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A lot of people know Satoshi Kon from his anime films āPerfect Blueā, āPaprikaā and perhaps his TV Series āParanoia Agentā that got an american run on Adult Swim ( Itās one of my favorite TV shows of all time & I also recommend it, but I donāt know if itās legal to recommend something like this within the Perfectly Imperfect Newsletter). I am a huge fan of his work, a lot of which is pretty dark, scary, challenging and so on. But if I had to pick my favorite of his, it would have to be his second movie āMillennium Actressā which feels like his sweetest and most heartfelt work. Itās a super surreal, dreamy, gorgeous movie. Especially insane how small the budget was for an anime feature, and his last movie to use actual cel animation before going digital. It also has my favorite original soundtrack from any movie, composed by Susumu Hirasawa, who went on to do the music for Paprika and Paranoia Agent. Susumu Hirasawa is famously known for doing the theme & other music for the anime BERSERK, but is an electronic music pioneer in his own right. The soundtrack he made for Millenium Actress is so unique, beautiful, and inspired. Itās this combination of his singing which is what I would poorly describe as gorgeous yodeling teetering into operatic howls which he digitally manipulates, pitch shifts, layers, and samples, over these electronic dance tracks which then veer into reverb-y orchestral plucking and religious choir chanting. Itās very emotional & atmospheric and I am doing a horrible job describing it so I will just make one of the songs my next recommendation and hopefully it can be hyperlinked. The final thing Iāll say about this movie is that I showed it to a friend a few years ago and he said that āthis is not a feminist film and Iād say it would actually pass a reverse bechdel test whatever that isā and I completely agree. But sometimes itās really beautiful when a woman has no other meaning in life than to find her crush! š
Oct 15, 2024
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if you are trying to get tickets for imax 70mm showing of dune part two at lincoln square amc in nyc (they just went on sale) i recommend using "Atom" as your ticket broker thing because it seems to have the fastest/easiest way to switch between seatmaps of different time/dates. so if you're looking for a screening with centered seats in the back row then you will appreciate the UI for Atom. although also it is a bit slow and site maybe crashing since everyone wants that worm and im not talking about timothee chalamets pecker
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Jan 26, 2024
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Again, I'm using this category as an umbrella so I can list my favorite movies that I think by watching will make everyone's life better or at least distract you from whatever bullshit is going on in your own life for a moment, and put a smile on your face. Maybe you'll even relate to what the characters in the films are going through and you'll feel a little bit less alone and it will change your life forever. These are my favorite movies that I watch over and over again: An Unmarried Woman, Swingers, Annie Hall, Broken English, Girlfriends. Last Days of Disco, and Hannah and Her Sisters.Ā And one of my favorite theaters to watch movies in in New York City is Metrograph. A sanctuary. A safe haven. The programming is extraordinary. And they have a wonderful restaurant upstairs called The Commissary. Run don't walk.
Mar 31, 2023
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Feb 12, 2024
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I donāt like to read and I accept that. But if you have ADHD or think you could have it, I prescribe this to you!!! My therapist put me on to this book a few years ago during lockdown. My procrastination & inability to motivate myself to finish the simplest tasks had become debilitating. I felt petrified in life, depressed, stuck in a sludge, and all that jazz. (lockdown probably had a wittle bit to do with it). Knowing that I am unable to finish every book, my therapist recommended the audiobook version of āAHDH 2.0ā. The authors are both doctors who also have ADHD and they really understand their demo. Itās an extremely quick, easy listen, and left me feeling scarily encouraged and hopeful. Put it on in the background while youāre drafting an apology email for missing a deadline and simultaneously masturbating at your standing desk that was supposed to change everything!
Oct 15, 2024
I wouldnāt say Iām a like a mega fan of Madonna, but I am a fan in the sense her music was so ubiquitous during my youth a lot of her songs are ingrained in there. I did realize the other day I can remember the lyrics to more Madonna songs from start to finish than I can from bands I claim are my favorite bands. Iām fake and you can come kill me in my house for that. But there is this video of her performing Ray of Light on Oprah in 1998 that is soooooo funny and truly incredible. It just is such an odd combination of things. I remember as a kid Oprah airing around 4pm when I was getting off the school bus. Iām sure Oprah was probably filmed at like noon. Madonna comes on stage wearing a pretty normal outfit. Itās like a black blouse with leggings and wedges? No crazy hair or makeup. I think this is shocking to me because the bubble has burst with every top 40 musician dressing all crazy now in a way thatās oversaturated and makes dressing crazy completely normal. To see Madonna in what appears to be head-to-toe Ann Taylor Loft parent-teacher conference wear is so jarring. She literally looks like she should work in a candle store and she just walks right on stage and starts belting this 6 minute long song dancing like sheās on meth and it shreds. An audience of women wearing primary colors and plain pastel business casual blouses are on their feet jumping and clapping the whole time. And Oprah is flatlining, her eyes rolled up in her head. At one point she starts dancing with the microphone up to her mouth as if sheās about to sing, but never does? Cock tease! The energy is so trance-like it really feels like theyāre all about to summon something. Itās actually shocking that Bahamut does not appear by the end of it and pull her down into the hellmouth in a burst of flames leaving behind only the foam that was spewing from all her orafices. It genuinely is such an incredible performance from Madonna, made all the weirder that itās on day time TV and probably was taped in the late morning or early afternoon. And i feel I must mention that sheās either 39 or 40 years old at the time and just adds to how incredible she is. Unfortunately, I look at the current day Madonna and feel a bit sad, probably in a patronizing way that you can come kill me in my house for, but this video truly reminds me that Madonna is the real deal and made me feel a lot more respect for her despite the fact I never want to meet her because she seems lizard brain mode full time. Respectfully!
Oct 15, 2024
If you were a fan of the Onimusha, Okami, Otogi, or Ninja Gaiden games, I highly recommend Kunitsu Gami! Iām playing it on PS5, but itās also available on PS4, XBox, PC, and Steam. Itās impossible to explain and yet here I go!!! Basicallyā¦ itās a strategy-based, hack and slash action/horror game where you take control of Soh, a genderless katana wielding dancing bodyguard to a magical goddess named Yoshiro who is tasked with ridding the mountain villages of ādefilementā which is basically, as you may have inferred, demonic overgrowth entrapping and possessing all of the plants, animals, and villagers of the mountain. Your job is to clear a path for the Goddess through each village, and rescue villagers who you can then employ as soldiers of different classes and abilities. Day time is spent gathering resources, racing against the clock to stock up on health and set trap before sunset, which is when the portals to the demonic realm open and all kinds of ghouls & monsters start to crawl out. You then must survive the night by killing all the demons that emerge while making sure they donāt reach Yoshiro. It seems complicated at first but it is pretty simple once you play through the first two levels. This game is so fucking weird in the best way. It really feels like the heyday of Capcom making very specific games with weird-ass, eccentric character and creature design, a la Onimusha, Okami., and Viewtiful Joe. The art direction of this game is wild. In this making-of video on youtube, the creators said they wanted the players to feel like theyāre moving through a diorama. To accomplish that, instead of digitally creating the environments, they had sculptors build full miniature villages, forests, traps, and effects BY HAND and then 3D scanned all the handmade miniatures and models into the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This makes me want to kill someone in a positive way. Art is not dead! So much love went into it and you can tell. This is that BTS video if you want to watch it
Oct 15, 2024