Channel: Under The Scope

Category: Film & Animation

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Description: Catch Millennium Actress in theaters August 13 (subbed) and 19th (all new English dub)! For a complete list of theaters, visit Eleven Arts' webpage: elevenarts.net/titles/millennium-actress For tickets, go here: fathomevents.com/events/millennium-actress Be sure to stay tuned after the screening for a special commentary with producers Taro Maki and Masao Maruyama, where they reflect on making the film and Satoshi Kon's legacy. Millennium Actress shines as an evocative love letter to Japanese cinema of the 20th Century in its story of a legendary actress recounting her illustrious life and career tied together by her never-ending chase for love. In many ways, it’s a direct follow-up to Kon’s previous work, the influential thriller Perfect Blue—from their “film within a film” format to the relationship between admirer and idol. Both construct their female leads through various gazes. However, in that sense, the two represent opposite sides of the same coin--Perfect Blue taking a darker approach, while Millennium Actress offers a lighter side. In this video, we dive in to how both films use gaze as either a destructive or empowering force for their female leads, exemplifying one of the many features that made Satoshi Kon such a master filmmaker. This video was edited by Christopher “MrNiesGuy” Nies. If you’d like to see more of his work and request a commission, you can follow him on twitter @MrNiesGuy. Sources Used: 2003 Dreamworks Interview with Satoshi Kon and Sadayuki Murai: web.archive.org/web/20110112024956/www.dvdvisionjapan.com/actress.html 2002 Midnight Eye Interview with Satoshi Kon: midnighteye.com/interviews/satoshi-kon Napier, S. (2006). “’Excuse Me,Who Are You?’: Performance, the Gaze, and the Female in the Works of Kon Satoshi” in Cinema Anime. Brown, S. (Ed.). Bolton, C. (2018). “Anime in Drag: Stage Performance and Staged Performance in Millennium Actress” in Interpreting Anime. Mulvey, L. (1975). “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Special thanks to Calvin Atkinson, Van Tarver, Clark Cavender, Ilya Smirnov, Dan, Donny Southa, qwerty23131, Nick Fisk, Xggggggggg, Joonho Kim, Roger Chen, Prom Knight, Brian Phillips, Philip Weiss, InfiniteZeke, daysofsummer, twin_tailsz, tincho37, Joshua David, Andre Cirilo Rijo, Some Patron, Niko from kk40, CatXD, Costanza Lo Cascio, Peter Savelyev, Gustavo Chau, Henri Taarisen, J.C., Kavaran, R125R11, Matt Wismer, Julian Fischer, Giancarlo Navas, Maximillian Bessert, and all my other Patreon donors! If you're interested in supporting the channel, check out my Patreon page here: patreon.com/JackUTS Please subscribe if you enjoyed the video and feel free to follow me on Twitter (@JackUTS). Thanks!