[hat and beard]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXrPF...ch=kaoru%20abe

i want to see this movie!

anybody seen it? know where to get it?

[hat and beard]

Koji Wakamatsu, who in the past has directed such pungently titled exploitation flicks as Go Go Be a Virgin a Second Time and Violated Women in White, spins this biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe (Ko Machida) and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki (Reona Hirota). A sort of Sid and Nancy for the free-jazz set, the film opens with Suzuki dialing a wrong number and getting Abe. Instead of hanging up, he asks her out on a date and soon the two are shacked up and living together. Sex, drugs and Ornette Coleman feature prominently in the early phase of their relationship, and soon they realize that they are in fact soulmates. Abe is a romantic artist as well as a self-destructive, self-absorbed manchild prone to angry tirades and epileptic seizures. In turn, Izumi is first presented as a bubble-headed hippie chick who goes through men like tissues, but as her relationship with Abe deepens into marriage and evidently motherhood, Izumi reveals a steel will and pragmatism, refusing to sacrifice herself to Abe's muse. Their tempestuous relationship grows increasingly destructive. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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[Glice]

Wow. This sounds quite very incredibly exciting. Very sad life that Abe lead. Who's playing Takayanagi one wonders...

[Toilet & Bowels]

on a related note, fushitsusha just put out a live DVD of a performance from the early 90s.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

on a related note, fushitsusha just put out a live DVD of a performance from the early 90s.

Is that a re-issue of the Video on PSF that I would destroy children to get my hands on? Does this mean I no longer need to expect to pay an exobitant amount of money for a video that is of lesser quality than a DVD?

[Phlegmscope]

Fuckin' hell!
If they've done something to the grainy vhs quality then it's definitely a must buy.

[Iain]

Yeah, I've heard about this and want to see it. Koji Wakamatsu is a prety interesting director...I saw Go Go You Second Time Virgin and it's a pretty tight, claustophobic film...