Jun 21, 2021
This week we cover three deeply grisly short films from Japan,
listed below, that fall roughly into the Ero Guro category. What
kind of transgressiveness links these films? What is a satisfying
definition of Ero Guro in the first place, aside from the basic
"Erotic Grotesque Nonsense"? Have you ever owned art you were
reluctant to cross international borders with? What was revealed by
watching a copy of A Garden Without Birds with subtitles when it
seems to be commonly watched without them? How is the least
explicit film the best fit for the category? Why did we watch Lucky
Sky Diamond? Seriously, it was the longest one and it was terrible?
Answers to all these questions and more this week.
Lucky Sky Diamond - 1989 - Izo Hashimoto
The First Love -1989 - Mari Terashima
A Garden Without Birds - 1992 -Akira Nobi