Anyone who has seen the 1999 movie Audition is aware of that Takashi Miike is one sick pet. Recognized for his extraordinarily graphic horror movies, Miike has made a few of the most visually ingenious and scary films I’ve ever seen. That’s what makes it so bizarre that Miike’s newest work is a 19-minute brief for Apple.
Sure, Miike’s new brief Midnight was shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro. The noir-ish story, which relies on a manga by the well-known artist Osamu Tezuka, takes place on the streets of Tokyo and includes a mysterious cab driver making an attempt to guard strangers from Yakuza unhealthy guys. Apple launched the film on its YouTube channel on Wednesday.
Apple sometimes releases iPhone-shot movies as a advertising and marketing stunt related to its system. Whereas the corporate has made an enormous deal about what nice video you may shoot on the iPhone, many video specialists will tell you a slightly different story in regards to the system’s capabilities. Positive, some filmmakers can get away with making experimental movies with a cellphone, however that’s solely as a result of they’re pairing the system with a well-staffed crew, wonderful lenses and lights. The common iPhone consumer most likely isn’t going to have the ability to stage one thing as spectacular as Midnight. Actual cinema cameras nonetheless produce much better photos than iPhones.
As for Miike, he’s fairly superior. Extremely prolific and vulnerable to experimentation, Miike has made actually dozens and dozens of films over the previous few many years. A few of them are horror movies, others are comedies, and he’s even made a couple of historic epics. As such, it’s not completely stunning that he would need to strive one thing new and push the envelope. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Miike mentioned that “Mr. Tezuka is one thing of a god amongst manga artists so it was an honor to tackle the problem of expressing his work utilizing solely iPhone.”
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