“Audition” gross trivia

First of all, this is an awesome, but disturbing movie. The acting is great and the slow burn to the finale is outstanding.

Anyway, read this nasty bit of trivia today during a rewatch...

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The dog bowl of vomit fed to Asami's (Eihi Shiina) prisoner is in fact the actual vomit of actress Eihi. Takashi Miike claims that Eihi is a method actress and insisted on doing this.

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Also, this was interesting...

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When the film was screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2000, it had a record number of walkouts. At the Swiss premiere, someone passed out and needed emergency room attention.

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