Rubber's Lover
Rubber's Lover (ラバーズ・ラバー) is cult filmmaker Shozin Fukui's 1996 follow-up to 964 Pinocchio. Like its predecessor, it is an underground Japanese cyberpunk film, shot in black and white.
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Directed by | Shozin Fukui |
Written by | Shozin Fukui |
Starring | Nao Ameya |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Premise
Often interpreted as a prequel to 964 Pinocchio,[1] Rubber's Lover details a clandestine group of scientists who conduct psychic experiments on human guinea pigs they take from the streets. Using brain-altering drugs, sensory deprivation and computer interfaces, they subject their patients to gruesome scientific tortures that often end in brutal death. After continued failure, they pursue one last project - which yields dangerous results.
Similar works
Like Tetsuo: The Iron Man, it is filmed in stark black and white and set in a decayed postindustrial city. Like that film, it utilizes horror imagery.
References
- Player, Mark. "Post-Human Nightmares: The World of Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
External links
- Rubber's Lover at IMDb
- Rubber's Lover at rottentomatoes
- Rubber's Lover Rubber’s Lover at horrordrome.com