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For this Sunday Kino Night, first up is Leave Her to Heaven (1945), a film-noir/melodrama about the new wife (Gene Tierney) of a famous novelist who becomes violently possessive of her husband. Pretty much a 1940s version of what is now known as a “yandere”. Will this lady sicko be able to tone herself down before things get out of hand? Probably not. We’ll see. This is the best-known and best-regarded film of director John M’ Stahl’s career. Unusually for a noir, it is in Technicolor.

After that is Why Don’t You Play in Hell? (2013), an action-comedy about a renegade film crew who decide to make a hit yakuza film by actually embroiling themselves in a yakuza feud, and filming the results for extra authenticity. Hilarity ensues as the line between fiction and reality blurs, with the filmmakers becoming actual gangsters, and vice-versa. “Live-action anime” is a common refrain in the reviews for this one. Expect a whole lot of over-the-top gore. Director is Sion Sono, the guy behind the similarly cartoonish Love Exposure (2008).

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:

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Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Leave Her to Heaven: https://letterboxd.com/film/leave-her-to-heaven/
• Why Don’t You Play in Hell?: https://letterboxd.com/film/why-dont-you-play-in-hell/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Leave Her to Heaven: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/113512
• Why Don’t You Play in Hell?: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/82480

CWs for Leave Her to Heaven:

• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Unconsciousness.
• Falling down stairs.
• Death of child.
• Natural bodies of water.
• Hospital scene.
• Mental illness.
• Self-harm.
• Suicide.
• Stillbirth.
• Miscarriage.
• Abortion.
• Ableism.
• Drowning.

CWs for Why Don’t You Play in Hell?:

• Domestic violence.
• Drug use.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Cutting of flesh.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Amputation.
• Squashed head.
• Broken bones.
• Tooth damage.
• Finger mutilation.
• Torture.
• Eye mutilation.
• Blood and gore.
• Death of parent.
• Kidnapping.
• Cheating.
• Vomiting.
• Spitting.
• Audio gore.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Fat jokes.
• Age-gap romance.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Sex.
• Honking horns.
• Screeching tires.
• Car crash.
• Gun violence.
• Sad ending.

Links to movies:

• Leave Her to Heaven: https://tankie.tube/w/j7KsDufEzVNsb6TvA5TcEq
• Why Don’t You Play in Hell?: https://tankie.tube/w/tvD2QdedmA5To3mJ6moF9o