Let's talk about Satoshi Kon's Paprika (in NY!)

After seeing Paranoia Agent I want to see this so much. Alas, it isn't showing in mtl yet... maybe at FanTasia?

Yeah, Paranoia Agent was insane. I'd stay up all night just to watch it the second time around on A.S. That episode with the three suicide buddies really stuck with with me. That and the last episode, which was ƒu<kin NU†S!

Paprika kinda feels like Paranoia Agent redux. The same themes are explored but not as much as they were in PA for obvious lack of time. The overall concept was handled in a better manner in PA but the visuals in Paprika are absolutely amazing. 6 months on, i can still remember some scenes quite vividly. The parade is stunning, the music just gets into your head and i couldn't help but want for more of the parade (you'll see what i mean).

the nyt review is so cute. 'animation not for kids?? OMG GROUNDBREAKING'

I'm glad to see he's still using Susumu Hirasawa. The ending theme song for PA is brill!

I will absolutely go and see this in an ILX group. Or with girlfriend if need be. Kon's last three films were awesome; I wasn't aware he did a serialized anime! Off to netflix

i didnt get this film at all! v enjoyable though!

It was ok

it was fun but kind of empty although i don't know if the translation was any good

Yeah, it was fine but easily his weakest film.
Thanks to this thread for turning me on to paranoia agent, tho! I ripped through all four discs of that mighty fast and was much impressed.

Isn't it awesome?! It may be my fave anime ever.

This will be in mtl on August 20th... so, err, expect another thread resurrect then

yeah Paranoia Agent is fuckin brilliant! Paprika...not so much. The Japanese version was a little more quirky and goofy, but it was kinda dry for some reason. The end was pretty mind warping what with the dream eating baby and all, but P.A. totally fucked with your head and stuck with you. I forgot almost everything from Paprika by the time I got home :(. Still, the man can draw!

I think the problem was craziness overkill. In Paranoia Agent most of the out-there moments were subdued but totally unnerving, in contrast to the stark, muted palette and ominous tone that it mostly followed. Paprika was, really, just too much.

RIP, apparently

so sad. wrote a lil thing here

just found out about this via s1ockis tumblr. RIP & I would recommend anybody who was a fan of Inception to watch Paprika.

That's so sad. Millennium Actress is one of my favorite movies, not just in the animated category.

only 46 (or 47?). Either way, much too young. Perfect Blue is a big personal favorite of mine.

s1ocki, that's a great interview, especially what he says about the role of mystery. such a brilliant guy.

"Whether I am in the audience or in the crew, I can say with confidence that movies that are 100% comprehensible are absolutely boring."

What an excellent person.

it's really sad he's gone.

ugh, that sucks! nice to see Paranoia Agent get so much love itt, but CONGO otm

What is really great about Paranoia Agent is that the English voice acting is actually really wonderful, as apposed to a lot of other Animes.

Awful news- everything I've seen from Kon was wonderful; he was second only to Miyazaki. And at only 47...not like it needs to be restated, but fuck cancer.

This is tremendously sad; I was really looking forward to watching his films for the next few decades. What a waste.

oh damn. didn't even know. never did anything i didn't love. r.i.p.

http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words is heartbreaking. RIP.

Knocking me for a loop and a half, all of that.

With my heart full of gratitude for everything good in the world, I'll put down my pen.
Now excuse me, I have to go.

couldn't read that without weeping too much to continue reading that, but "now excuse me, i have to go" = some beautiful last words

The simplicity of the original phrase -- 'o-saki ni' -- seems even more right.

shouldn't be reading these things at work. between this and the manila hostage fuckup, I'm just not right.

thrilled however to discover that my library has nearly all of his work on DVD. headed there now.

just really sad.

That is just so goddamn heartbreaking.

just finished millennium actress. kind of an almost perfect movie.

I'd been going to an acupuncturist and a chiropractor, but I wasn't getting any better

Oh, man. I wonder if it could have been caught in time to save him.

This just kills me; I don't like anime in general, but came to Satashi Kon through the soundtracks that Hirasawa has done - the guy is incredible. I'm sad that I only discovered these movies just now. I wonder if "Dreaming Machine" will ever see release some day. FWIW Hirasawa also has a song called "Dreaming Machine" that he recently re-recorded; apparently he was supposed to compose the music for this one as well.

