Caterpillar: Film Review

8:45 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Maggie Lee, AP

There's nothing oblique or nuanced in "Caterpillar," Koji Wakamatsu's indictment of right-wing militarist-nationalism and the partner-piece to his relentless expose on left-wing extremism, "United Red Army."

There's nothing oblique or nuanced in Berlinale competition selection "Caterpillar," Koji Wakamatsu's indictment of right-wing militarist-nationalism and the partner-piece to his relentless expose on left-wing extremism, "United Red Army." As consciously strident in tone as the various forms of WWII Japanese war propaganda he deploys satirically, his conviction is so strong, and his argument so persuasive that this masterpiece has the blunt force of a tank rolling over naked flesh.