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Aug 27, 2015 · Satoshi Kon, just 46 when he passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2010, was a true original whose films probed at the edges of reality and delineated with frightening accuracy the impact of a technological society on the human psyche.
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Sep 15, 2023 · All together, Satoshi Kon's film is abstract, mind-bending, meta-textual, and determinedly postmodern; it’s thrilling, but thoroughly confusing. Yet there is method to its madness, and reading the Paprika novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui explains the slippery details of the interweaving narratives, metamorphic characters, and mesmerising imagery.
Feb 20, 2024 · Satoshi Kon's 'Paprika' remains one of the best animated films of all time and seemingly inspired Christopher Nolan's high concept sci-fi blockbuster, 'Inception.'
Jan 26, 2023 · Alongside other brilliant anime auteurs like Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo ("Akira"), and Mamoru Oshii ("Ghost in the Shell") is Satoshi Kon, a filmmaker whose visceral and...
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Nov 8, 2015 · Kon worked here as an animator, this being the first time his distinct style of character drawing became evident. In contrast to the usual practice of the era that included wide-eyed faces and exaggerated characteristics, Kon created realistic figures, resembling real-life individuals.
Apr 1, 2022 · Kon’s only television series is, like Perfect Blue before it and Paprika after, a postmodernist psychological thrill ride, and the 13-episode runtime gives the determinedly alinear ...
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“Even if you don’t know his work, you have certainly seen some of these images,” says Every Frame a Painting’s Tony Zhou in the series’ video essay on Kon’s work, which includes the internationally acclaimed films Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika.
