Thursday, December 28, 2023

'Emperor Tomato Ketchup' (1970) - Terayama Shuji.

A mad, surrealistic, frequently euphoric experiment in exuberant agitprop non-conformity. The frantically episodic, boundary-blasting, sexually permissive Emperor Tomato Ketchup remains a profound sauce of cinematic inspiration! Wilfully warped, beautifully baffling, and sinisterly strange, just don't ask me what any of it is supposed to mean! 

 

 














 

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