The last I heard (late last year), Dreaming Machine was still in production and on track for a 2011 release. Kon apparently left reams of notes and made an agreement with the producers that it would be completed no matter what happened to him. I think the head animation director is in charge of it now?

wow, totally missed the news that he died

http://contrarianne.tumblr.com/post/42081309922/compare-contrast-perfect-blue-1997-dir

People have been pointing this out for a while now. I don't think BS is a "rip off" of PB and the two movies are distinct from each other, but some scenes and imagery are definitely an inspiration (more than is actually shown in that tumblr post), but Aronofsky continues to deny it.

Saw Paprika recently-ish. It was ok, but not as good as I'd been led to believe.

Mind Game, on the other hand, was all-time

ha, didn't know about that comparison xxp

that's the first thing I've seen that makes me wanna see black swan

http://vimeo.com/101675469

Can't believe it's been four years already

one of the guys i most wish i had gotten to see have a full career

that short 'Ohayo' is mesmerizing
still no movement on Dreaming Machine getting finished anytime soon. wish Madhouse would Kickstart it, other anime KS have been very successful (LWA2, Patema boxset etc)

http://i.imgur.com/AfA15O3.jpg

can't believe it's been 5 years

Can't believe it's been four years already

― 龜, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:29 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

omg i'm so predictable

Well, who could blame you.

i'm caught in my own millennium actress vortex

Gone ten years. Still stings. I think Tokyo Godfathers is due for a rewatch this weekend.

Nice to see it get that remaster/rerelease over here.

TEN YEARS wtf

I am rewatching Paranoia Agent and (finally) liking it less (on fifth viewing). Time to do a second-viewing of his films, I guess!

Wise idea. And yeah, ten years -- imagine what he could be doing by now.

Now speaking of Paranoia Agent:

Really excited to learn that Funimation will be releasing a new edition of Satoshi Kon's unforgettable TV animation PARANOIA AGENT on blu-ray this December. It's harrowing, thrilling, fascinating and absolutely deserves a wider audience. pic.twitter.com/Hcjf50uWmj

— Daniel Martin (@DrDSM) September 20, 2020

His finest moment imho

omfg FINALLY it has been out of print too long

i've never actually finished it

it's very trenchant

Oh man it ends so well, what an excellent series

I didn't like the manga episode the first time but I loved it on second viewing
The cult episode destroyed me

Shonen bat!

So "Tokyo Godfathers" is the greatest Christmas film ever, right? I had the dvd sat here waiting for the family visiting in a few days but got out of bed in the middle of the night tonight to smoke some cigarettes in a severe mood, saw it there yeah let's stick this on aw shit I was bucketing tears within minutes

Also end credits is Inno Alla Gioia in Japanese? Dunno what that is in English but that's Christmas to me

ok Google says it's called "Ode To Joy" which I suppose makes sense

Dammit should've sussed that, I knew "L'Abete Di Natale" had a translation dammit dammit I'm such an idiot fucking ignore me

Yeah I need to give this a rewatch.

It's the best, watched it with my gals the other night. Few anime are so downright beautiful in art and colouration.

i bought the blu-ray set of paranoia agent btw. holy shit this show

An insane thread

For years I heard it repeated that Darren Aronofsky had bought the live action rights to Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue. That's why he was able to plunder shots from it for his most famous films. Today I learned that never happened and he's always just said it was "homage." WTF!?? https://t.co/WDwLzS7Nf7

— Art-Eater ➡️⬇️↘️🐲👊 (@Richmond_Lee) April 3, 2021

Our own board vet s1ocki has made his long past interview from 2007 with him available in full for the first time:

hhttps://markslutsky.substack.com/p/something-good-28-satoshi-kon

Trying that again!

https://markslutsky.substack.com/p/something-good-28-satoshi-kon

*scratches chin*

Deadline: Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey) to direct live-action Paprika movie for Amazon Studioshttps://t.co/KXuZTuUCV8 pic.twitter.com/OTbH0341gL

— Nibel (@Nibellion) August 22, 2022