Youth of the Beast (1963)
Gorgeously stylish nonsense from Seijun Suzuki is fun for a while. Unfortunately, style only carries it so far before we have to think about things like characters and plot. What actually happens in this film is a matter of debate, much like who killed the chauffeur in The Big Sleep. Entertaining but bloody well confusing, and far from the masterwork that some people consider it to be (it can't touch Branded to Kill or http://moviesteve.blogspot.com/2005/02/fighting-elegy-1966-i-dont-know-where.htmlFighting Elegy in that respect).
Grade: B-
Gorgeously stylish nonsense from Seijun Suzuki is fun for a while. Unfortunately, style only carries it so far before we have to think about things like characters and plot. What actually happens in this film is a matter of debate, much like who killed the chauffeur in The Big Sleep. Entertaining but bloody well confusing, and far from the masterwork that some people consider it to be (it can't touch Branded to Kill or http://moviesteve.blogspot.com/2005/02/fighting-elegy-1966-i-dont-know-where.htmlFighting Elegy in that respect).
Grade: B-
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