"Getting Any" 21st Century DreamQuest Films - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Panorama - Region 3 - NTSC vs. ArtsMagic - Region 2 - PAL vs. Chinese Bootleg - Region 3

(aka "Minnâ-yatteruka" )

Japan 1995

It should not say Kitano Takeshi as director, it should say “Beat” Takeshi, as this film has little in common with Kitano, but everything with his alter ego, the comedian “Beat”.

This alter ego has a humour which is crude, immature, authority defiant, polemic – and that only to begin with. It ranges from simple fart and gay jokes to sophisticated mockery of established icons and figures. Nothing is safe from “Beat” and he is so popular, that politicians willingly go his talk show, to be ridiculed and humiliated, simply to get more votes.

Having reached the first stage of understanding cinema with “Sonatine”, Kitano felt he had to do something drastic and destructive. Given his increased depression, due to his lack of success in Japan and his failure to stand out as a dramatic actor, which all made him more and more self-destructive, “Getting Any?” is exactly, what Kitano later would describe as a suicide attempt: He wanted not only to break free from, but also make fun not only of him self, but also of Japanese cinema as a whole.

Kitano was very self destructive, even shocking himself, and draws parallels to Kurosawa, who, in the hindsight of Kitano, should have made a total bullshit film, instead of attempting suicide after "Dodeskaden". To Kitano, "Getting Any?" is a beautiful disastrous failure and "suicide".

However I suspect another motif, that Kitano hoped to get a success by transferring his TV humour onto film. If he really made it as a complete bullshit film, it would been liberating and as it was not, I keep my suspicion. “Getting Any?” became a massive flop and drove Kitano further into depression and ultimately his accident.

Asao thinks of nothing else than getting laid. The problem just is, that he has no idea how to attract a woman. When he wakes up from a dream, where a beautiful woman made love to a man, because he had a great car. Asao rushes to a car dealer, asking for a car "that is great to have sex in". But reality and more important his financial situation, doesn't get him laid. This takes Asao on a surreal voyage where he goes from being a bank robber to film star to yakuza hit man to human fly clone.

The original title, Minnâ-yatteruka, means "Is everyone getting any (sex)?".

Henrik Sylow of kitanotakeshi.com

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Theatrical Release: February 11, 1995

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21st Century DreamQuest Films - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Panorama - Region 3 - NTSC vs. ArtsMagic - Region 2 - PAL vs. Chinese Bootleg - Region 3 - NTSC

Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for all the Screen Caps!

(21st Century DreamQuest Films Region 1 - NTSC LEFT vs. Panorama - Region 3 - NTSC - 2nd vs. ArtsMagic - Region 2 - PAL - 3rd vs. Chinese Bootleg - Region 3 - NTSC - RIGHT)

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Distribution	21st Century DreamQuest Films Region 1 - NTSC	Panorama Region 3 - NTSC	ArtsMagic Region 2 - PAL	Chinese Bootleg Region 3 - NTSC
Runtime	1:48:07	1:44:30	1:44:30 (4% PAL speedup)	1:49:16
Video	1.78 Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 4.83 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.78 Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.58 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.78:1 Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 6.96 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s	1.78 Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.11 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: DreamQuest + Panorama
Bitrate: ArtsMagic +Chinese Bootleg
Audio	2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese	2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese, 5.1 Dolby Digital Japanese	2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese	2.0 Dolby Digital Japanese
Subtitles	English, None	English, Chinese, None	English, None (16x9 friendly)	English, None (16x9 friendly)
Features	Release Information: Studio: 21st Century DreamQuest Films Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1 Edition Details: • Alternate Ending (00:53) - Has removable subs. • Japanese theatrical trailer (2:52) - Has removable subs. • Takeshi Kitano Biography (6 pages, covers Kitano's work up to & including Dolls) • Takeshi Kitano Filmography • Production Credits • DVD Credits DVD Release Date: November 19, 2002 Keep Case Chapters 12	Release Information: Studio: Panorama Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1.78 Edition Details: • Biography • Filmography DVD Release Date: October 1, 2002 Keep Case Chapters 12	Release Information: Studio: ArtsMagic Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1 Edition Details: • Kitano Interview (14:40) • Japanese theatrical trailer (2:48) • Alternative Sleeves: 8 different covers • Gallery: 20 stills from the production • Artworks: Other titles from ArtsMagic • All extra is in 4:3 full screen with fixed English subtitles. DVD Release Date: April 24, 2004 Keep Case Chapters 18	Release Information: Studio: Chinese Bootleg Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78 Edition Details: DVD Release Date: Chapters 12

Comments

ADDITION: DreamQuest (Sept 2004) - This has the best image of the 4! Extras still go to Artsmagic and audio and menus to Panarama.

The Panorama DVD simply looks incredible bad. The picture lack sharpness and detail. It is also gritty in terms of grain. Curious though, the framing differs slightly from the Chinese bootleg, as if it was pushed 1% up and 1% to the left.

The ArtsMagic DVD is hazy and "smoothed", and has a greenish picture. It also suffers from ghosting. On the positive side, it has more picture detail than the other editions, having aprx. 2% more detail left and top. It also has an interview with Kitano, most likely the same as the one on the French DVD from Cheyenne: It is simply a must to have for any Kitano fan, very informative and personal.

- Henrik Sylow of kitanotakeshi.com

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