教室に閉じ込められた女子高生に扮するメンバーが教室からの脱出を試みる姿が描かれる。閉じ込められた教室の様子はリアルタイムで全世界に配信され、唯一の脱出方法は多くの『いいね！』を獲得すること。密室空間で混乱するなか、信じていた友にさえ裏切られ、生徒達は疑心暗鬼になっていく、といった内容となっている。 　　21名高中生被关在教室里并向全世界直播，逃出教室的方法就是在网络上获得更多的“赞”……

教室に閉じ込められた女子高生に扮するメンバーが教室からの脱出を試みる姿が描かれる。閉じ込められた教室の様子はリアルタイムで全世界に配信され、唯一の脱出方法は多くの『いいね！』を獲得すること。密室空間で混乱するなか、信じていた友にさえ裏切られ、生徒達は疑心暗鬼になっていく、といった内容となっている。 　　21名高中生被关在教室里并向全世界直播，逃出教室的方法就是在网络上获得更多的“赞”……

What does it mean, to go to the movies? 　　Why have people been going for over one hundred years? 　　I set out to celebrate movie theaters and their manifold magic. 　　So I walked in the footsteps of young Paul Dédalus, as if in a filmgoer’s coming-of-age story. 　　Memories, fiction, discoveries come together in an irrepressible torrent of pictures.

What does it mean, to go to the movies? 　　Why have people been going for over one hundred years? 　　I set out to celebrate movie theaters and their manifold magic. 　　So I walked in the footsteps of young Paul Dédalus, as if in a filmgoer’s coming-of-age story. 　　Memories, fiction, discoveries come together in an irrepressible torrent of pictures.

清晨，静谧的森林里，神像往常一样打开电视， 新的一天里，人们的思念和愿望在屏幕上娓娓道来…

Barbara Hammer’s Audience (1981) is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Relatively raw in its design, this 16mm diary of audience reactions at retrospectives of Hammer’s work in San Francisco, London, Toronto, and Montreal in the early 1980s bears none of the distinctive visual flourishes and essayistic form one usually finds in her filmmaking.

清晨，静谧的森林里，神像往常一样打开电视， 新的一天里，人们的思念和愿望在屏幕上娓娓道来…

Barbara Hammer’s Audience (1981) is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Relatively raw in its design, this 16mm diary of audience reactions at retrospectives of Hammer’s work in San Francisco, London, Toronto, and Montreal in the early 1980s bears none of the distinctive visual flourishes and essayistic form one usually finds in her filmmaking.

Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that drive his violent nature, an unnamed man is capturing women and savagely beating them to death. Meanwhile, a woman is luring men into a violent end, by way of her knife. Driven by the same force to make the opposite sex suffer, the killers’ fates intertwine. The two must face off in a battle to the death, in which they are forced to reveal the horrible truth behind their addiction to murder. 　　“Brutal” takes an interesting approach to its visuals, drawing heavy influence from Western “Grindhouse” films, using a filter to make the footage appear grainy, damaged, and with light and color fluctuations. Unfortunately, the visual styling ends up feeling misguided, as other than applying the filter it does not imitate any other aspects of the “Grindhouse” genre. Despite trying to dirty up the film, it is apparent it was shot on digital. The cinematography is also a step above most “Grindhouse” productions, with Takashi Hirose proving he has talent behind the camera. Exterior shots to those taking place in small spaces are all competently framed, lit, and transition well. The decision to add an effect on top of the work hurts the film’s imagery and even gives a sense of desperation to try to capture a certain type of nostalgia with the audience, instead of relying on its own strengths. It is unfortunate when one creative choice can hurt a production so much. 　　The story of “Brutal” is simple but effective, it does attempt some sort of social commentary about the violent nature of men and women, but it does not offer enough depth into the subject to justify the amount of violence on display. The film does end on a strong note with an interesting twist, with a reveal that is bound to gross some out, while giving others a chuckle. In spite of its simple nature, those who enjoy films that make them somewhat uncomfortable and enjoy the challenge of getting through some ultra-violence, “Brutal” poses a fun and entertaining challenge in that regard.

Constantly on the hunt and suffering from hallucinations that drive his violent nature, an unnamed man is capturing women and savagely beating them to death. Meanwhile, a woman is luring men into a violent end, by way of her knife. Driven by the same force to make the opposite sex suffer, the killers’ fates intertwine. The two must face off in a battle to the death, in which they are forced to reveal the horrible truth behind their addiction to murder. 　　“Brutal” takes an interesting approach to its visuals, drawing heavy influence from Western “Grindhouse” films, using a filter to make the footage appear grainy, damaged, and with light and color fluctuations. Unfortunately, the visual styling ends up feeling misguided, as other than applying the filter it does not imitate any other aspects of the “Grindhouse” genre. Despite trying to dirty up the film, it is apparent it was shot on digital. The cinematography is also a step above most “Grindhouse” productions, with Takashi Hirose proving he has talent behind the camera. Exterior shots to those taking place in small spaces are all competently framed, lit, and transition well. The decision to add an effect on top of the work hurts the film’s imagery and even gives a sense of desperation to try to capture a certain type of nostalgia with the audience, instead of relying on its own strengths. It is unfortunate when one creative choice can hurt a production so much. 　　The story of “Brutal” is simple but effective, it does attempt some sort of social commentary about the violent nature of men and women, but it does not offer enough depth into the subject to justify the amount of violence on display. The film does end on a strong note with an interesting twist, with a reveal that is bound to gross some out, while giving others a chuckle. In spite of its simple nature, those who enjoy films that make them somewhat uncomfortable and enjoy the challenge of getting through some ultra-violence, “Brutal” poses a fun and entertaining challenge in that regard.