Thursday, June 6, 2013

Midori

The movie is called Shōjo Tsubaki. For those of us Americans who don't fancy ourselves bilingual, it is called Maiden Camellia or Midori. For our purposes today, it is Midori. Midori was made in 1992 by Hiroshi Harada, as a film adaptation of Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show, a manga by Maruo Suehiro. Unable to find sponsors due to the subject matter (oh, don't worry, I'll get to that,) Harada invested his life savings into Midori, only to have...

Monday, June 3, 2013

Cult Watch 2013: Duvamis

Do you ever log into Facebook, sigh, and say "I love Facebook, but I need more excitement. I need new age nutcases, I want to feel like I am in a cult." Have no fear, Duvamis is here. Last night, I was browsing YouTube videos, as I often do. I usually skip ads the second I'm allowed, but this time was different. This time, I had to see what their angle was... Throughout the ad, I wondered if this was a movie with a clever marketing campaign. I wondered if it was an insurance company. I wondered if it was going to end up being something silly...