Posted by fabrizzio on 14:04
I had a long, late-night bus ride to New York last week and needed something familiar, quiet, and short to pass the time. Thank goodness I had Millennium Actress on my external harddrive. The late Satoshi Kon's beautiful examination of the Japanese film industry focuses on Chiyoko Fujiwara, a popular actress who rose to fame in the 40's and 50's but lived as a recluse after retiring 30 years prior. The studio she helped make famous is being torn down, so long-time fan and interviewer Genya Tachibana travels to her isolated home to film her response. He returns a key he found that belongs to her, and sets off a string of memories connected to it as Chiyoko recalls her long career and even longer one-sided romance that evolved outside of (and often paralleled) her movies.
I had a long, late-night bus ride to New York last week and needed something familiar, quiet, and short to pass the time. Thank goodness I had Millennium Actress on my external harddrive. The late Satoshi Kon's beautiful examination of the Japanese film industry focuses on Chiyoko Fujiwara, a popular actress who rose to fame in the 40's and 50's but lived as a recluse after retiring 30 years prior. The studio she helped make famous is being torn down, so long-time fan and interviewer Genya Tachibana travels to her isolated home to film her response. He returns a key he found that belongs to her, and sets off a string of memories connected to it as Chiyoko recalls her long career and even longer one-sided romance that evolved outside of (and often paralleled) her movies.
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