Pulse
Kiyoshi Kurosawa / JP, 2001 / 119 min.
In Tokyo a handful of alienated young people become obsessed with a website that has been taken over by spirits. Brilliant, prophetic horror film about fear of the internet in the early days of the 21st century, characterised by the ghosts of loneliness.
The first sound in Pulse is the old-fashioned dial-up tone of a modem. Taguchi is trying to save a diskette for the record shop he works at. At the same time, a shy, awkward business student logs in (‘Welcome to the internet. Have fun.’). His computer almost immediately develops issues and he is shown creepy, grainy images of people in a variety of rooms. Then a pop-up appears: ‘Do you want to meet a spirit?’.
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Details
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Production year
2001
Country
JP
Original title
Kairo
Length
119 min.
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
2001
In its film programme 2001 – A Time Capsule, Eye Filmmuseum is marking the 25th anniversary of the year 2001 with a generous helping of nostalgia, screening 25 films that were released in 2001.
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