Utterly delightful and absurd. The play between upbeat motown and urban ruins makes so much more sense when you realize it's a Lumet and Schumacher production.
Honestly, ahead of it's time in many ways while still paying respect to the works before it. And to think of how much has been influenced by it!
I heard about this film when it premiered at Cannes, with a reviewer praising it's ending. They refused to share anything about the final five minutes other than to say it was a true moment of cinematic brilliance.
The pandemic robbed me a chance to see it in theaters, but that was for the best: if I had watched the finale in a darkened cinema, both audience and voyeur, I never would have left my seat again.
I'd still be…
God, this is really just one of THE movies of all time.
So much care is put into the script, the storyboards, the animation and transitions — it strains so full of life that the comedy and melodrama burst into true heartfelt emotions.
Satoshi Kon was a master of his craft and you can still feel the reverberations of his influence in animation today.
A deal with the devil has never looked so good.
The cinematography is this film is STUNNING. Between the color, camera direction, and editing, I literally couldn't look away.
On top of that, the soundtrack is phenomenal, blending decades worth of genres while maintaining a central identity throughout.
(The opening line regarding Swan's "blending of folk and rock" in retrospect makes me want to see how this story would play out if it more directly explored the theft of Black…
