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My Review on Millennium Actress

Perfect Blue must have been a great film as it made the writer/director Satoshi Kon

prominent & greatly respected. If that was to be his only success, the term 'one trick pony' would be included in descriptions of the man. Fortunately that is not the case.

With superb following; Millennium Actress & Tokyo Godfathers, Satoshi Kon richly deserves praise for his refreshing story telling & beautiful characters.

Millennium Actress is about recollections of an actress who is interviewed by 2 men; one of them linked to her past.

Storyline: stories told within stories, adventures told within adventures; the life & love of the actress is told in her films & it is done beautifully. there are recurring themes but those do not undermine the whole film in any way, rather they reinforce underlying emotions.

there are many scenes that are surreal but very much essential in the story for the audience to understand what happened & more importantly, what the actress had gone through for her love.

Visuals: life told in movies & films. parts of life told in various scenes from various films, the colours are lush & beautiful as well as the characters are amazingly so human & real, this film is just beautiful.

Sound: very decent though one might expect the soundtrack to be more symphonic. but then it may be Satoshi Kon's preference to have synth instead of orchestra. voice is clear & it's easy to tell how the characters feel at the moment though the tracks are all in japanese.

Overall the film is highly recommended, even for those who are not into anime films. it's about romance, adventure, revelation & coming to terms with life. ending of the film though tinged with sadness is at the same time filled with optimism. Satoshi Kon is simply amazing.

enjoy!!