Episode 087: Heroic Purgatory (1970)

In this episode, we get lost into the absurdly surreal world of Kiju Yoshida's Heroic Purgatory from 1970. Serving as Dustin's Lynchian avant-garde counter pick to our prior film, this one covers much of the same ground, focusing and drawing inspiration from the same student revolts that served as source material for Kichiku; only everything is a whole lot weirder. Jason finds appreciation in the film's liminal nature, but weighs that against the absurdity of the film's narrative. Dustin goes off the arthouse deep end, celebrating the film's many odd aspects. But before all that, the gauntlet is hurled down as we talk AI art being used in film. And so much more!

Part of the Prescribed Films Podcast Network (www.thepfpn.com)

What We've Been Watching: -Jason: Late Night with the Devil (2023) -Dustin: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM (2024) & the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003-2017)

Show Notes: -Heroic Purgatory Trailer -Stream Heroic Purgatory on the Arrow Player -Go check out all the other fine shows on the Prescribed Films Podcast Network -Go pick up your own copy of The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills in Film -Related Film: Ghostwatch -Related Song: Pentagram – Forever My Queen -Related Film: WNUF Halloween Special -Related Film: Civil War -Related Topic: Civil War AI Promo Art -Related Documentary: What Jennifer Did -Related Topic: Sora – OpenAI -Related Topic: Shochiku -Related Topic: Seijun Suzuki -Related Film: Escape From Japan -Related Film: Eros+Massacre -Related Film: Coup d'etat -Related Topic: Ingmar Bergman -Related Topic: Michelangelo Antonioni -Related Topic: Alain Resnais -Related Topic: Yasujiro Ozu -Related Topic: Art Theatre Guild -Related Topic: Toho -Related Film: A Man Vanishes -Related Film: Diary of a Shinjuku Thief -Related Film: Death by Hanging -Related Film: Funeral Parade of Roses -Related Film: Mujo -Related Film: Skinamarink -Related Topic: Liminal Spaces -Related Film: Tenebrae -Related Topic: Franz Kafka -Related Play: Samuel Beckett's Endgame -Related Film: Eraserhead -Related Film: Inflatable Sex Doll of the Wastelands -Related Topic: Amakasu Incident -Related Topic: Ikki Kita -Related Topic: 1960s Student Revolt -Related Film: Carnival of Souls -Related Film: Night and Fog in Japan -Related Film: Kichiku -Related Film: Blow Up -Related Film: Blow Out -Related Film: Je t'aime Je t'aime

Next Time: Scarecrow Gone Wild (2004)