A female cat will signal her willingness to mate with a unique posture: head down, forelegs bent, rear quarters raised to expose the vulva, with the tail raised and held to the side of the body. The tom cat will mount the female from the rear, holding her on the back of the neck with his teeth. This biting behavior may in part be to ensure cooperation, but may also stimulate a part of the female's brain that induces ovulation. Whole male cats have barbed penises (much like a fishhook), and upon withdrawal, the female cat will often scream (whether from ecstasy or pain is questionable).
Directed by Tol
Written by Tol
Starring Hisayo Mochizuki, Shinji Takeda, Takeshi Katô
Unrated • 2002 • 92 minutes
by Deeky Wentworth
I've been struggling with this review for a while. This film is so damn weird, it's difficult to properly describe. So, let me just begin with the plot: Tamala, a cat living in the year 2010, decides to travel from her home on CatEarth to Gemini. But, being a cat, and thus prone to naps, she falls asleep at the wheel of her spaceship and accidentally bounces off a meteor before crash landing on Planet Q.
Planet Q is knee-deep in racial conflict between the feline population, and their age-old adversary, the dogs. Despite the chaos on Planet Q, Tamala manages to hook up with Michaelangelo, a cat with a cool car. Unfortunately, she also catches the eye of a sadistic dog with a cop fetish. And, as it turns out, Tamala is a reincarnation of an ancient god named Tatla.
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So, I asked an acquaintance, what the fuck was that all about? Anti-theism and capitalism, he says. You sure? That's what the zombie cat said it was about.
You see my dilemma. I hadn't paid proper attention to the zombie cat's monologue. But as he explained:
The principal theme of the movie seems to be how business has supplanted religion (or rather that they are the same thing), and advertising characters have replaced religious icons. Tatla was a godess -- Tamala is a corporate icon; I think the crassness of Tamala is just closer to the surface.
Yeah, okay, I will accept his interpretation. At least he has one. As for me, I really hated this movie. Tamala was so annoying and off-putting, it was nearly intolerable. What is the point of filling a movie with characters that are entirely unlikable, then asking the audience to invest any interest in them? If you have an answer for that, let me know.
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