Review of Cure (1997) by Sanal R — 22 Feb 2015

Easily one of the best psychological thrillers I have ever seen, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure is one of the most deconstructive films ever made, taking established Japanese psych-thriller tropes and turning them on its side (i.e. a lot of its subversion of what goes on in Akira Kurosawa's High and Low). It's as analytical of modern Japanese procedural society and superstition as much as Hausu is critical of 1970s youth culture and their ability to ignore the impact of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but it's not as funny.

Then again, making a film about a detective who goes mad because of a hypnotist wouldn't really lend itself to comedy unless if Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu made it.