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We cover a lot of ground in this discussion of Takashi Miike’s 2003 film Gozu, from “is Gozu a horror movie” to “who played Robocop?”, with stops at “John Waters loves his freaks” and “what you saw was the planet Venus” along the way!

Apologies for the quality of Wyatt’s audio in this one. He’s doing his penance with the Minotaur now.

Notes:

Gozu by Takashi Miike

Folk horror

Nagoya, Japan

Ichi the Killer by Takashi Miike

Audition by Takashi Miike

William S. Burroughs

Slow Chocolate Autopsy by Iain Sinclair

Renji Ishibashi vs. Iain Sinclair

Visitor Q by Takashi Miike

John Waters loves his freaks

Soylent Green (film)

Naked Lunch (film)

Robocop was played by Peter Weller

Burroughs’ Word Virus concept

Barbarous words

The Golem (film)

Jose Chung’s From Outer Space Trebek/Ventura clip

Darin Morgan

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Ito / Kojima picture

MPD Psycho (TV series) by Taskashi Miike

Gozu Tennno (deity)

Pazuzu (demon)

Gozu & Mezu

The...