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Odekerk
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He seems like a very pleasant and well mannered man.
I loved Paprika and Magnetic Rose, but unfortunately haven't seen any of his other work. |
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Alestal
Posts: 605 Location: Dallas, Texas |
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Great interview, I like hearing about Satoshi Kon this way, rather then watching him in dvd extras. (He can sometimes take f-o-r-e-v-e-r to say something) |
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Josh7289
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Haha, I like the way he talks; he's a very interesting man.
...Hm, anyway...I think I'm going to pick up Paprika on Blu-ray sooner or later... I'm finding myself to be more and more a fan of his works. |
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zanarkand princess
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I have become a big fan of his so this is great. Sounds like his new project will be the anime equivalent of Wall-E.
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GATSU
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I wonder if he did some of the Western characters near the second half of the book.
Sounds like bull. Although they did "cut" certain scenes they used in Memoirs of a Geisha... BTW, I hear he hates that company, so it might not have been a good idea to ask him.
Neither did the rest of us.
At least you didn't get the Innocence jacket, dude.
And we love you for it.
Damn. Wish you'd have been able to bring up Wall-E or Robots. |
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ShadowTrader
Posts: 231 Location: NJ |
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He poses a very interesting topic here, at least for me. It seems that he is saying the animation industry, particularly the companies involved in serialized shows rather than movies, portray unrealistic heroines which become the stereotypical anime "girls" but do not represent reality thus alienating mainstream society. It could be just my misinterpretation, but I happen to agree with that completely. I strongly believe that the "moe" movement has degenerated the anime industry into a completely unrealistic, self gratifying, and idealistic feast that portrays women in a negative and stereotypical light. Only after seeing his Millenium Actress did this striking difference permeate my mind, and I realized the real value of a strong female heroine. A great interview with a great director, good job ANN, and I look forward to his next movies. |
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DKL
Posts: 1962 Location: California, USA |
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You know, there's a sequence in Paranoia Agent (the Double Lips episode) where Kon manages to somehow do a ridiculous amount of otaku-culture ballbreaking with just that one brief sequence.
The part where: spoiler[That fat otaku dude is having sex with that prostitute dual-personality lady and, after climaxing, he immediately turns over to his anime toys and tells them what a good job they did, as if he was having sex with these anime characters. ] All things considering, it was more offensive than anything that came out of Welcome to the NHK! or whatever. I LOLed. |
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lord_darkseid
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This new project sounds like it will be an interesting one for sure.
I still need to see Magnetic Rose. I bought Memories once but have no idea what happened to it. Good point asking him about the question about non-moe women. That part may be why I like his films. Kinda reminds me of a friend's recent response to The Girl of Twenty Faces; 'I like this show. The girl keeps her clothes on." To people working through his filmography, I consider Millennium Actress the finest animated film ever created. The story, imagery and musc all just clicked for me perfectly on first and repeated viewings. Previously I reserved that title for Wings of Honneamise, but I digress. MA is my favorite film by him followed by Tokyo Godfathers. (The drag queen is a total scene stealer IMHO). Perfect Blue and Paprika were also very entertaining but a step below. Kon is one of the 5 directors whose work I'd buy unseen. (Dezaki, Kawajiri, Takahata and Miyazaki also rank highly here). Justin, have to say I'm hero hating on you here. Very cool to see you get this on in the bag. Kudos to you and Evan on this score. Keep it up. *raises beer* |
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Please don't be embarrassed. You got Perfect Blue right. I love that movie. I love all your other movies too, but that one still is at the top of my list. And I can't wait till you make another "that kind" of film. |
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inu-liger
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You should! I've actually purchased both the French and US Blu-ray discs. I must have watched this movie 2, 3 times or so! I love it |
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Zin5ki
Posts: 6680 Location: London, UK |
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That's one of the main reasons I prefer animation over live action. Since I'm not looking at real human actors or environments on screen I can suspend my disbelief almost without limit, but if the characterisations fit into their sub-real world I can still react to their actions and feelings wholeheartedly. Millenium Actress is currently very cheap on Amazon. I'm thinking of giving it a shot. |
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rti9
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千年女優 from Amazon.jp:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51259YCPH8L._SS500_.jpg Millennium Actress from Amazon.com: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P8ACH0T0L._SS500_.jpg Tokyo Godfathers was really surprising by having three homeless as protagonists, but Paranoia Agent stands as probably the most impressive criticism towards Japanese society I have ever seen. Probably only the great Nobody Knows gets really close. |
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Alien1375
Posts: 45 Location: Netherlands |
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Funny… The guy is mentioning that women are stereotyped in animé (true in most cases btw), but he’s stereotyping gay people in Tokyo Godfathers himself.
That attrousious crossdressing Dramaqueen really ruins the movie imo. Add to that the spoiled brat that spoiler[stabs her father because lil’ Fluffy ran away (seriously, trying to kill your father because the cat ran away?!?! That girl deserves to be behind bars, or better yet: the looney bin)] and a little too many lucky encounters in the megacity of Tokyo (Hey! You’re here too? What a coincidence!) and you got a movie that I was really struggling to like…. |
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Rolando_jose
Posts: 240 Location: Ahhhh it's vacation time again! |
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If you see it as what it is, a christmas story, you will see that all this coincidences are related to the "season spirit" and the "Holiness of the time" Just look at "Its a wonderful life" or any "Scrudge" movie and you see what I mean. Rolando |
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penguintruth
Posts: 8503 Location: Penguinopolis |
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I'm surprised Justin didn't ask any questions about Paranoia Agent. I'm still looking for a Maromi plush.
I'm looking forward to this new work of Kon. |
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