Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [VHS]
by Nagisa ?shima
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Actor: David Bowie, Jack Thompson, Ry?ichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Tom ContiDirector: Nagisa ?shima
Writer: Nagisa ?shima
Producer: Eiko Oshima
Producer: Geoffrey Nethercott
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
Producer: Joyce Herlihy
Writer: Laurens Van der Post
Writer: Paul Mayersberg
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 124 minutes
Release Date: 1999-11-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: Live / Artisan
Studio: Live / Artisan
VHS Movie Reviews of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [VHS]
Movie Review: Awesome movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this movie years ago on cable and now can enjoy it anytime I want.
Everyone in the movie and behind the scenes of this movie were awesome.
Summary of Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence [VHS]
A highly unusual war movie with as many detractors as fans, this English-language feature directed by Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses) stars David Bowie as a silent, ethereal POW in a Japanese camp. Protesting--via his own enigmatic rebellion--the camp's brutal conditions and treatment of prisoners, Bowie's character earns the respect of the camp commandant (Ryuichi Sakamoto). While the two seem locked in an unspoken, spiritual understanding, another prisoner (Tom Conti) engages in a more conventional resistance against a monstrous sergeant (Takeshi). The film has a way of evoking as many questions as certainties, and it is not always easy to understand the internal logic of the characters' actions. But that's generally true of Oshima's movies, in which the power of certain relationships is almost hallucinatory in self-referential intensity. The cast is outstanding, and Bowie is particularly fascinating in his alien way. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure VHS Video
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