{"id":316872,"date":"2021-08-06T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T11:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T11:16:41","slug":"audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/","title":{"rendered":"#Audition and the Subtle, Devastating Art of Movie Genre Misdirection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b19c1e583\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b19c1e583\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CAudition_%E2%80%93_How_to_Manipulate_The_Audience%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cAudition \u2013 How to Manipulate The Audience\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audition-and-the-subtle-devastating-art-of-movie-genre-misdirection\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Audition and the Subtle, Devastating Art of Movie Genre Misdirection<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/audition-1999.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Audition\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Basara Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 6th, 2021\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on how Takashi Miike\u2019s movie Audition manipulates its audience with genre conventions.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Seven years after the death of his wife, Shigeharu Aoyama (<strong>Ryo Ishibashi<\/strong>) is hounded by the same, biting question: \u201cwhen will you re-marry?\u201d His film producer friend, Yasuhisa Yoshikawa (<strong>Jun Kunimura<\/strong>) devises the perfect pre-Tinder plan: to hold a fake audition for young women to audition for the \u201cpart\u201d of Aoyama\u2019s new wife. During the casting call, Auoyama is smitten by Asami Yamazaki (<strong>Eihi Shiina<\/strong>). Aoyama doesn\u2019t care that the references on her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 are \u201cmissing\u201d or that she seems to \u201cleave a trail of severed body parts\u201d in her wake. Rushing into a relationship never hurt anybody, right? <em>Right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that the reputation of the movie <strong><em>Audition <\/em><\/strong>proceeds it. Within J-Horror, and even the horror genre more broadly, <em>Audition\u00a0<\/em>is known for pushing gruesome boundaries and forcing even the toughest viewer to partially cover their eyes. Make no mistake, that reputation is well-earned.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>Audition\u00a0<\/em>is far from the scandalizing fright fest you might expect. As the video essay below details, director <strong>Takashi Miike\u00a0<\/strong>amplifies the film\u2019s horrific impact by dabbling in the cinematic language of decidedly un-horrific genres. Namely: melodrama and comedy. The result is a film as enigmatic and shape-shifting as Asami herself, resulting in a constant <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of misdirection between Miike and the viewer.<\/p>\n<p>Fair warning: The following video essay does not include any hard spoilers for <em>Audition<\/em>. But it does discuss light elements of the film\u2019s plot and over-arching tonal shifts. If you haven\u2019t already, we recommend watching Miike\u2019s film first.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CAudition_%E2%80%93_How_to_Manipulate_The_Audience%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cAudition \u2013 How to Manipulate The Audience\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Audition - How To Manipulate The Audience\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a2yLeo__eQ4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-a3ef65e1-092e-4d5f-b3a2-6899549a8c52\">This video essay on genre expectations in Takashi Miike\u2019s movie <em>Audition\u00a0<\/em>is by <strong>You Have Been Watching Films<\/strong>. United Kingdom-based writer <strong>Oliver Bagshaw <\/strong>produces the channel, creating video essays on an assortment of films, from cult to classic strains of cinema history. You can subscribe to their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> channel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/YouHaveBeenWatchingFilms\/videos\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>        Related Topics: Horror, The Queue<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. 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