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Bookmark this pageSwallowtail Butterfly (1996)
Director: Shunji Iwai
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From Time Out Film Guide
Is this meant to be self-parody? If so, it backfires; if not, it's horribly shallow and pretentious. A vaguely futuristic 'fairy tale', at times reminiscent of Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den, about a bunch of outsiders trying to make a go of it in 'Yentown' (i.e. Tokyo), the film opts for an alarming plethora of clichés, including the old warhorse of puttin' on a show (here a punk nightclub - cue naff musical numbers) against the wishes of gangsters and establishment alike.Author: GA
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