Found on every civilized continent, the spiral has been called the most ancient symbol of all. The damn thing is everywhere: in flushing toilets, in our fingerprints and dna composition, in the very structure of the galaxy. This visually compelling film Uzumaki (’Spiral’) shows the people of Kurozu-cho becoming obsessed with spirals of all forms; a mesmerised student falls to his death at the foot of a spiral staircase, a girl develops hypnotic spiraling hair and a man becomes transfixed by a snail’s shell… They are falling under the spell of the spiral and descending into a twisted vortex of madness. The J-horror film by Higuchinsky is based on a strange manga series by Junji Ito (pictured below) and it is as disturbing as it is beautiful.
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Comment by nintendost — November 17, 2009 @ 7:50 am