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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
