Blind Beast
Posted by martinteller on June 26, 2006
Strained analogy time! This is like Cronenberg and Miike teaming up to direct Psycho meets In the Realm of the Senses. Quite intense (but not terribly graphic) for 1969. It covers a lot of themes: artistic obsession, sexual power plays, Oedipal relationships, and sadomasochism. Its handling of these topics is a bit simplistic, but what it lacks in depth it makes up for in freakiness. Michio’s studio features some of the most delightfully bizarro set design I’ve ever seen. Rating: 8
