Driving Mad Harmony

In the near future, people going insane and commit suicide. Oh yeah! This is the end of the world. But there's a savior who is called Eroica.(which I believe there's a relation with Aki monster's another film called Eroica...) So what's next? Eroica formed mysterious organization called grateful dead which gives peaceful death to people want to die. Hasegawa and Asai are member of this organization and driving to the ocean with a funky girl who wants to die. That's the beginning of this film. So what's next? Mysterious phone call, betrayer from organization, mysterious funky girl. It's kinda impossible to read the story with their unusual conversation so all you have to do with just follow the story. Don't think it's difficult (I'm not sure director want us to...) but this is just a story about faith. I like the way of cinematography and this is stylish new cult.

In the nearest future, because of global warming, the world have gone insane. I'm not sure because of high temperature or may some other cause exists but people locked themselves in the house, went insane, commit suicide. Then some mysterious religious group called "Grateful Dead " making action giving people the death they want. Grateful Dead's leader is called "Eroica" (Heroic in Italian) radiates charisma. Member of Grateful Dead, Hasegawa, Asai and Mariko who wants to die drives to the ocean. On the way, their car is crushed and they have to walk to the ocean. On his way Hasegawa grows his specious that Mariko is a spy as he heard the rumor but...

Driving Mad Harmony is classic Japanese nouvelle vague style with unique dialogues related with Greek myths. It might be too artistic to get a whole story but it drags you into the world so you can think what was really happened. Color corrected nicely and camera work is beautiful. I do want Director AkiMonster to make a feature version of this movie. Well done!