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Information
- Year
- 1992
- Runtime
- 83 min.
- Director
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Genres
- Sci-Fi, Horror
- Rating *
- 6.4
- Votes *
- 2,675
- Checks
- 662
- Favs
- 32
- Dislikes
- 18
- Favs/checks
- 4.8% (1:21)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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Torgo
Wow, this follow-up to the legendary Tetsuo is not much less radical and this time even features something like a plot. While not shot on the same undergroundy, hypergrainy b&w-film, it's still a visual and sonic tour de force; now in a great, grainy avant-garde look typical of 1992, reminding less Cyberpunk but cold steel and contemporary music videos. Watch out for the obvious Eraserhead hommage. Oh, and
File under: experimental, drone, fetish, Megaman, body horror, harsh noise, Clive Barker, panic disorder ...10 years 5 months ago -
sammysin
This really is an artistic masterpiece. I just watched my Third Window Blu-ray and it was a staggeringly good experience.
The way the story came together at the end was very satisfying and the chase sequences throughout were frenetic and very gripping.
Awesome! 11 years 6 months ago -
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