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VHS : Tetsuo: The Iron ManIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.98 Price: $16.99 You Save: $2.99 (15%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302732825 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302732824 Label: Fox Lorber Manufacturer: Fox Lorber Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Fox Lorber Release Date: October 16, 1997 Running Time: 67 minutes Studio: Fox Lorber Theatrical Release Date: 1992 Sales Rank: 6512 Related Items: Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Shinya Tsukamoto draws on the marriage of flesh and technology that inspires so much of David Cronenberg's work and then twists it into a manga-influenced cyberpunk vision. A man (Tomoroh Taguchi) awakens from a nightmare in which his body is helplessly fusing with the metal objects around him, only to find it happening to him in real life... or is it? Haunted by memories of a hit and run (eerily prophetic of Cronenberg's Crash), the man knows this ordeal could be a dream, a fantastic form of divine retribution, or perhaps technological mutation born of guilt and rage. Shot in bracing black and white on a small budget, Tsukamoto puts a demented conceptual twist on good old-fashioned stop-motion effects and simple wire work, giving his film the surreal quality of a waking dream with a psychosexual edge (resulting in the film's most disturbing scene). The story ultimately takes on an abstract quality enhanced by the grungy look and increasingly wild images as they take to the streets in a mad chase of technological speed demons. This first entry in his self-titled "Regular Sized Monster Series" is followed by a full-color sequel, Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer, which trades the muddy experimental atmosphere for a big-budget sheen but can't top the cybershock to the system this movie packs. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating: - Ive seen better j-horrorWhile the movie does live up to its hype, i found it a tad boring, but thank god it was only about an hour. The use of biotechnical persons was different and interesting, but too random with arts that didnt even make sense. 5 if i coulda been on the edge of my seat, if you buy it, have a snack ready. Rating:  - brilliantThis film is absolutely brilliant. Tsukamoto's genius shines through this gritty and rusted masterpiece. His way of filming is unique and beautiful to say the least. There is also some really impressive stop motion animation to be seen in this film, though its fairly brief. The sound track is also a masterpiece, if you can find it on cd, i highly recommend it. Over all Tetsuo: The Iron Man is one of the most beautiful films to have been made, it is pure and it is rust. Rating:  - Full of itself, but ultimately unfulfillingI bought this DVD on heavy recommendations... and must now go beat my friends unmercifully. This film illuminates a classic truth: "Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD do something". The director goes crazy with the stop-motion and wire effects... and ends up with a boring compilation of one mess after another. I do mean "mess". If this achieved "cult" status, then all I can say is that would-be cultists are scraping by on some lean fare! I'm sure the director ... Read More Rating: - You've never seen anything quite like thisThis movie is just cool to watch - and hear! Heavy, industrial music and sound effects, black and white, guaranteed to put you 'in a metal mood'. After you've seen it, you won't be able to get certain images out of your head. Don't spend too much time trying to figure out the "plot" (or lack of it..), just allow yourself to be amazed, freaked out and sucked in by this trippy, crazy, horrific little gem. Rating: - Ouch!This was a very difficult film for me to watch, and I would not recommend it for the faint of heart or those that are not able to objectify films with intense amoral visual imagery. I believe that the film is saying something important, but I've never been able to say precisely what. The film maker has a real talent for letting us stroll through some of his deeper inner states. Andre Tarkovsky is the only other film maker that I've ever seen do a better job of this, and its hard to compare the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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