This 1992 Japanese film tells the story of a scientist who sets out to create the new "super Adam and Eve", humans who cannot be controlled by their emotions. Of course, the end result it not exactly what the good doctor expects.
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This modern tale of an attempt to build a creature is one of the best "horror" films ever made, even if its not a horror film but something else entirely. Certainly its on my short list of all time great films.
This film was introduced to me by someone who told me "I have this film that probably one of the best films you'll ever see. It will move you and touch you and make you think, but if I told you what it is and told you how its done you will think its the stupidest thing on the face of it and you won't watch it." Intrigued I asked what did he mean, and he said, "Well its a Frankenstein story, with a very goofy sort of edge, but which uses it to its advantage." My ears perked up, and I being a trusting soul took the tape and watched it. I was blown away.
The plot concerns a mad scientist attempting to make a new Adam and Eve in the wake of a suicidal plague that is ravaging the world. Locked up in his lab his experiments go differently then either he or we expect. Some of it is silly (The bolts in the neck, the wrestling moves...), all of it is touching and thought provoking.
I can not recommend this movie enough. If you are willing to take the film on its terms and allow it to tell its story then I urge you to seek this film out and see it. This is an undiscovered gem that will stay with you forever.
15 out of 10 and then some. 10/10
Also known as "The Last Frankenstein", this is an extraordinary, impeccably produced horror film. Director Takeshi Kawamura uses Mary Shelley's novel as a mere launching pad for an exploration of subjects as diverse and fascinating as the nature of love, desire, suicide, mass hypnosis, sex, alienation and jealousy.
And though the film is dense with subtext, it is also stunningly photographed and rich in atmosphere and detail. The performances are all amazing and Kawamura's sensitive handling of the strange, delicate relationships between the characters results in an emotionally charged, angst-ridden tragedy.
