, and when you say her a$$ cheeks.
DO NOT BUY THIS CHEESEY FILM
March 23, 2010
#2
This movie was very boring. A middle aged man, years after his wife dies, does phoney auditions with promises of stardom with the ulterior motive of getting a young pretty wife. Bottom line he goes out with a nut case. The movie is 115 minutes. I kid you not 100 minutes of pure boredom. Man dates woman, goes to restaurants, small talk. Real boring stuff. But the last 15 minutes of torture was awesome. It made me feel nausea, which means it was good quality torture (it takes a LOT to make me react to a movie.) But was it worth buying and watching 100 minutes of pure boredom when only about 15 to 20 minutes was the only part worth watching? That’s why I gave it one star. You can condense this movie into a half hour and not miss anything. Even 20 minutes.
March 23, 2010
#3
It was 2 hours of nonsense and 10 minutes of more nonsense. Save yourself the money and watch something else.
March 23, 2010
#4
THIS MOVIE IS LAME! I BOUGHT IT FOR 24.95 AND IT’S NOT WORTH THE POSTAGE! IF YOU PAY MORE THAN 19.95 FOR THIS CRAP YOU DESERVE TO LOSE THE MONEY — I FELL FOR IT, I HOPE YOU DON’T!
March 23, 2010
#5
How in the world is this movie getting such great reviews? For starters, it’s not a horror film… Despite constanly being rated one of the best horror films ever made. I’ve coughed up scarier stuff than this.
Basically, if you want to fall asleep watching a movie then this is the one to get. There is a pretty disturbing 20 minute gorefest at the end. If you’re into that then you might like the movie. Otherwise, avoid this movie like the plague.