I mean seriously, no one hardly knows about this film. While Home Vision DVD released some of his other films, they have yet to release this. This is a masterpiece and I can mention it in the same breath as "City of God", "Kids", "Pulp Fiction" and Beineix's "Diva". I bought a region 3 dvd with no extras from www.diabolikdvd.com, I would love to see a special Criterion addition with extras and a soundtrack!
shareIt is much better than "kids" which isnt so great movie
shareThis film is soooo beautiful! Definitely the best film I've seen nearly.
I thought about the movie Tekkon kinkurîto(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831888) when watching. The settings are similar, but come on, Tekkon was anime and this is real movie!
I just watched it for the first time even though I've been a fan of Shunji Iwai since seeing All About Lily Chou-Chou around 10 years ago.
It honestly wasn't what I was expecting after reading the brief synopsis here on imdb. It was quirky and a bit different to the other films I've seen from this director. I'm not sure if I liked it, maybe I didn't pick up on the deeper themes but it didn't resonate with me as well as All About Lily Chou-Chou did.
I agree. I watched this after buying the dvd, thinking it sounded good and it instantly became one of my favorite movies ever. And I have a pretty high standard for those. It's like a modern fairy tale and it's really moving. Even my gf at the time who is Asian too(but not Japanese) and hated Asian films before liked it and we both cried a bit at the end. If a movie can touch you, that's when you know it's really something you want to watch again and again and share with others.
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