The scenes of the confused, troubled monster hurtling through a fog-shrouded forest at night are memorable and striking, as is a brilliant home movie-style montage of the film's more curious characters enjoying a precious afternoon at the beach. Kawamura creates resonating visual poetry of horror and sadness barely sighted since Todd Browning's classic "Freaks".
Intelligent, emotional, tragic and real, this is an absolute gem. 9/10
全片沪语，老弄堂，小资情调，海派风情，金句频出。或许有些标签化，有些片面，可两个小时的电影，展现一面已经足够。
感觉这剧本是坂元裕二写出来的，当然还有这北电戏文专业练就的会写段子的伶牙俐齿。最后的镜头挺好，最让人感动的老乌的故事感觉像是“青年破处”版广岛之恋。
罕至、恰然、灵动。看似浮夸故作腔调实则浪漫鲜活有趣的中年情节剧已经是这片土地目前为数不多富有魅力的青年创作者们所能够抵达的真实极限了。用漫步的姿态尽可能地证实了上海这座现代都市应有的丰满表现力，看到如此自由活泼的表达在熟悉的方言中流动，一股恍然感油然而生。最后一群人围坐在沙发上昏沉看着费里尼「爱情神话」的时候，投影上的那束刺眼光线打到了观众脸上，将面前正在发生演绎的进程延伸到了场外，我相信那是虚构引入真实的时刻，也是真正美丽的时刻，以至于会让人意识到此前内陆喜剧中缺失了太久了的能力——基于现实幻想的能力，轻盈着迎接虚构的能力，走入城市街头小巷的能力，直面局限和死亡的能力。虽然电影化还欠缺许多，但至少在生活/创作态度上已经非常接近类同伍迪·艾伦电影了，当经验褪去了禁锢，便拥有了走入未来的理由。
非常符合豆瓣气质的上海风情味十足的市井文艺中年们的一地鸡毛和男欢女爱。
这部电影是我今年看过的最开心幽默的喜剧，全片用上海方言呈现当今上海女性的爱情价值观可以说非常准确和真实，这可能和导演是一位女性有很大的关系，电影的幽默来自于人物之间的对话，沪味的絮叨对我这个上海出生的人来说不但亲切也确实真实，而片中所有的人都有精彩的对话使故事生动流畅，片中还有很多英文流行音乐的加入让这个故事很国际化，甚至有了爱乐之城的欢乐，爱情神话真的很神奇！
4.导演自己卖电子香烟梗
人们正是因为喜欢神话才向往爱情，可惜真实世界的爱情里很难存在神话。奢侈的东西被标榜以平价，平民消费观贯穿在这群隐形富豪，这种对观众亲民的爱情真是个神话！https://movie.douban.com/review/14107197/
到外滩十八号剧场聊天那段像是抽离出来的一段议论；结尾电影里的人看着电影院的我们，我们看着电影里的人
曾经的事情已经被用旧，回不去也到不达远方，可当下仍在蒸腾的泡沫里消耗着。精致的，遮掩的，情怀的，市井的，虔诚的，无用的，交汇的，断裂的，真真假假都没关系，就让生活这样继续吧。
很有腔调的文艺电影。几个演员各自出色，不过三个女人一台戏也好，儿子的感情也好，或者主人公纠结黏糊的情感，都是戏到关头生生绕开，所以看得并不尽兴。但出了影院再一想，也许这种意犹未尽正是腔调本身。很放松舒服的观影体验。
还有看完电影之后终于明白为啥叫爱情神话了，原来是致敬。
妈呀妈呀，上海上海，活该你洋气呀，活该你international呀，现代版《繁花》即视感。就这个选曲，就这个咖啡，就这个若影若现的LGBT，灵的。上海，你就是中国的扭腰啊！
好久没有看到剧本写得如此有趣巧妙的国产电影了，可以碾压大部分无脑商业爱情片的对白，也好过某些文艺片故作深沉的便秘腔调。
中年，渴望、期盼和受伤，全都丝毫不减。人在爱情里永远不会老。也许你对爱情更有经验了，同样的也知道是多么珍贵。当你看到爱慕人的信息，你的心还是会悸动。中年的爱情，更宽容更慷慨也更细腻———也更急切
老乌给他选了好几个地方，他不满意，卷坚决不办画展，即使对方是自己多年好友，也不会顾着情面将就。
再更：是我浅了。很灵的片子。
没有审美、没有思考、没有信念，只有每天都能看到的人精和他们的一地鸡毛
其实说有多好，并没有那么好，但它带来的那种轻松流畅同时平淡又幽默的感觉在国产电影里是如此稀缺以至于很难讲不好。上海的生活真的很特别，即使拍得如此纽约布鲁克林也毫不违和，但最终的生活的真谛还是上海的。中年女性有这样多样的设定也很难得，还是女导演行啊！就是能不能找个稍微帅点的男的演这种trophy式上海爷叔，比如宁理，徐峥去修鞋（不是
悲哀在于，情感和日常需要靠那些遥远的符号（费里尼/索菲亚/土耳其/英国/红拂夜奔）才能串联起有意义的链条，这无非是另一种偶然与想象。如此语境之下，精致的海派生活倒显出一种自欺欺人的况味，仿佛老白对小皮匠问询的变体“你的咖啡里有麻木的味道吗？”一边是悬置的能指，一边是实际是所指，双方在迷影式的致敬中少见的没能达成影像上的统一与和解。于是，爱情在本片中像一场精神上的屠杀，目标是这些或单亲带娃或有暧昧过往的中年男女，这里没有爱情的青春热血和蓬勃朝气，只剩拖拖拉拉的消极和孤叹。电影在准确描绘出中年爱情状态的同时，也将这些中年人抽象化了，因为他们在这场屠杀中的所有反抗与逃亡，皆是以有钱有闲为基础的。而更多的普罗大众，连被这种爱情蹂躏的资本都没有。这当然是一部好电影，但生活的底色赋予了它某种失败的气质。
全程咧嘴观毕，国产生活流也终于出了一部可媲美伍迪艾伦的话痨片。沪语太嗲了，倪虹洁太灵了，中年人的爱情太真实可爱了，徐峥永远都适合这种善良又怂包的角色。北方电影学院毕业卖过电子烟，众人看费里尼抹手霜吃小吃，导演对费神和自己开涮毫不客气，但俏皮又高级。
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