All About Lily Chou-Chou - Sight (Fan Trailer)

"all about lily chou chou" begins with a series of manually keystroked chat-room-style statements that introduce facts and ideas, mostly related to mythical pop-star "lily chou chou." this sort of cinematic introduction sounds similar to many other computer-age-themed films, but amazingly the keystroke dialogue between several anonymous internet fanatics continues past the credits and runs through almost the entire movie. the nicely-scripted, brilliantly executed text acts as the backbone that beautifully holds together a story that is ultimately about many things, including the fragility of relationships and the personas we use based on them, fanatical envy and love contrasted against blind rage and hate, metamorphosis, and technology versus nature.

although executed in an arguably confusing manner, consisting of many non-chronological vignettes, the film ultimately succeeds in depicting a modern-day story involving the relationship between two early-adolescent japanese boys, their journey through life and school, their changing identities, and their fascination with and "connection" to the strangely popular musician, lily chou chou. visually, the filmmaking complements the ideas perfectly. the camera is often puerile and shaky when showing the boys' ventures and conversations. at one point, a vacation sequence is depicted solely through excited and dizzying amateur videography by the boys themselves, humorous close-ups of accompanying girls' bodies included. during the non-video portions of the film, the colors are beautifully rich, with verdant fields and saturated skies.

the abrupt, but fitting pattern between flowing, dreamlike camerawork, shaky camerawork, textual discourse, and the eerily sensual, fictitious lily chou chou tracks provide a momentum that is both refreshing in its originality but effectively discomforting. by the film's closing the style is not so much regretfully confusing as it is fittingly and fully dramatic, as well as both amazing and beautiful. the film is nothing short of art.

lastly, the film did well to keep free of preaching. with much of what goes on in the world today, filmmakers feel social commentary is an added bonus (or even a main goal) to depicting a narrative. this is not so much a problem until the viewer begins to feel manipulated in a propaganda-like fashion. this film is very much based in a realistic society with realistically harsh and shocking issues and occurrences. however, respectfully, this film does a fine job of depicting its characters and events in a manner that allows for the viewer's empathy without pointing direct fingers or offering direct solutions. incidentally, much of the films drama and marvel comes from this quality(IMDb: Author: J. from tallahassee, fl, "a film born from the ether..." 26 January, 2003, ★★★★★★★★★★).

[Artist]Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史)
[Songs] Sight
[Album] リリイ・シュシュのすべて～オリジナル・サウンドトラック 「アラベスク」

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[VampireVentruee]

This song is so beautiful. I love piano instrumentals and this is one of the best...

[mrmarzo]

i cant stop watching this. thank you.

[AlastairJack5]

although flawed this is such a good movie, I feel this could have been a masterpiece with better editing shame :/

[WLovecraft]

an absolute masterpiece picturewise and soundwise . this makes one feel

[grandvega2000]

I love Syunji Iwai's movie!

[esla90]

Wow, the review in the description bar is excellent. It really does sum up the whole film in a very accurate way. I especially relate to the fact that this film doesn't try to give an explanation to the behaviour of the people involved, but just presents the raw facts, which make the movie so pure and fascinating!!! All about Lily chou-chou is definetely the most amazing movie I've seen since long ago.

[Fuliginosus]

To be here you have to love Lily. That is all.

[samueltouchdown1]

The best film with the best soundtrack. i dont know much about art but this film makes me feel so many things that i know its important

[youdontgettocry]

@hanito294 well i personally think theres no way the director could ever mean that. the movie is just teenage feelings documented, and music is an important part of every teenagers life, its a sort of light at the end of the tunnel. but art and beauty arent always enough to compensate for all the awful things in the world, so some people snap. it has nothing to do with lily herself, shes just a symbol.

[itslilyitslily]

just listened again and its made me wanna play it again. i have the music if anyones interested. just drio me a message

[TwoTube2]

@hanito294 I think you're viewing it through the lens of a horror film, rather than seeing it for what it is. It's not Ringu, and there's nothing supernatural going on. To me, it's a film that explores fractured friendships, bullying and manipulation. The music was a connection between the characters allowing them to unite in the 'finale', but I think of it more as the curtains on the stage; a means of framing the action. Not an ancient curse by an evil rock-star-witch.

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