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Helter Skelter (2012)

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Henry & June; A Journal of Love: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1932–1934) / Juliet dans Paris / City of the Living Dead / Stigmata / Kill Bill Vol. 1 / Låt den rätte komma in / Herutâ sukerutâ / Stranger Things

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helter skelter - mika ninagawa (2012)

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Helter Skelter (2012)

dir. Mika Ninagawa

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#152  Helter Skelter (Heruta sukeruta) (2012)

Director: Mika Ninagawa

Japan

“We’ll be forgotten, We are machines for the processing of desires.”

“The most fascinating thing about stardom is that it is a kind of deformity, like cancer. A fascinating face in a state of collapse.”

The whole time I’m watching this, I kept thinking about Andy Warhol. This is not a film about the sixties or pop art, but on the phantasmagoria of consumer culture. It’s an old tale – the misfortune that seems to come as part of the dual package of beauty and power. For our main character Lilico, vanity is all consuming; it is the product and process her identity is entrapped in. The emotional / psychological pressure of manufacturing endless prurient fantasies eventually gives way, and comes crashing in upon Lilico’s psyche. It’s an old story, and in this film, one that is not given any real new twist.

What is remarkable about this film is the way it looks. From the opening shots to the end frames it is a visually stunning spectacle. A lush, glossy, neon infused, hyper fabricated spectacle that allures and transfixes the viewer. Every seamlessly perfect photoshopped beauty that stares back at us from a fashion magazine, becomes an important catalyst in this film. The movie becomes a two hour demonstration on the vulgarity and power of beauty, and the control it exerts on the monetization of our desire. Being fashionable could be the downfall of this film. It will probably get dismissed as adolescent, self-consumed, too beautiful and picturesque for its own good; visually too gorgeous on its surface to be taken seriously, too coy to deliver any depth of meaning.

But, hold on a minute. Let’s not forget the main point here. Despite its somewhat predictable storyline, what the film really offers us is seduction. The alluring power of beauty and flawless sensuality. This is escapism. It is what movies have been peddling from day one. It is what fashion keeps dangling in front of its audience – a chance to transcend the ordinary, the ordinariness of ourselves.  The mechanisms of spectacle and appeal are like sirens luring men to their watery deaths, the pursuit of desire and beauty becomes all-consuming and the self gets lost.  We have seen and experienced this before, and this is what keeps bringing me back to Warhol. Andy Warhol was fascinated by the process and spectacle of fame. The careful manicuring of a dream that is maintained and propagated through the repetitious images of glamour fed to us through media. Repetition and verification help sustain this illusion, and the film’s extensive use of mirrors and reflection emphasize the idea that we the audience, as well as Lilico herself, are transfixed by the power of the image. Much like the Narcissus caught and absorbed by his own reflection, we succumb to the intrigue of the elusive entity – something more perfect, unobtainable.

These reflective mechanisms are exactly what this film delivers. In many ways, its storyline is secondary. One could turn the sound and subtitles off and still be enraptured by the visuals alone.

When we are not bombarded by the lushness of beauty we are pounded by spotlights and strobes, light directed at us as much as a model or a patient on a table. The reverence of the image, the worship of obtainable beauty is given a subtle reinforcement by the religious icons / idols scattered throughout Lilico’s sumptuous neo –Rococo apartment. Perhaps they might just be cheeky props, but there is a serious comparison to be made here. Lilico has an entire wall filled salon –style with images of herself. There are also images of Christ and Mary, their eyes redacted out with black bars. Idols that can see and idols that can’t. A not so subtle correlation to our character, but religious tokens blend well into the glittery décor. Nothing is off limits, not even the sacred – after all what could be more sacred than desire?  

Lilico is a monster, an expensive creation born of syringes and expensive clandestine surgeries. she is a creature, a machine programmed for a single task –to disseminate beauty. If successful, fame and popularity are the byproduct of this transaction. But it is a risk that comes with a hefty cost. The ultimate price to be paid for recognition is that of becoming irrelevant, obsolete – no longer the subject of adoration. The film sprinkles in clips of armies of adoring fans, who at any moment can shift their allegiance from praise to scorn. Vicious, vindictive teen age girls, exact a kind of character assassination on their own idol. Where they once manically parodied every tangible nuance of their idol, they now recoil in revolt and en masse move on to the next diversion.

Glamour must be seen to survive, it is relational in nature. This is its one liability. And when it is ignored, it essentially dies. This is the emotional trajectory of Lilico. The rest of the film’s story and characters serve as warnings against vanity’s inevitable downfall. We have built entire cultures / societies on the pursuit of fantasy. It is a monster we have created. It is an idol offering transcendence. This is how beauty wages war against death.

“If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There’s nothing behind it. “

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Helter Skelter ♥️

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Heruta Sukeruta (Helter Skelter(2012))

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Who/what inspires you artistically?

Juno Calypso, Nadia Lee Cohen, Laurie Simmons, Miss Meatface, Kate Davis, Pandemonia, Daniela Rossell, David LaChapelle

I am heavily influenced by almost anything that comes under ‘Uncanny Valley’, here are a few other influences/things I find interesting:

VentriloquismFemale masking, The 1960’s French movie Eyes Without A Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage),The Japanese movie Helter Skelter (Heruta Sukeruta),Documentaries about Ed and Lorraine Warren,The case of the corpse shop window mannequin in Chihuahua, Mexico, The case of Carl Tanzler and his 'living doll’Documentaries on the manufacturing of Realdolls and the men who collect them, Jan Svankmajer’s films (Particularly Alice)

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Je li ime helter sk zbog usa hiphop grupe?

Nisam upoznata s grupom nazalost. Ime je zbog samog idioma sta znaci kaos/kaoticno. (Inspiraciju vucem iz estetski zadovoljavajuce, nastrane japanske drame/horora Heruta Sukeruta) 😊