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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 10:16:03 AM

Title: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 10:16:03 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpGrD5wUzKE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Rj7nn0ZVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjmgSccMGQg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzEW_eE1G0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBv42_TOmtA

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Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 24, 2012, 10:16:50 AM: The fact that his final movie will never be finished is such a tragedy.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2012, 10:19:04 AM: really is
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 10:19:59 AM: Dreaming Machine (夢みる機械 Yume Miru Kikai?) is an upcoming anime film by Satoshi Kon. When released, it will be the director's fifth and final feature film. After Kon's death on August 24, 2010, production has continued and is still underway at Madhouse, where the team uses Satoshi Kon's directorial tapes and notes to guide them to completing the film, though the main work such as storyboards and script was already complete.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2012, 10:21:55 AM: That is dead in the water. That was over 2 years ago and production afaik has halted.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 10:23:18 AM: believe
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 24, 2012, 10:28:26 AM: Can't have a Satoshi Kon appreciation thread without Magnetic Rose:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4svvetCnPQ
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 10:29:34 AM: Yeah I was trying to find that but I couldn't remember the name- so I kept getting general videos for Memories
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: tiesto on August 24, 2012, 10:32:46 AM: I've only seen Perfect Blue and Paprika but need to see more of Kon's flicks.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Pringo on August 24, 2012, 11:38:48 AM: Quote from: tiesto on August 24, 2012, 10:32:46 AM
I've only seen Perfect Blue and Paprika but need to see more of Kon's flicks.

Millennium Actress is really, really good. I'd watch that next.

I think I've seen all his movies aside from Tokyo Godfathers. I should get around to watching it sometime. Also was Paranoia Agent any good?
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Himu on August 24, 2012, 11:49:29 AM: Paranoia Agent starts out great but meanders and just plain gets nutso later on in the show.

I like Tokyo Godfathers more than Millennium Actress, though I know I'm in a minority MA is my least favorite Kon film.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 24, 2012, 11:53:04 AM: Quote from: Pringo on August 24, 2012, 11:38:48 AM
Also was Paranoia Agent any good?

Really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Yp2SIYX1Y
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 12:39:23 PM: If you've not read The Illusionist get off yer asses is all im sayin- great book. Lots of insight.

Also, dat MA OST:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJY1TomgkBs

I managed to find a 100% legit copy online, I cherish it. Deeply.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 24, 2012, 11:32:52 PM: Just finished MA rewatch. Still so gooood
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on August 25, 2012, 03:32:27 AM: I want to give Rumbler props for including Magnetic Rose, because even though Kon didn't technically direct it, his fingerprints are all over it.
and its also really fucking great, which is, since Kon's passing, and unfortunate rarity in the world of anime. Hell, all of Memories is pretty damn awesome.

Perfect Blue is one of my very favorite films. Its like Dario Argento and Brian De Palma combined their best ever talents and got it animated. Its one of my favorite films to show people to induce a sure-thing mind blowing.

and one last thing. Accoring to Amazon, my DVD's of PB and Paranoia Agent have appreciated in value. And I dropped a shitload of moolah on those back when they were new.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Trent Dole on August 25, 2012, 03:38:10 AM: Paranoia Agent is tragically OOP in the US so that's not surprising. Guess Perfect Blue is too if it's also pricey. Some shit Funi really ought to license rescue.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 25, 2012, 07:29:52 AM: Yeah I grabbed them a long time ago. Never gonna let em go.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2012, 09:19:00 AM: Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on August 25, 2012, 03:32:27 AM
I want to give Rumbler props for including Magnetic Rose, because even though Kon didn't technically direct it, his fingerprints are all over it.

Right, it was actually directed by Kouji Morimoto, but the psychological aspect of it definitely feels like Kon's influence.

And here's the absolute last thing that Kon directed [and finished]:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsOI_5ftUJc
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 25, 2012, 09:44:35 AM: he apparently tended towards female main characters because said he knows too much about being a dude- and all the things he hates about dudes- that not knowing what its like to be a woman makes a female character easier to apply his ideas to.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2012, 11:01:24 AM: With Satoshi Kon gone, I hope someone else picks up the mantle of making movies that feature music by Susumu Hirasawa. Seems unlikely, though. :(
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 25, 2012, 11:11:22 AM: Are there any Susumu Hirasawa albums you'd recommend? I've only heard the stuff hes done for film.
Title: Re: Getting down with Satoshi Kon
Post by: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2012, 11:16:32 AM: I've only heard his movie soundtracks, too, so I can't really recommend anything either. :lol