Unquestionably it's a feat of imagination and technique, but an hour of it is more than enough.
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05/05/08
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1988)
73 %
Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 8 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Synopsis: A visually arresting and highly disturbing urban flight of fancy from Japanese auteur Shinya Tsukamoto, who also starred, wrote, shot, and edited. A buttoned-up Japanese commuter accidentally rams his car into a cyberpunky "metal fetishist" (Tsukamoto) whose jollies include... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Tomoro Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoko, Shinya Tsukamoto
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Exercício surrealista histérico e obviamente ludita que, apesar de substituir as idéias pelo corte rápido, cria uma atmosfera de pesadelo sufocante.
06/16/06
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02/09/06
Filled with wild stop motion effects and brilliant conceptual horrors, this is a horror film for the modern technological world.
09/15/05
As a freak show..., Tetsuo certainly deserves its reputation. It contains memorable sequences of sickening imagination, and unique takes on tired sci-fi/ action ideas.
08/30/05
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11/01/04
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08/30/04
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Tetsuo and Fetishist's transformation into Iron Man becomes a response to the machinization of the individual in a systematically regimented Japan.
08/27/01
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