Film Fresh - Satoshi Kon

Perfect Blue

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$15.99

Teen idol and pop singer Nima decides to take a role in a sleazy television show. Contrary to her innocent public image, she's given a part as a rape victim. As the show progresses, she begins to realize that someone is stalking her, posting her constant whereabouts on the Web. And then her friends start getting killed, one-by-one.

List Price: $19.98

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Best Film - Animation, 1998 Fantasporto

Best Asian Film, 1997 Fant-Asia Film Festival

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/10/15/DD83110.DTL

Review quote:

"Manages, through animation, to take the thriller, media fascination, psychological insight and pop culture and stand them all on their heads." -- Bob Graham, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

1998

Length:

81min

Price: $15.99

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Millennium Actress

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$17.99

From critically acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (PERFECT BLUE), comes the award-winning masterpiece, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS. Known for his remarkable visual style, Kon seamlessly blends fantasy and reality into an exciting epic adventure of fate and destiny. Past and present collide as a film director discovers a mysterious key that unlocks the secrets of a legendary actress who vanished at the height of her brilliant career. A Grand Prize Winner for Animation (2001 Japan Agency of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival) along with SPIRITED AWAY, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS is a must-own for any DVD collection.

List Price: $19.98

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Voice Acting, 2004 Annie Awards

http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-kenny12sep12,2,5118759.story

Review quote:

"Plays with concepts of traveling through space and time in an unusually inventive manner." -- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES

Year:

2002

Length:

87min

Price: $17.99

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Tokyo Godfathers

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From acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (PERFECT BLUE, MILLENNIUM ACTRESS) and Japan's leading animation studio Mad House (X, VAMPIRE HUNTER D, NIONJA SCROLL) comes this visually and emotionally stunning tale of adventure, love and redemption. In Tokyo, three homeless people's lives are changed forever when hey discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future together.

List Price: $19.94

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Won:

Best Animated Film, 2004 Mainichi Film Concours

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922592.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Review quote:

"With its masterful grasp of comedy, pathos, social commentary and mystical weirdness, TOKYO GODFATHERS takes anime to a whole new level." -- Ken Eisner, VARIETY

Year:

2003

Length:

92min

Price: $15.99

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Paprika

maint — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:57:06 +0000

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Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination -- where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscope mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a "dream terrorist" in this gripping anime thriller from acclaimed director Satoshi Kon.

List Price: $19.94

Film details

Format:

Widescreen

Awards – Nominated:

Golden Lion, 2006 Venice Film Festival

Awards – Won:

Critics' Award, 2007 Fantasporto

Best Visual Design, 2007 Chlotrudis Awards

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/08/DDG1DQAB2T1.DTL&type...

Review quote:

"A highly sophisticated work of the imagination." -- Mike LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Year:

2006

Length:

90min

Price: $15.99

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