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Win Free Tickets to See 'R100' and Some BDSM on a Rooftop in Brooklyn This Friday

New Yorkers, come check out the wildest movie event of the summer. Rooftop Films 2014 Summer Series is hosting a screening of R100, a Japanese S&M comedy with a taste for ultraviolence, in Sunset Park this Friday.

This Friday, Rooftop Films 2014 Summer Series is hosting the wildest film event of the summer at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They're screening the ultraviolent Japanese S&M comedy R100, which played at Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival. The screening's pre-show involves a man named Tombstone who will tie a woman up and suspend her high above the roof of Industry City as the haunting cello music of Brent Arnold plays in the background. Then Lulu Kramer—a fetishist, model, actress, and burlesque performer—will put on a sexy rope-play performance.

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R100 stars Nao Ohmori (star of Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer) as Takafumi Katayama, a mild-mannered father who escapes the pressures of daily life by joining a mysterious S&M club in which the dominatrices visit clients in real-life settings. While at first the rough treatment and humiliation he receives from leather-clad women in cafés and restaurants is enjoyable, Takafumi soon realizes that he's opened a door that cannot be closed. Unable to end his relationship with the club, he finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless mistresses, each with a very unique talent. Takafumi must either find a way to turn the tables or walk even further down a dark and sexy path.

A massive star in Japan, director Hitoshi Matsumoto has bewildered and delighted Midnight Madness audiences twice before, with Big Man Japan and Symbol, each time one-upping himself in terms of both strangeness and imagination. With R100, he returns with a distinctive take on the sex comedy. This film defies definition and laughs in the face of conventions. Partway through it, the narrative stops and cuts to an official Japanese censorship committee—also watching the movie—who are just as confused as you will be. The director soon appears as a 100-year-old version of himself, refusing to change anything and forcing the committee to brand his work unsuitable for anyone under 100 years of age—hence the title.

With a cast of uniquely skilled dominatrices (Queen of Voices, Queen of Saliva, Queen of Eating People Whole), absurd meta-experiences, and a storyline that can only be described as crazy, until it gets really crazy, Matsumoto’s film rises above its zaniness with a surprising abundance of pathos. Whether or not you’re into sadomasochism isn’t the question. What you should be asking yourself is, are you ready for an experience you’ll never forget?

Doors will open at 8 PM, Friday, August 8. You don't want to be late because the live burlesque and bondage performance by Lulu Kramer and Tombstone starts at 8:30 PM. The film begins at 9 PM, and an afterparty (with free drinks) starts at 11:30 PM.

Come for the dominatrices and stay for the free drinks! It's happening at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Enter the raffle to win two free tickets here.