Mind Game (2004)
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A wildly psychedelic ride through Osaka's backstreets, the afterlife, and a whale's belly. Incorporating photo frames of the actual voice-actors' faces, the film reflects the rough aesthetic of the young production house Studio 4c, as well as an emerging anime trend toward DJ-style visual sampling. (Museum of Modern Art)
Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Mystery, Animation
Country: Japan
Directed By: Masaaki Yuasa
Written By: Robin Nishi
Starring: Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Toshio Sakata
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Absolutely enchanting, this movie is so colorful and bizarre, and even incredibly unsettling at times but it still manages to be so sweet, and whimsical. I really loved this it was so fun.
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Quite bizarre, I really like bizarre movies so I enjoyed it, I think the action sequences are well done, also the characters are interesting and the editing is great, a bit hard to get into it but overall very good.
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This one takes a kitchen sink approach, so you never know what is coming from one moment to the next. There is a "plot", but to me, it was irrelevant. It's just a dazzling movie, in spite of (because of?) its incoherence.
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WHAT A RUSH. A completely unique experience that pushes the artistic possibilities of animation - and cinema itself - to the limit. Unforgettable.
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I imagine the target audience for this animated fantasy to be an 18-24 year old male, art student. Lots of creativity in this--reminiscent of Edgar Wright's *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*--and I liked the sketchy/crude animation, but the film bogs down about the half-way mark.
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A surreal, fantastical experience with an impact that grows on reflection. Unflinchingly bizarre and uncannily profound.
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Cheap nonsense.
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-How do you escape from a whale that swallows you? -You run. On water. For a long time.
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a very simple (simplistic?) story told in a kaleidoscopically life-affirming way.
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It's unique, and the montages at the end are enough to push my score as high as it is, but as a feature-length film it's really overly abrasive and off-putting.
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Overrated. Honestly, you can turn on the TV any day in Japan and see better animation.
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gogolit | 5 93% |
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Yuasa is the underrated animation genius of his time. This is what animation is all about. Almost to a throwback of the freedom of expression days in animation that's almost gone now.
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Spectacular, but pure fluff. Watch Tatami Galaxy instead for a funnier and more moving treatment of the "you are what you choose" theme.
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