Today I made pilgrimage to the local CD Game Exchange, which is a popular place for the WDR crew for spending huge amounts of money. What I found there, and ultimately bought was not a copy of the Dandy Warhols' Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia (I wanted to hear a good version of "Big Indian," damn it!). It wasn't even the same medium as it turns out. What I found was a notorious 1999 film called Audition.
Now, you might be thinking "I don't know this movie" or "Is that a short film with Hilary Swank?" Well, you might not know it because it's Japanese and No. And let me also say that it isn't one of those movies like The Ring that just makes you angry for having spent time watching it (She can't just be evil! That doesn't make sense! GAH!). No, this is a truly scary film. It's not going to be remade in America, I can bet. It even scared Rob Zombie, which is saying something.Now, I know that there's a lot of horrible shit out there on the interwebs (Two Girls One Cup as the most popular example and Meat Porn as one less so (Thankfully)), but this is just a really disturbing film. I mean, Jacob's Ladder was some scary shit (especially if you're in an altered state) but movie take it to another level. I'm not going to say more than that.
So, you should check it out. I just watched it today and now I'm approaching all canvas bags with caution...
