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Question about the film "Audition"

HI guys - has anyone seen the Japanese film "Audition"? I've got the jest of it but a bit confused about a couple of things. Theres a part near the end where the main guy looks down in the middle of a sex act and the main girl has turned into his sons girlfriend? whats that bit all about???? Also who's in the bag? Thanks
Vicky Gibbs asked in Film 11 months ago | Report

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    The main girl turning into his son's girlfriend, to me, seems to be a reflection of the main character's subconcious guilt and unease with dating a younger woman... but I could just be over-analyzing.

    The man in the bag is the manager of the Stone Fish bar the girl used to work at (which now is empty). If I remember correctly, there was a love triangle between the bar manager, the main girl character and another woman who worked at the bar. The end result was that the main girl character killed the other woman and mutilated the bar manager. His tongue and fingers were left in the bar and the girl dried and mounted his severed feet to boards --which she then gave to her crippled stepfather.

    A lot of the main female character's background story is implied or told through tidbits of heresay, which can get awfully confusing.

    Liz Spain answered in Film 11 months ago | Report
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    Sometimes Miike doesn't make sense on purpose. One part symbolism. One part Surrealism. To be weird for the sake of being weird due to the eerie or detached feeling it may give the viewer. It's mood manipulation. I'm sure you've seen at least one David Lynch movie.

    He might not even be able to tell you what he means in some films, without resorting to bullshit. Have you ever seen Gozu? (Not slamming it, by the way).

    LMNOP answered in Film 11 months ago | Report
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    on the DVD we saw, there was an audio commentary that Miike did specifically on the last 20 minutes of the film, as it was that portion that people consistently asked him about and found the most confusing. The last bit is a juxtaposition of the way the man was perceiving what the girl was saying/doing with what she was actually telling him.

    j_lee answered in Film 11 months ago | Report
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    The IMDB message boards have lots of good discussion on the film.

    Biju answered in Film 11 months ago | Report
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