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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2002)
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yuu Aoi, Aymi Ito, Takao Osawa
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 2, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Stereo - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
- Featurette - 1. Making Of ALL ABOUT LILLY CHOU-CHOU
- Music Videos - 1. "Wings That Can't Fly" Salyu
Text/Photo Gallery:
- Filmography - 1. Shunji Iwai - Director
- Biographies - 1. Shunji Iwai - Director
- Essay By Director Shunji Iwai
Reviews
Confusion is one of my least favourite emotions, especially when I have to put up with 146 minutes of it.
For all of its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through cyber culture, the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2-hour running time.
The gutsy film didn't help itself by making it so difficult to follow the story and by being so morose.
This movie is maddening. It conveys a simple message in a visual style that is willfully overwrought.
One thing is for sure: This movie does not tell you a whole lot about Lily Chou-Chou.
Once you get into its rhythm ... the movie becomes a heady experience.
I'm not sure All About Lily Chou-Chou made sense in my head, but it made sense in my heart.
A difficult, absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear.
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