Strange Circus

Personal film fetishes checklist: :white_check_mark: Over the top in an unsettling way :white_check_mark: Unreliable narrator with identities blending into each other :white_check_mark: Surrealist mindfuck :black_square_button: Not sure if I got it right :white_check_mark: Bitter aftertaste :white_check_mark: Pitch-black humor :white_check_mark: Metaphorical scenes that don’t make much sense but linger in your mind for days (possibly with roses or petals) :white_check_mark: Trashy B-movie stuff becoming stylish :white_check_mark: Not-so-young dark lady :white_check_mark: Ass/Boobfest Final score: 9/10. Jokes aside, it’s definitely not a film for everyone, but I am sure it will satisfy a specific niche audience. I like how it deconstructs themes and perspectives we have already seen in western arthouse films with an over-the-top and playful attitude which is unique to Japanese independent cinema. Like it or hate it, I doubt you have ever watched a movie like this.