Tetsuo: The Iron Man - 1989 Japanese Manga Movie
Tetsuo: The Iron Man Synopsis
Somehwre between a moder-day nightmare and a techno-fetishist's ultimate fantasy, this extraordinary black and white film from Shinya Tsukamoto caused a sensation when it was first released, and spawned a companion piece, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer.
Concerning itself with a youn man's gradual mutation into a metal-being, the movie takes a surreal journey into a dark and disturbing world where D.I.Y. body transformations and post-human women with deadly robot arms form the fabric of a strange new society.
Likened to the work of Lynch and Cronenberg, Tetsuo moulds explosive violence, bizarre sexual imagery and jet-black humour into a cinematic experience like you've never seen before.
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man Movie Review
To be totally honest I’m not sure what to make of this Japanese movie, it is visually stunning and moves at a very rapid rate of shocks. I’m sure that Shinya Tsukamoto has some deep and meaningful message in the movie but it isn’t blatantly obvious and the movie can be interpreted in many different ways. I believe the message is a cynical look at the way that technology is sapping the humanness from humans but deep down it is still there but needs to be looked for now and again.
The storyline on the surface is relatively straightforward, a metal-fetishist inserts pieces of iron into himself (there is definitely a sexually sadistic theme to the movie). As the metal insertions become more extreme the implants start to take him over mutating him into a peculiar iron man. The still relatively normal looking iron man is run over by a car driven by someone going through the same metal/monster metamorphosis, what follows is an hour of metal mayhem as the two fetishists become more and more iron.
The movie is filled with loud noise, loud music, many, many cinematic effects, violence, blood and oil. The movie is an assault on all senses and is more of an experience than an in-depth story. The humor is definitely there but it is very dark and cynical. This movie is definitely worth a watch as it is something truly original… I wish I had seen it in the cinema!
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