Gerorisuto (1986)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Admirable film.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Sorry - I got nothing' out of this one. By watching this short film, we can see early depictions of director Shozin Fukui's fascination with scenes of people running around city streets like they're insane, and extended sequences of vomiting. These same elements play out in Fukui's later films, so his "style" is apparent in this film as well.As far as a "plot" - GERORISUTO basically follows a woman around as she runs around the streets and subways of Japan acting like a lunatic, throwing up in a long, drawn-out sequence, buying an ice-cream cone and smashing it on the ground, and screaming at passers-by on the street...GERORISUTO is slightly entertaining in the fact that it's sorta fun to watch the woman in the film act like a total nut-case in front of thousands of stunned on-lookers - but other than that - there's really nothing going on with it. This short film is included on the Unearthed Films release of RUBBERS LOVER, so if you happen to rent/purchase that DVD, then go ahead and check this out - otherwise, I wouldn't suggest making any real effort to obtain this film...3/10

I was Luke-warm to the Director's "Rubber's Lover" and have yet to see "Pinocchio 964" (I do own it, so it's just a question of when I can find the time to view it). But I digress, this short film is less of a story, than a series of random events just strung together and tedious events at that. A crazy girl running, throwing up, spitting out ice cream, screaming, etc,etc.. Note to self, when live action people throw up for minutes on end it's silly, but when puppets do it (Ie. "Team America") it's hilarious. This 12 minute short film can be found on Unearthed's DVD of "Rubber's Lover" My Grade: F

This early short film from the director of PINOCCHIO 964 and RUBBER'S LOVER didn't do a whole lot for me, though I will readily admit that the extended throwing up scene in the middle made me squirm in my seat and wish it would end. I am pretty desensitized to violence and gore by now by now but for some reason I can't quite stomach scenes where people puke for more than a few seconds. So props to Fukui for provoking a reaction. GERORISTO seems to be about one woman's violent revolt against society as a whole, especially the Japanese society where you always have to be polite and blend in. She does the exact opposite, stumbling wild-eyed through the subway, yelling at people on the street, clutching them etc.