Director: Takashi Miike
I'm not going to try to trick people into watching Audition, a movie which seems entirely non-threatening until it becomes the exact opposite. So while I won't be spoiling the plot, I will be spoiling some of the themes. You have been warned, both about this review and the film itself.
I'm not sure whether to take Asami's actions as mere psychosis, or as extreme reactions to the nature of women in art. Whenever women perform art, there is often a sexualized aspect to that performance - Asami finds three different avenues to express herself, and in all three, she's regarded as a sexual object rather than an artist making a statement.
Whatever the case, Audition is strange and disturbing - I was reminded at many points of David Lynch. I'm not sure if that's a good thing.
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