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Millennium Actress

Sennen Joyû

2001

Satoshi Kon

Animation

7.4

6,019

Animation. Fantasy. Romance. Drama A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in. The key was given to her as a teenager by a painter and revolutionary that she helped to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	G. Allen Johnson SFGATE	"It is a lovely Valentine to the golden age of Japanese filmmaking (...) A positive film"	POS
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"It’s the central concept that holds the attention (...) Pic’s first hour is a roller-coaster ride that plays with memory and genre conventions"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[A] sweeping, beautifully drawn mélange of fantasy and history (...) Wonderfully eccentric and deeply affecting"	POS
United States	Tasha Robinson AV Club	"The scenario is fairly melodramatic, but Kon leavens it with humor (...) That movie sometimes feels disjointed, but the powerful emotions give it a warm, sentimental charm"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"The genius of the film is infinite: the practically monochrome palette that slowly saturates color as the film moves forward in time; the meta-cinematic conceits Kon employs... (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"Kon’s sure hand keeps things moving right along (...) While you’re never sure what might happen next, the flow of the film (...) is as hypnotically serpentine as a river (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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