The Stratosphere Girl

Description

Drawing magna-style comics is Angelas passion, but it wont get the dreamy, 18 year-old blonde out of her European hometown. Hungry for adventure, Angela spontaneously takes up the idea of Japanese DJ Yamamoto, whom she meets at her graduation party and flies to Tokyo to work as a hostess. Tokyo instantly casts its spell on the impressionable youth and her comics soon turn into animes threatening, violent action comics that unreel before her eyes with terrifying vividness. Angela plunges into a dark story of cruelty and murder, of naive young European women swallowed up into the brightly lit nights of downtown Tokyo, of men so powerful that even the police steer clear of them.

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Artistic But Confusing For Me.......2007-09-15

This is an artisitic and visually appealing movie.

The main character is an angelic teenage girl who is an aritist. She's continuously drawing pictures about her strange experiences throughout the movie.

I had a hard time following what was going on as far as the plot.

Perhaps as another reviewer has suggested it shouldn't be viewed as a literal story but rather symbolic of someone's struggle with and eventually conquest over the evil forces in their life.

She runs away from home and goes to Japan where she gets involved with some sort of escort service where nothing too serious happens to her. All she has to do is hang out with these rich guys who shower her with fatherly attention and gifts.

In real life this would be a very dangerous situation for a young girl and throughout the movie I was fearful that something horrible was going to happen to her at any moment.

Someone is really out to get her although I'm not sure exactly who. I never did figure this out. Perhaps if I watch it again I might which I very well may do sometime.

The ending is totally implausible and is not consistent with the rest of the movie if we view the story as something that could really happen.

Jeff Marzano

Fantastic and Unique Movie, and Not Bad DVD.......2007-02-02

Video:Anamorphic 1.85:1, Non-Progressive, NTSC. Picture is normal in this dvd spec. / Sound:English(include of some japanese ^^) DD 5.1 & DD 2.0, Sound is not bad. / DVD Features:-Production Notes & -Director's Statement & -Stills Gallery & -Trailers. / Sub:English Sub(Dutch is not in this DVD. Amazon`s details are wrong). / Movie:Fantastic and unique. Lonely and dark. But, Ending is? (^^) / ETC:Strange night world of Japan, and there are variety girls and Men. Some Nude & Sex scenes are good!(But short) / Rate:Unique Movie and not bad DVD. Rate=4

Fluff.......2006-10-31

"Stratosphere Girl" was written and directed by German filmmaker M.X. Oberg. Shot in Tokyo & Cologne, Germany, the film has an exotic look. Unfortunately, the beautiful Chole Winkel has ZERO emotional expression. She delivers one of the most stone-faced stoic performances on camera. For those who enjoy looking at models, yes she is a pretty girl. However, she is not an actress. Because she is both the central character and the narrator of the film, she sinks the movie. Jon Yang who plays the half-Japanese Yamamoto also looks great and does well in the wordless romantic flashbacks. Other than that, he has very little to do. The plot goes from a runaway Belgian girl who is 15 that somehow gets both air fare & passport to be able to fly to Tokyo without her mother's knowledge. Once there, she becomes a hostess in a club where leering older Japanese men are fascinated by her beauty & jazzed by her youth. Meanwhile, rather than merely being contented by the sleaze festival, Oberg decides to make the film a murder mystery as Angela searches for clues of a missing Russian girl named Larissa, played by Peggy Jane de Schepper. After drawing all of her experiences and concerns, Angela shows the drawings and explains her concerns to Yamamoto. The movie ends with Larissa's reappearance and Angela's being awarded a fat contract to draw animae. The cinematography is interesting. However, the film seemed to drag. Overall, this is a stylish piece of cinematic fluff. You can do better than seek this one out. Taxi!

Touched me deeply.......2006-10-30

I rented this movie the day before and just barely got done watching it. I absolutely loved it..I am going to order a copy from Amazon. I am not going to give a synopsis of the movie as a couple other reviewers have already supplied that need. But rather, I would like to share with you the affect this movie had on my senses; and also, I would like to share what I percieved were the ethereal qualities of this most excellent movie.

Being of Asian descent, and having dated women of various ethnicities, I was instantly drawn to the main plot. But more importantly, I was intrigued by the line in front of the DVD.."Sometimes imagination is your only escape." I know the casual observer might percieve the meaning to be that you are "escaping reality" through your imagination. I intensly disagree with this line of thinking. And after reading the director's statement(contained as an extra on the DVD), I was happy to see that he had a very expansive view of the imagination.

I know many will disagree with me, but through my personal self-education(and personal experiences), I've discovered that many a magic can occur through the developement and use of your imagination. Your perceptions of reality and what is or isn't possible will be totally obliterated when you strengthen and expand your imagination. This is an intense movie that dares to utilize its own imagination to create a world that is mesmerizing, beautiful, inspiring, and adventurous.

Chloe Winkel, main actress, is absolutely intoxicating in her portrayel of Angela. As a result, I was in constant captivation of Angela's intense drive to create her "own world" through her drawings and her day-to-day adventures. I have deep respect for Japanese Anime(as well as Manga), so its inclusion as a theme in this movie was really beautiful for me.

Bad things about this movie? Only one for me, it was a little too short. The other thing is in regards to the DVD. I really wish there were a little bit more special features(I guess I am bit spoiled by modern DVD's). The movie runs just shy of an hour and a half. Special features include a Stills Gallery, Director's Statement, and Production Notes.

I understand that this movie will not appeal to the masses. I don't give a crap. This movie will appeal to those in which it needs to appeal to..and for those people, they are in for a treat. I feel more enriched now that I have experienced this piece of art.

Stratosphere Girl.......2006-07-11

I saw this film on a festival screening and when we left the theater, the festival staff asked us to rate the movie between one and five, but I wasn't able to. I really wasn't sure if I liked it or not. It's quite an odd movie with a somewhat weird plot, but it's beautifully filmed and full of great actors. Chloë Winkel does a good job in the leading role and the beautiful Jon Yang is good too. Best of all is the bad guy.

Give the film a chance. You may like it.

Get Out! Las Vegas Extreme (2 DVD Set - WMVHD DVD & Standard Definition DVD)

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Get Out! Las Vegas Extreme (2 DVD Set - WMVHD DVD & Standard Definition DVD)

Manufacturer: HDNet
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000GETTAC
Release Date: 2006-06-19

Description

Join the Get Out! Crew as they explore the Extreme side of Las Vegas, watch them street luge, experience the Stratosphere rides and Party with the Playboy Extreme girls at the Palms hotel. This DVD-R will not play on a standard DVD player. It contains Windows Media Video High Definition (WMVHD) content. View WMVHD content on a Windows PC (3GHz or faster recommended) with Windows Media Player for the true HD experience of 720p and stereo sound. The second disc contains the same video content in Standard Definition and will play on a standard DVD player.

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Lost in the Stratosphere
Starring: Lona Andre , Edmund Breese , June Collyer , Pauline Garon , and Hattie McDaniel
Director: Melville W. Brown
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009XT8PQ
Release Date: 2005-08-23

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