![]() ![]() Since Ôshima, some filmmakes have been actively fighting against that toxic ideal built around the concept of nuclear family. Japan is very, very conservative about social and familiar structures. The sole responsible for failed generations and troubled youth is the previous generation.Alienated kids that, without the support that both the singer and her fanbase offers would have long commited suicide, grow strong by bonding online, even if the bonding is with their real life mortal enemies. But in* All About Lily Chou-Cho*u, Iwai decides to show us the glorious part of online forums and Internet. Traditionally, the portrayal of cyber culture and social media in cinema has been extremely negative, showing how it "dehuminizes" and deteriorates relationships. Today's youth is irreversibly "techno-fetishist", and that IS NOT completely bad.To them, it is the ether that keeps them alive and heals them after being emotionally wounded, concepts also present in Lily's dreamy lyrics.īoth elements, apart from being beautifully crafted and grandiloquent, succeed in materializing what Iwai wants us to elarn from the movie. The messages involve students talking about how only Lily has the ether, a core concept of the movie. #All about lily chou chou soundtrack movieI'll clarify: the two biggest aesthetic elements that make the movie a standout are the original soundtrack (made by Lily Chou-Chou, a fictional yet real pop singer inspired by Björk and Chungking Express' Faye Wong) and the web messages that Iwai represents by showing them in a full black screen (some directly extracted from a online forum dedicated to the light novel that the director released just before the film). but, for me, all of the splendour this movie has resides in the way it conveys ethical statements via aesthetical design. Obviously, the film, released in 2001, has many characteristics to discuss: characters, plot, soundtrack, colour scheme. Since I wrote a medium-sized essay/article in my native tongue (Spanish, I can share it with anyone interested in it) I'd like to talk with you guys about this movie, specially after seeing it the r/truefilm canon! Anyone that knows me is aware of my devotion towards Shunji Iwai, the person behind the masterpiece All About Lily Chou-Chou. ![]()
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