Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Pistol Opera (2001)- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Makikio Esumi, Shirley Yamaguchi, Kirin Kiki… - A comeback of sorts for brilliant Japanese director Seijun Suzuki, who brings a self–referential and at times incomprehensibly abstract style…
Princess Blade (Shurayuki-Hime) (2001)- Dir. Shinsuke Sato
- Post–apocalyptic Japanese samurai action adapted from a graphic novel, employs a stark visual style to convey its tale of a disturbed young…
Pulse (Kairo) (2001)
- Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Kumiko Aso, Koji Yakusho, Koyuki… - A clandestine by–product of the post–RING phenomenon, this refined and wholly disconcerting tale of a supernatural internet pandemic…
Read My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001)- Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos - Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Ring 2 (2001)- Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato - Esteemable sequel to the 1998 original, this finds the supernaturally fatal videotape – the one that causes death, a week after watching it –…
Samsara (2001)- Dir. Pan Nalin
Feat. Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha Bavora - A spiritual and visually resplendent drama based around the sexual awakening of a novice Buddhist monk in remote, mountainous Tibet. After…
Sex and Lucia (2001)- Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri… - Another sumptuous, stylistic meditation for dir. Julio Medem that interlocks his penchant for intricate, fractured narrative with a thrust of daring…
Shadow of the Wraith (Ikisudama) (2001)- Dir. Toshiharu Ikeda
- Fitfully scary J–horror is set around a series of disconnected horrors in two halves: first, at a high school plagued by a creepy…
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
- Dir. Stephen Chow (Chiao)
Feat. Stephen Chow (Chiao), Richard Ng, Vicki Zhao - With an astounding mix of Eastern fantasy, CGI effects and the game of soccer, Hong Kong’s one–man comedy machine Stephen Chow kicks one out…
Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli - A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…
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