#ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU GENRE MOVIE#

#ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU GENRE MOVIE#

But tuning into the filmsРІР‚в„ў delicate charm, we are transported into a transparent beyond.Р”Р„ll About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), a movie directed by Shunji Iwai and available to rent and purchase from Film Movement. All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet, and into second grade.

As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even.

(2001) Life isnt easy for a group of high school kids growing up absorbed in Japans pervasive pop/cyberculture. Restless yet thoroughly dreamy, All About Lily Chou-Chou encapsulates the tragedies of adolescence through the struggle to cope with lifeРІР‚в„ўs strange voids. All about Lily Chou Chou (2001) All about Lily Chou Chou. Though Lily Chou-Chou is a fictional character, the elaborate backstory created for her lead to the production of the filmРІР‚в„ўs cult-status soundtrack, delivered by the singer Salyu prior to her debut. In fact, Shunji Iwai had adapted his movie from an РІР‚Вinternet novelРІР‚в„ў he had instigated in 2000, providing characters to an online community to which contributions were posted on a message board. While the online identity of other characters are left for viewers to speculate, Lily Chou-Chou -embodying the РІР‚ВetherРІР‚в„ў herselfРІР‚вЂњ is never seen on camera. Bumbling text dialogues render the awkward hesitancy of early digital communication. Real life is split between the virtual, where Yuichi (as РІР‚ВphiliaРІР‚в„ў) oversees Lily Chou-ChouРІР‚в„ўs online fan rooms. Set in the muted rural landscapes of Tochigi Prefecture, All About Lily Chou-ChouРІР‚в„ўs story is particularly vague, as if to play with its own strange emptiness. In spite of a list of awards that could compare him to Takeshi Kitano, his cinema is unconventional, exemplified in disjunctive cuts, ambivalent plots, and a revelling in naivety. Shunji IwaiРІР‚в„ўs hazy, atmosphere-led filmography can capture social realities through his subtle poetics, but his relatable narratives are always encapsulated with darker elements. Yuichi struggles to connect with others, but as he waits to be transcended at Lily Chou-ChouРІР‚в„ўs big Tokyo concert, the filmРІР‚в„ўs spacious, misty cinematography -of hushed skies and countryside roads- depicts the effects of escapism. With Shunji IwaiРІР‚в„ўs illusive cinema, the airy soundtrack of 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou evokes the solitude experienced by JapanРІР‚в„ўs disaffected youths. According to online message boards, her ethereal voice carries an invisible substance fans call РІР‚Вthe etherРІР‚в„ў, virtually omnipresent and capable of purifying life from pain. Gorgeously shot tableaux of random adolescent brutality are interrupted by flashes of computer garble and chat-room talk, backed by Lilys music, with its blend of Debussy-like arpeggios and Enya-like sighing. Lily Chou-Chou is the only salvation for Yuichi, an anxious 8th grader who sees the enigmatic musician as his goddess.

All about lily chou chou genre