Thursday, January 13, 2022

Pulse (Kairo)

  • Commentary:  Within the last few weeks when I was doing basic research for this site this movie captured my attention. I'm not sure, but I think I may have encountered it during a discussion of the EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) phenomenon resulting from a nuclear blast on an episode of Super Critical Podcast [the hosts of the episode to which I listened, by the way, are wary of what has been attributed to this phenonmenon]. At any rate, whatever was said piqued my interest and I ordered the movie.
      I haven't watched it, yet, and will report back once I do. In the meantime, I discovered that it is listed on TimeOut - Movies's latest (December 10, 2021) compilation of The 100 best horror movies of all time. Since the last time the Wikipedia article on the film (linked immediately below) referenced the list in 2014 this movie has moved up one notch from 66 to 65.
      I couldn't help it, by the way. I perused the entire list to see which movies in my collection appear on the list. Here's a rundown. The names of the movies I own are linked to the articles TimeOut - Movies wrote about each movie, including their current ranking (the list is reranked periodically - by the way, TimeOut's The 100 best horror movies of all time list includes two write-ups, the initial for the film as it appears in the list and an additional, different write-up when you click on the title; unfortunately, the html is so convoluted for the list that I couldn't figure out how to link to the initial write-up, so, if you want to access the first write-up, you'll need to scroll through the list; it's usually worth it, until the list is recalibrated, I suppose), after which I linked each to its location on my site:   So. I was surprised to notice in TimeOut's The 100 best horror movies of all time list how many I'd seen and not collected, on purpose. I don't find horror films unwatchable. It's just that it has to be really good for me to want to watch it more than once. Of course, all of TimeOut's The 100 best horror movies of all time are supposed to be that good. I think that depends on the customer, and I'm a tough customer for horror. But, I scribbled down one movie from the list of which I'd never heard but read so interesting that I think I'd like to find it in my library system, rent it, if they have it, and possibly own it: 13. Don't Look Now. It's by one of my favored directors and comes in a Criterion edition, but it's a bit pricey for me, right now, especially since I need to settle down on movie buying for awhile. Ah, well. Could the U.S. government please send its citizens another stimulus check, say, a $2,000 check? The oligarchic corporations, into whose pockets it would land lickety split via citizens spending this money immediately (including me), would be thrilled. So would I. Oh, U. S. Government in the guise of Joe Biden, how reckless you are with your citizens, and, ultimately, your country.
      You may notice that, in my own labeling, I did not assign the "horror" genre to all these films. I thought about it, as I was compiling this post, but decided to keep my original ranking. Horror is different for different people. Those that I didn't label as horror don't have quite the horrific impact for which I look in a horror film.
      
    Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role
    Kumiko Asō Michi Kudo Haruhiko Kato Ryosuke Kawashima Koyuki Harue Karasawa Kurume Arisaka Junko Sasano
    Masatoshi Matsuo Toshio Yabe Shinji Takeda Yoshizaki Jun Fubuki Michi's mother Shun Sugata Boss

      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
      Release Date: 2001
      Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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