Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
'In a unique turn the audience on its head style Takeshi Kitano debases his own film career. It starts with a life-size Kitano doll having a brain scan, because he's too depressed to even go for it himself. The scene perfectly paints out how our directing hero is down on himself. He’s then joined by the doll as we are shown through film clips the reason the once great director is feeling so down. As each clip ends we see the doll in a different form of suicide. The films kick off by showing a clip in the style of his earlier gangster hits after which Kitano vowed never to do another violent mob movie. So turns his hand at various other genres such as the romance and period arts films, all failing to be successful he then tries his hand with various cult genres. First is an horror comedy called NOH Theatre a dumbed down ghost yarn about an ancient head hunting kabuki ghost, its played pretty much for laughs. Then a martial arts movie Blue Raven 2 which is by far the most entertaining segment it’s a cheesy ninja tale in the mould of low rent 80’s vhs kung fu films. He even tries doing a cgi sci-fi film Promised Day but it’s too goofy to grip film goers. All his attempts fail to work out so he then turns his hand towards a comedy which is then the bases for the rest of the movie. It's all highly entertaining packed with so many odd moments and twists my fave scene was a mock wrestling match between 1950's kids. Recommended mostly to Kitano’s fans or to those who love goofy Asian cinema, casual viewers may find the plots a touch sycophantic. Kitano proved to me back with the sex comedy Getting Any he can do comedy. Anyhow though it’s nowhere near his best work I really enjoyed it.'
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