100/100

Certainly the most fascinating movie of the year. Sono turns pornography into high art with this surrealist, extremely meta insane ride of a movie that is as visually gorgeous as it is mindfucking. Monstruous performances, specially by Ami Tomite - a fucking beast in here -, genius perspective twists and role reversals throughout and so many possible readings that "rich" doesn't quite cover the thematic range of the film. Like with any Sono film, I have to sleep on it and rewatch it a few times before articulating an actual review. A masterpiece.

Stunning to look at it, but overall a bit of a head-scratch. Being that this was my first viewing of a Sion Sono film, I’m left with the feeling I should’ve started with an earlier entry in his filmography. Antiporno really goes for it, so much so that it risks feeling self-indulgent at times, but ultimately it’s a lot smarter than it seems. As far as I understand it, this is basically a rainbow-painted, sadomasochistic riff on the Japanese sexploitation movement of the 70s, but considering I’m not at all acquainted with the genre, there’s a chance some of the film’s virtues may have passed me by. It works well enough as a hyperactive, Buñuelian takedown of the porn industry and male dominance in Japanese society, but its brusque methods elicit a nauseating reaction, to say the least. Not quite my bag, but it’s got classical music for days, and a seriously fucked-up sex scene every ten minutes. Sold.

The pink film:
1. One sex scene every ten minutes
2. At least one hour long
3. Anything else goes

Sono takes the roman porno and turns it inside out, directly confronting and taking its audience, its creators, and the entirety of Japanese society to task for its hypocritical male-dictated standards of freedom and sexuality. La Chinoise is the easiest comparison -- a skin film in the making; the long takes, bold primary colors, and the anarchic use of music torn straight out of Godard's cinematic little red book.

"i want to be a man so i can kill all of them"

sion sono creates a dream-like surrealist atmosphere to make fun of the pornography industry and promote feminism in an almost fourth-wall breaking way. brilliantly absurd and absolutely fucking insane, but also smartly written and satirical. a very unconventional and abrupt twist 30 minutes into the film completely changes one's perspective on it. it explores the complexities of how misogyny affects young women in a very competitive and hectic industry. it shows how lesbians are fetishized by doing exactly what it's making fun of. it's not afraid to show obscene sex and violence and often blurs the line between the two. the elegant and beautiful classical compositions contrast with the graphic sexual content in a quite bizarre and jarring way.

Absolutely bonkers - how does Sion Sono manage to constantly create these kind of characters? It takes an extraordinary amount of talent and knowledge to be able write and direct female characters in the way he does. He teeters between the line of female empowerment and complete submission to carnal desire. He is a filmmaker who is both eclectic and distinct, I don’t know what to expect but I’m never disappointed. Top three directors working today alongside Wong Kar-wai and Park chan-wook imo.

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There is no way anybody except for Sion Sono could make or even think of this movie. It’s a very enthralling and experimental satire that is absolutely worth it’s very short runtime. The cinematography is gorgeous and adds visual stimulus to this intense ride.

An assault on the senses that kept on wrong-footing me and packed a lot of memorable images into the short run-time. Definitely need to watch more Sion Sono.

it's still pretty porno imo

My first Sion Sono, and... bleugh. I can only take so much over-zealous style revolving around some hammered-in message. Even at a short run-time, I was exhausted and frustrated once we reached the conclusion. I get it, YOUTH -> SEX -> PORN -> CORRUPTION (Not that this is a bad theme). Looks great though. So many colors.

Like Inland Empire but a lot better. On-the-nose; garish colors; sex scene every ten minutes. It is a film about the rules men put in place to oppress/shame (ie what is considered taboo), and the ensuing gradual and complete degradation of those affected.

Yo what

2 stars for the aesthetics but probably one of the most pretentious shit i ever endured

Ein weniger verrückter Sion Sono Film ist dennoch ein verrückter Film. Und ich mochte es! Antiporno sieht so verdammt gut aus. Das ästhetischste Werk von den bisher gesehenen Sono Filmen.

Genial gespielt, tolle Musik und mit einem wichtigen Thema. Auch wenn mir irgendwas bei Antiporno fehlte mochte ich den Film doch ziemlich gerne und genoss vor allem die knackige und kurze Laufzeit was den Film ebenfalls etwas ründer macht. Hat definitiv rewatch Potential.

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From Wikipedia: "Other critics argued the film lacked nuance." That's exactly what I look for in a pinku, nuance.

Stunning to look at it, but overall a bit of a head-scratch. Being that this was my first viewing of a Sion Sono film, I’m left with the feeling I should’ve started with an earlier entry in his filmography. Antiporno really goes for it, so much so that it risks feeling self-indulgent at times, but ultimately it’s a lot smarter than it seems. As far as I understand it, this is basically a rainbow-painted, sadomasochistic riff on the Japanese sexploitation movement of the 70s, but considering I’m not at all acquainted with the genre, there’s a chance some of the film’s virtues may have passed me by. It works well enough as a hyperactive, Buñuelian takedown of the porn industry and male dominance in Japanese society, but its brusque methods elicit a nauseating reaction, to say the least. Not quite my bag, but it’s got classical music for days, and a seriously fucked-up sex scene every ten minutes. Sold.

This movie was so so beautiful and so important like woah...

Um exercício interessantíssimo sobre dicotomia(s). Em alguns momentos é cansativo, mas é tão estonteante e enérgico que acaba funcionando bem demais. Algumas cenas deixariam Pasolini morrendo de orgulho.

Decided to jump into this one as my first Sion Sono film, and what a bizarre experience it was. A lot of vibrant colours and bright lighting in this, and it made me a little uncomfortable, but i think that's the point. During this i thought "what the fuck is this" a lot, but it is really entertaining, not a single moment is dull. It's hard to describe what i just saw but it's not something i would rewatch. I highly recommend that everyone watches this tho.