THE GLAMOROUS LIFE OF SACHIKO HANAI
- WHEN:
- Tue. 01/30 | 7:00PM
- WHERE:
- Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the Ritz on 6th Street map
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"A riotous amalgam of political satire, apocalyptic comedy and steamy erotica" (Rod Armstrong, SFIFF)
What do you get when you cross a counter-culture political manifesto with a softcore sex film, an absurdist comedy and a critique on intellectualism? Read on, brave cineastes! Sachiko Hanai (Emi Kuroda) is an escort who specializes in fetishes and role-play sessions. One afternoon, chilling in a restaurant, she witnesses a dispute between two men that ends with a fatal shooting. Sachiko jumps up to photograph the gunman with her cell phone, only to find her diligence cut short when a bullet is fired into her skull. Incredibly, the bullet does not kill her. Instead, it serves as a trepanation act, leading Sachiko to experience a life-altering intellectual awakening. Now able to speak foreign languages and horny at the mere mention of Susan Sontag or Noam Chomsky, Sachiko seduces a professor while pondering theories of the universe. Trouble is, when she left the restaurant after being shot, she accidentally grabbed an item that resembled a lipstick cylinder but actually contained a replica of George W. Bush's finger, designed with the evil purpose of pushing the last button anyone wants to see pushed. Wow. I mean... WOW. Mitsuru Meike has made quite the Molotov cocktail here. Hired to make a standard softcore "pink movie," Meike delivered the barest requirements of the genre while taking full advantage of the fact that he was actually making a film to create a challenging and hugely original auteur work that is as hilarious as it is subversive, as politically confrontational as it is gloriously pervy and strangely profound. Originally released in 2003 under the quaint title Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice, Meike's film immediately attained underground cult notoriety - while presumably frustrating many would-be wankers - allowing him the opportunity to add substantial footage and create an altered director's cut which we now know as Glamorous Life...You have never seen anything like this. (Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival)
An audience favorite at the year's FANTASTIC FEST, SACHIKO HANAI is getting a regular run at the Alamo Downtown. We just can't get enough of her!
Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
What do you get when you cross a counter-culture political manifesto with a softcore sex film, an absurdist comedy and a critique on intellectualism? Read on, brave cineastes! Sachiko Hanai (Emi Kuroda) is an escort who specializes in fetishes and role-play sessions. One afternoon, chilling in a restaurant, she witnesses a dispute between two men that ends with a fatal shooting. Sachiko jumps up to photograph the gunman with her cell phone, only to find her diligence cut short when a bullet is fired into her skull. Incredibly, the bullet does not kill her. Instead, it serves as a trepanation act, leading Sachiko to experience a life-altering intellectual awakening. Now able to speak foreign languages and horny at the mere mention of Susan Sontag or Noam Chomsky, Sachiko seduces a professor while pondering theories of the universe. Trouble is, when she left the restaurant after being shot, she accidentally grabbed an item that resembled a lipstick cylinder but actually contained a replica of George W. Bush's finger, designed with the evil purpose of pushing the last button anyone wants to see pushed. Wow. I mean... WOW. Mitsuru Meike has made quite the Molotov cocktail here. Hired to make a standard softcore "pink movie," Meike delivered the barest requirements of the genre while taking full advantage of the fact that he was actually making a film to create a challenging and hugely original auteur work that is as hilarious as it is subversive, as politically confrontational as it is gloriously pervy and strangely profound. Originally released in 2003 under the quaint title Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice, Meike's film immediately attained underground cult notoriety - while presumably frustrating many would-be wankers - allowing him the opportunity to add substantial footage and create an altered director's cut which we now know as Glamorous Life...You have never seen anything like this. (Mitch Davis, Fantasia Film Festival)
An audience favorite at the year's FANTASTIC FEST, SACHIKO HANAI is getting a regular run at the Alamo Downtown. We just can't get enough of her!
Showings (click on a show time to buy tickets):
Wednesday, January 10
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Tuesday, January 16
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