Talk:Memories (1995 film)

Black comedy
Perhaps it would be appropriate to note the similarity in tone of "Stink Bomb" to Dr. Strangelove - both are meant to be sardonically funny films about catastrophic disasters and therefore fall firmly within the boundaries of black comedy. What does anyone else think?


 * Sources saying such would be needed. --Harizotoh9 (talk) 16:50, 19 October 2012 (UTC)

SDF
What does SDF stand for? Japan Special Defence Forces? 惑乱 分からん 14:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Close. Self Defence Forces (as Japan is constitutionally bound from maintaining offensive military capabilities.) See Japan_Self-Defense_Forces. Johnmc 16:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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Regarding stink bomb
The article says that his coworkers in the facility are unconscious. Aren't they dead? The odor is listed as being deadly. The guy thought they were unconscious, but it's made pretty obvious that he's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.74.87.193 (talk) 05:45, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, probably. By the way, I was kind of confused of the blooming, but maybe it's common for plants to bloom before they die, as a defense mechanism. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 16:58, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm confused by the blooming (it's remarked on early in the plot, but it's never explained or covered after the military stuff starts), and I'm not sure they're dead myself. Also: why does in the first half everyone remark on the sweetness of the smell, but in the second half, it's suddenly a stink or horrible smell? --Gwern (contribs) 02:58 1 November 2008 (GMT)


 * I'm pretty sure either it's a gas that in small doses smells good but then in larger doses smells horrible, or it's Tanaka's body body becoming more and more powerful and releasing an ever worse smelling gas, since at first it's colourless but becomes green, then gray with lightning. Plus his area of effect seems to increase over time as well. Emilej01 03:40 3 July 2024 (CEST)


 * Yeah, I figured that a strong smell might be considered sweet in minor doses, I thought about perfume being made from ambergris and othe animal sources. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 18:18, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh good God people. They are not dead. The entire point was the overpowering smell. They pass out from how terrible the smell is, they do not die. I would have thought the facial expressions would have given it away, apparently not for some ignorant people here. Fix it. I mean really, it's amazing how many people cannot comprehend that story, RIFE with humourous commentary, without thinking it must be death involved...instead of the huge joke repeated throughout about the smell being so strong as to make people pass out. 203.171.196.235 (talk) 05:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC) Sutter Cane


 * There appears to be evidence supporting the fact that the gas is not lethal. Towards the end of the short, when communications are reestablished with the American trio of space-suit clad soldiers, there is someone inside of a duffel bag who can be seen writhing on the ground. Since we know the main character must have exchanged places with one of the soldiers, it would seem like a small leap to assume that the person in the bag is that soldier; if not him, then what else was living in that tunnel that could be brought out in a large, human shaped bag? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.182.238.147 (talk) 05:32, 4 October 2014 (UTC)

Search for Ethylene oxide in Wikipedia and also Toxicity. Ethylene makes plants bloom and fruit ripen. All you'd need do is add a chlorine or sodium ion to the Ethylene gas molecule and you've suddenly got a toxic gas. We can smell about 50 parts per billion of ethyl mercaptan (toxic) in the air. Logically it would be an Ethylene, the yellow stink-gas indicates possible sulfur (a Thiol molecule), but the extra atoms would have to logically be human bio-abundant (which sulfur is not). GOOGLE up the "Things I Won't Work With" (Smelly Isocyanides) blog for more info. Perhaps the human Stink Bomb was generating Cadaverine mixed with Ethylene and somehow being rendered immune to the toxic gas. -- Gridlock 10:01, 12-26-2011. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.247.218.173 (talk) 15:08, 26 December 2011 (UTC)

Cannon Fodder
I wonder about this section Through unusual animation techniques the illusion is created that the film consists of one continuous shot or long take. Is this true? I just saw this movie, and there were clearly several different scenes in it. Btw, the term "long take" is slightly problematic in animation context. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 16:58, 13 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I think it is. The opening scene up until the train struck me as quite odd, and when I thought about it I realized there were no transitions: the camera follows the kid, and even as they leave the kitchen for the hallway, the viewpoint lurches sideways to look down the hallway - a shot that in anything else would've just been a transition from a static viewpoint. And then there's the interesting effect where the viewpoint follows them out the door, and then it goes down past some obstructing gridwork, and all of a sudden the train station looms up. From there, the single-shot is adhered to less consistently, but there's still that general approach being applied. --Gwern (contribs) 02:56 1 November 2008 (GMT)

Distributers and distributed versions
the page currently claims: "Distributed by Toho (Japan) Summit Entertainment (U.S.) (Censored Edition DVD)" Are we sure that Summit Entertainment is the U.S. distributer and not Sony? Also I can find no mention or evidence anywhere of this "censored edition". Is there any proof that the U.S. release differs from the Japanese one? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.125.85.51 (talk) 23:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I was wondering about that myself. The US release DVD makes no mention of "Summit Entertainment" at all -- instead, Destination Films. I also have a R2 Japanese DVD that pre-dates the US release. As far as I know, all of the film content in the R2 DVD (except for 2.0 stereo audio) is in the US release. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.16.21 (talk) 22:50, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Plot Length
Considering the movie consists of three very different stories a plot length below 1000 words (currently at 919) would seem acceptable.TacfuJecan (talk) 07:46, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

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