Tetsuji Kurashige's nightmarish U-SA-GUI (2002) begins by citing a section from Brillat-Savarin's 1825 treatise, The Physiology of Taste, in which the renowned French epicure suggests that stimulating foods, meats in particular, can have an influence on one's dreams. The film depicts a macabre game played by two rabbits and a blindfolded woman. The rabbits face each other over an old-fashioned illustrated board game. When they land on a square, the woman must eat the food indicated in the illustration. If she has chosen correctly, a die pops out of her mouth and lands on the floor giving the rabbits their next move.
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Farhana_Luba
I ended up having a brain-ache from all the screeching noise. And there's no story to it, just two rabbits and a blindfolded girl dreaming about weird stuff. I'd rather look forward to it if it had dreams including the girl running across the streets naked -_-" Don't watch this. You'll just end up losing your precious 12.55 minutes.
citricphrenia
Don't watch this if you are suicidal. It might just tip you over the edge However if you like horrible visuals, sound that'll make your ears bleed and no plot whatsoever then I still would not recommend this to you since it is just that horrible. I regret watching this entirely and if I had the power to, I would go back in time and prevent this 'movie' from ever happening, or at least stop my poor, vulnerable, past self from ever watching it. So heed my warning all those in search for a good anime to watch, stay far away from this shit-fest and never return. I wouldrate this a negative number if MAL would allow me to, which I think it should make a special exception for this 'movie' alone since it is just that bad.
Sidewinder51
rate of 4(bad) seen via english subtitles Dislike - plot had some flaws. There were quite a few questions raised because of how the movie just places you in what appears to be mid scene of an event. A little more pretext would have greatly been appreciated. Then the movie ends but does it? Up until the very last moment we think it is over but then you find yourself questioning it. No matter how you see it the ending is not exact. It is leaves for opinions. -art was black and white for the most part. -sound. My goodness! that was annoying. You might as well mute yourvolume for this unless you have a throat/dice fetish. There was nothing really obtained. No vocals. I think it was intentional to make you fear what was to come but my word.
Like
- I enjoyed the plot. It was scary for me. At least in terms of a couple segments. I really got attached with the girl. I felt her fears and felt hopeless at the same time. It definitely was original.
p.s. if you liked alice in wonderland this might suit you.
gabiwave
So, I read the other reviews and even if I'm not going to comment on them specifically (maybe?) I must say that they're not fair, I don't think this short film is a 1/10 nor a 10/10. It has it's appeal and kept me entertained the whole time thinking what bizarre shit was going to happen next. Someone said "It feels like a badly produced project a freshman in art school would make" and that's exactly what it is, if you read the alternative titles it says "Thinking and Drawing: Japanese Art Animation of the New Millennium" which is a project where they train young animatorsby making them doing experimental weird films,
Story:
So, this short film is about a woman's dream (or nightmare?) about two rabbits. It begins with a quote saying that certain foods can have an influence on one's dreams. And then the DREAM begins, and that's important, that's why it is "weird", because it's a dream and yes, there is a plot, it's simple but it's there.
Art:
So, visually it's actually really weak, but again, it is a experimental animation by some students. It uses really limited animation with charcoal line drawings and some CGI and it adds and I think it's perfect for the film because it really adds to the disturbing feel of the film.
The rabbits have been drawn in the style of Shinto statues, meaning that their ears are shorter and more pointed than Dick Bruna's Miffy or Sanrio's My Melody - the two kinds of bunnies currently most dominant in Japanese popular culture. They're one of the kind of rabbits that you would find in a nightmare, some shots of them were really weird.
The film has a nostalgic feel to it, not only because of the style of the rabbits, but also due to elements of the mise-en-scene such as the backdrop of a large Japanese-style window and the use of a phonograph in one scene.
Adding to the nostalgia is the artist's use of white on black intertitles that feature the two rabbits on either side of a kanji, illustrated in the traditional style often featured on stationery (particularly for the Year of the Rabbit).
Sound:
There are no music or voices, there is a screeching sound along the whole movie and I think it's totally fair if you hate it for it, it could be really annoying for some people. But, again, for me is one of the things that adds a disturbing and akward feel to it.
The sound effects were nothing great, they just where there a little bit out of place but still very realist.
Oh, and btw the scene where the rabbit cries over the other rabbit's coffin... I just didn't expect that, and I liked it.
Overall:
So... I would not say that this film is scary at all, maybe disturbing, maybe just akward or maybe a little depressing.
If you're expecting something that makes you shit on your pants, this is not the place for you. And if you're expecting a conventional anime with conventional story and conventional art, what the hell are you doing in this side of MAL? Go watch some popular anime from the current season instead.
Again, I liked this film but I can't give it a score higher than 5/10 and wouldn't recommend this to anybody because it's not actually "good", I just think it's interesting and somehow entertaining and I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that so for me it's not fair to give it 1/10 and complain about how weird and non-sense it is when that's the fucking point.
(note: sorry if this review is a mess, I'm not a native english speaker and never studied the language)
snigelrov
I literally joined this site just to write a review about how much I hated this. It feels like a badly produced project a freshman in art school would make. Also the plot was non-existent, but not in a creative way whatsoever. I literally thought "this might be cool if I was on drugs, but I'm not, and it sucks." Don't get me wrong, I typically looove surrealist animations, but this one was just bad. If you want a truly weird animation containing rabbits, watch Alice by Jan Svankmajer. It's stop motion but way more worth your time. To the other user who found enough plot/substance,how?
Save your 12 minutes and go watch something actually creepy.
