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Audition (film)
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| Directed by | Takashi Miike |
| Produced by | Satoshi Fukushima |
| Written by | Ryu Murakami (Novel) Daisuke Tengan |
| Starring | Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Films (US) |
| Release date(s) |  October 6, 1999[1] March 3, 2000 September 21, 2001 October 17, 2001 March 6, 2002 |
| Running time | 115 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Audition (オーディション Ōdishon?) is a 1999 Japanese graphic horror film directed by Takashi Miike and starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina. It is based on a Ryu Murakami novel of the same title.
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Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a middle-aged widower who lost his wife to an illness seven years prior, is urged by his 17-year-old son, Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki), to begin dating women again. Shigehiko is somewhat doubtful of his father's love life, but plans to move out when he finishes school and does not want his father to be alone. Aoyama's friend and colleague, Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura), a film producer, devises a plan to hold a mock-audition, in which young, beautiful women would audition for the "part" of Aoyama's new wife, under the impression that they are auditioning for a new film, but actually so Aoyama can marry the winning girl.
Aoyama is immediately enchanted by Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina), a 24-year-old woman with a soft voice and reserved, yet confident, mannerisms. In her audition, Asami says that she was once a ballerina headed for greatness but due to an injury, she had to give up dancing permanently. Her biggest hope turned out to be her biggest disappointment and accepting a life without ballet was like accepting death. Aoyama, still reeling from the death of his wife, is attracted to her apparent emotional depth... It's here where things begin to go wrong.
Audition had its share of audience walk-outs. When shown at the 2000 Rotterdam Film Festival, one enraged woman viewer confronted Miike by shouting at him: "You're evil!"[2] During uncensored members-only shows at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin in 2001, some patrons collapsed in apparent shock. One audience member was rushed to the St. James's Hospital but later discharged himself.[3]
For its unflinching graphic content, the film has been likened to the film adaptation of Stephen King's Misery and Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses. Critics have also favorably compared it to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo for its use of suspense and exploration of the themes of romantic obsession and hidden personas. Among filmmakers, notable horror directors including John Landis and Rob Zombie found the film very difficult to watch [1], given its grisly content.
Feminist critics responded to the way women were portrayed as epitomizing different stereotypes, and to Aoyama and Yoshikawa's definition of the ideal woman. However, Audition can also be seen as a subversive commentary on these themes. Though initially presented as a passive model of Japanese femininity, Asami is revealed to be far more dangerous than she appears and ultimately holds power, wreaking terrible vengeance on those who objectify or seek to exploit her. Contradicting both readings, Miike himself has denied that the film is meant as social criticism at all.
Audition also found its place at the number 11 spot in Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments for its infamous torture scene. It is here that Rob Zombie and John Landis claim that the film is extremely disturbing.
The My Chemical Romance music video Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us, first shown in 2002, was based on Audition. The music video is an entire reconstruction (on the band's part) and tribute to the entire movie compressed in 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
The first episode of Channel 101's 2006 series Phone Sexxers was based on the torture events of Audition.
In the movie The Departed, Audition plays on the TV in Matt Damon's character's apartment when talking to his girlfriend.
The film is briefly introduced in series 1, episode 4 of Japanorama, when director Miike Takashi is interviewed.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/releaseinfo
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010318/ai_n14367394
- ^ The Institute continued to show the film, but put up warning signs.
- Audition at the Internet Movie Database
- Dialogue transcript
- オーディション (Ōdishon) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-19.
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