Profound Desires of the Gods (PAL) (RARE)
Profound Desires of the Gods (PAL) (RARE)
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"Sex, God and Greed play their parts in one of Imamura's most ambitious and powerful films, a rich earthy fable set on a Pacific island where ancient beliefs come head-to-head with 20th century capitalism. The company engineer sent from Tokyo to build and airport exhorts the peasants to 'Forget the Gods!', but goes native himself when he's seduced by a half-witted harpy. It all ends badly" (Tom Charity, Time Out Film Guide). Winner of Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Director and Film. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Shohei Imamura---Japan---1968---173 mins.

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  | Michael#69

I don't understand how anyone could give this film a low rating. My only guess would be that the uniqueness of the story and the mythic cultural characters (of another culture and worldview) was difficult for them. Lush colors, exotic setting, vivid characters, haunting score and a powerful story -- think Faulkner southern gothic meets Malick naturalistic existentialism filtered through Bunuelian surrealism, but even that fails to grasp the achievement of this film. Damn shame it has been released in American DVD edition, but thankfully Facet's has a copy of the Masters of Cinema edition.

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