[thechat] Anime Update: Millennium Actress
Ben Dyer
bendyer at swbell.net
Tue Sep 9 19:19:36 CDT 2003
Just wanted to drop a note for a bunch of you who I know are cursorily
interested in anime that there's a new anime film to be hitting a
limited release this weekend in the U.S. called Millennium Actress.
If you are lucky enough to be in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York
City or Boston (it may be playing in other cities, but those are the
only ones I know of), Millennium Actress will be opening up this
Friday, September 12 and it would behoove you to check it out.
The film was created by Satoshi Kon, who is fast making a name for
himself as a superb anime filmmaker (Millennium Actress is only his
second film - Perfect Blue, a wonderfully-crafted psychological
thriller, was his first). Satoshi Kon is the kind of creator who
absolutely engrosses you in his work and storytelling. The story is
about an actress who dropped out of the limelight many years ago being
interviewed for a documentary. As she describes her life, the stories
of her films (ranging from the Warring States period of Japan to the
Meiji Restoration, through World War II and into the future) intertwine
with her own story to create this massively intriguing work.
It's really hard to describe, but this is the best review I've seen (by
one of the best anime reviewers out there):
<http://www.animejump.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi?go=video/millenniumactress>
If, like me, you are one of the many who doesn't live anywhere near
where this film is playing, there will be a DVD release on October 28.
This is the first foray into anime for Dreamworks (or, more accurately,
their new independent film label, Go Fish Pictures) and will be
released for as a Japanese-language-only DVD (there is no English track
for this film) for the low, low price of $19.98 retail.
And here's the official web site, it gives a much better feel for the
movie than I can describe (and has a trailer for your viewing):
<http://www.millenniumactress-themovie.com/>
If you get the opportunity to view it, I'd love to hear your
impressions on it.
--Ben
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