[Weekly Update] May 22, 2022 (Patreon)

It's finally summer here in Montreal, and I started jogging again. Hard to believe, because I'm flat-footed. But I really do enjoy jogging a lot. Too bad the wether is getting kinda bad.

Did you know that because of our ability to sweat, human can run for a much longer period of time than almost all other animals on Earth in a tropical setting? Weird trivial but it's true, humans are actually amazing long distance runners.

CHANNEL UPDATE

Not much has changed on our schedule, except I should start thinking about what to do on our Everything Everywhere video. While the film left a great impression and it's generally very enjoyable, like Turning Red, I couldn't think of a concrete topic to approach the film technically, and I don't want to just do another small review.

So, if you have any specific thoughts on the film, and would like me to expand on it, let me know!

Otherwise, our Michelle Yeoh video will be live in a couple of days, and we'll have a bunch of videos about kung fu after that. And for this month's Patreon bonus video, I'll be comparing Independence Day to Guy Fieri.

No joke.

MEDIA TALK

Since Everything Everywhere is a unique blend of genre-bending, let's talk about unique genres in films.

The image I chose for this update is from Belladonna of Sadness, a Japanese oil and water-colour animation. It's listed as "fantasy", but having watched the film, I don't think it's a stretch to call it a "horror animation", with its metaphorical but visceral depiction of some truly horrific events.

And as far as I know, this is the only animated horror films I've watched. Sure, there are movies like Frankenweenie, but those are just animated movies with a horror theme, rather than a horror movie with a animated aesthetic.

If you've watched our video about movies shot without a camera, you may have noticed I have a thing for screen life movies. You know, Unfriended, Searching, etc. But so far, all of these films are used for either thrillers or horror. That is, of course, a reflection of our fear in this technologically dominated world.

The only exception is Face 2 Face, a 2016 screen life teen drama. The film, while still deals with some heavy subject, is much more about the humans sitting in front of the camera, rather than the camera and cyberspace itself. It sees a teenager reaches out to his childhood friend, only to find out both of them, despite their happy exterior, have been facing hardship this whole time. The film's not bad, which is a plus.

I don't know why, even though the genre is rare, the term "erotic thriller" is still somehow really famous, to a point it sounds normal to me. Who would've thought combining sex and murder would work.

Hollywood in the 90s made a bunch of soft erotic thrillers, with Basic Instinct being the most famous. But the one I remember (for all the wrong reasons, mind you), is In the Cut.

It's Jane Campion's way of reversing the trope that was popular in the 90s. Instead of a man finds himself attracted to a dangerous femme fatal, In the Cut tells the story of a woman hooking up with a detective, but slowly begins to suspect him to be a serial killer.

And the movie is so bad that you pretty much instantly know he is not the serial killer. Great potential, movie's not really worth watching, though.

Anyway, that's the update for today. I was also reminded of a game called Red Steel 2, which is a diesel punk samurai western. But I'll leave the non-film stuff out of here.

Anyway, hope you all have a good week. I'll see you in a few days with a new video.