Peep "TV" Show

- What happens when you let your movie breathe, when you really take the time to explore every facet of the issue you're trying to examine. Masterpiece of social commentary with great aesthetics and style to accompany it. - A deep and philosophically dense exploration of hikikomori culture, internet voyeurism and post 9/11 nihilism; but primarily, isolation. - There's just so many parts of isolation that the film explores; of course physical isolation in the form of all the lonely viewers watching peeptvshow, all trapped in tiny apartments or rooms, but also so many consequences of isolation on the psyche. - The cat scene is a really great example of this, we see how those who are so isolated as to experience life and gain information purely through a hidden webcam site are pushed to call for extreme violence and depravity unprovoked. - Another big part of isolation explored is how it affects self-image. I think this is where the inclusion of gothic Lolita really justifies itself, it acts as a metaphor for shielding your hatred for your own appearance with something flashy or distracting so you hate yourself less. Nagomi's monologues about feeling disgusting for sleeping with Moe's boyfriend and her own self-loathing are some of the best in the film and really explore this theme to it's full potential. - Voyeurism is the main focus of the story and it's presented through the filmmaking excellently, all the camerawork, faux-talking-heads and the transitions in and out of the peeptvshow broadcast really make the viewer feel disgusting and voyeuristic just like the characters on screen. - Speaking of the characters, the blurring between which of these people are real or fake and how their lives really are add to this voyeurism, we can't help but wonder what lies in their real lives, we naturally want to see their lives broadcast like on peeptvshow. - The way the internet has desensitized many to extreme tragedy is also examined, through the frequent 9/11 imagery as well as the aforementioned cat scene and the domestic abuse scene. In these segments, I feel the film can lean a little bit edgy but ultimately I think it's necessary to showcase how nihilistic the characters are and what their viewpoints on the world and it's future are. - Music is used excellently throughout the whole film, the industrial techno used really conveys the hopelessness that the characters all exhibit. - Overall, a deep exploration of everything with amazing filmmaking to boot.