Love & Pop
by Hideaki Anno
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Actor: Hirono Kudo, Kirari, Leo Morimoto, Nana Okada, Yukie NakamaDirector: Hideaki Anno
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Kino Video
Movie Reviews of Love & Pop
Movie Review: Disturbingly arresting viewing
Summary: 4 Stars
I was a huge fan of Anno's anime series Neon Genesis Evangellion when I was a teenager. It was full of teenage angst and I related to it a lot at the time. As an adult it hasn't faired so well on repeat viewings but his live action feature Love and Pop (shot straight after Evangellion) was fascinating. I'd heard of enjo kosai (a term for subsidised dating in Japan) before and found the idea perplexing. Young women selling their companionship (and it would seem that this can simply involve talking with a man at a cafe through to far more dangerous situations) for money to buy the expensive items that normally wouldn't be affordable on a regular teenage salary. The film is adapted from a book by Ryu Murakami (In the Miso Soup, Almost Transparent Blue) which I haven't read but it's typical Murakami. There will be characters who disgust you and the fact that the closing credits show the young women marching though an open sewer speaks volumes about the dangerous game the young girls are playing and its affect on them. The camera angles are strange to say the least. While it could be argued these ugly camera shots are used to represent the ugly world these characters live in they can be off putting at times and almost seem childish. And yet...I liked this film but I am a film student. I worry that people used to more mainstream cinema may tire of this very fast. The performances from the young girls are great and some of the male performers did well but were never a threat of stealing a scene. If you can appreciate an artistic take on an unsavoury subject and forgive unusual cinematography, pick this up. Doubly so if you have a fondness for Japanese culture or you're a fan of Anno or Murakami. Otherwise steer clear.
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