#millenium actress

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Satoshi Kon and a part of his filmography: Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Perfect Blue (1997), Paranoia Agent (2003) Paprika (2006), Millenium Actress (2001).

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Millennium Actress

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“after all, i love myself who is chasing after him.”

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There´s still tomorrow. Tomorrow means hope.

millenium actress (2001)

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Millennium actress AU

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soundtracks that i'll gladly share :] slowly uploading them onto megadrive, hit me up with your order in the dms~

akudama drive [FLAC]

akira [MP3]

batman 1989 [MP3]

boku no pico [FLAC]

blasphemous [MP3]

cuphead (main game + DLC) [MP3]

cowboy bebop [MP3]

gurren lagann [FLAC]

gridman universe [FLAC]

half-life 1 & 2 [MP3]

hollow knight (main game + DLC) [MP3]

millenium actress [FLAC]

natsume's book of freinds (夏目友人帳) [FLAC]

neon genesis evangelion [MP3]

phantasy star online [FLAC]

scorn [MP3]

yamibou [WAV]

as always please share more goodies with me (anime or not) to make this list longer <|:o)

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Millennium Actress (2001) dir. Satoshi Kon

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"Have you ever considered maybe YOU'RE a part of me?"

Director: Satoshi Kon

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Mappi in that scene from Millenium Actress

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Animated movie of the day: Millenium Actress (Sennen Joyū, 2002)

Why do humans create art? It's probably impossible to point out a single reason, as there's multiple purposes for which the plethora of mediums that compose what we call art are used, but at it's core it's safe to say there's a core component: human expression. And tied to human expression also lies human connection.

Directed by Satoshi Kon and loosely inspired by the story of real actress Setsuko Hara (who retired from acting after a prolific career when she was still 43 years old and disappeared from public life until her death at 95, never having married), the film is about retired actress Chiyoko Fujiwara. Unlike Hara, she does agree to an interview later in her life to a director she knew at some point called Genya Tachibana, as both discuss her own prolific career.

What follows is one of the most striking films about… well, film. We see the life of a woman explored through her acting roles and what they meant to her, mixing the reality of that universe with the films within, which not only covers all sorts of genres including everything from jidaigeki to science fiction (hence spawning a millenium), but also simply allow the narrative to be guided by the motions of those films mirroring the actual events of Chiyoko's life, including an impossible love that pushed her to keep acting in the first place.

Not only is this one a fascinating piece because of it's intertwining of the real and the fictional, but simply because of what the fictional tries to communicate and hide in the first place. It shows an incredible passion for the medium, but more significantly, it is used to express the yearnings and those things left unsaid by the people involved. Visually explosive, it's as poetic as it is heartbreaking in the best way possible, powerfully conveying an entire life journey through the lens of artistic expression.