Audition
A lonely middle-aged widower decides, after some encouragement from his son, that's it's time for him to remarry. The only problem is that his late wife was pretty amazing, so he's going to have a hard time replacing her. He wants to be able to put prospective women through some sort of test/observation so he can make sure he chooses the right one. He has a friend that just happens to be a film director. They devise a plan to create a fake movie, and thus, a fake audition. He receives pictures and resumes for each of the prospects ahead of time, and one in particular catches his eye. It ends up that she is actually the only "normal" candidate. They embark on a totally cutesy relationship, at least until he comes clean and tells her the truth about the audition. What happens next is a disturbing series of events I wouldn't dare reveal.
The majority of this film is reminiscent of a cheesy American romantic comedy. My personal opinion is that Miike is heavily influenced by American cinema in a lot of his work, and it definitely showed in Audition. It's like Sleepless in Seattle, if Meg Ryan *** Tom Hanks' **** off at the end. [Edited to add to the suspense.] There are also most definitely some Lynchian elements throughout. I was absolutely terrified by the finale, Eihi Shiina was the perfect psycho. Can't wait to see her in Tokyo Gore Police! This is one of the best, if not the best, horror movie of the past 10 years. I give it two stumps up.
Grade: A+
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