I just saw this last night. The level of detail, as you can see, is mindblowing, and consistent throughout the film. Unfortunately the plotting is a little confused, likely suffering from cramming a richly detailed manga into the film format (much like Akira did). The excellent soundtrack is by Plaid, who I happen to have an e-crush on, so that was a pleasant surprise. Definitely worth seeing. posted by mek at 3:58 AM on March 19, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
Thanks for the link! Wonderful, evocative art and the setting somehow reminds me of old hong kong. The blogger's own drawings aren't bad either. posted by monocot at 5:31 AM on March 19, 2008
I watched this in HD about 2 months ago and the level of art from the animation, writing, music etc was really inspiring. Thanks, Blazecock! posted by spec80 at 5:46 AM on March 19, 2008
uncanny. i just watched this for the first time last night as well. posted by ruthsarian at 6:11 AM on March 19, 2008
mek - Plaid is an old favorite of mine as well. There is a remix CD of the soundtrack too, involving Derrick May, Prefuse 73, Shinichi Osawa, and others.
The DVD of TK that I rented had an interview with Ed + Andy plus the filmmaker about the soundtrack. I found it amusing. The two guys are laid-back and sincere thruout the interview, but they're not used to being interviewed on camera and didn't seem comfy talking about their process. posted by shortfuse at 6:41 AM on March 19, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]
Those are some great illustrations. Can I gel wallpaper sized ones anywhere? posted by Mach5 at 6:53 AM on March 19, 2008
Wow. It actually made me nostalgic for a place I've never been in a time before I lived. posted by sourwookie at 7:21 AM on March 19, 2008
The art is impressive ($$$), but the story was thin at best, and absent at worst. Watch Mind Game. If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen the best of Studio 4°C. posted by crunch buttsteak at 8:22 AM on March 19, 2008
Paprika is okay, but TK suffers from terrible underlying-indie-self-centeredness, and a plot that has ADD. Have you seen Millennium Actress? Loads, loads better than Paprika, I thought. posted by crunch buttsteak at 8:35 AM on March 19, 2008
Man, I loved Black and White, but this is just amazing artwork. Thanks. posted by klangklangston at 10:07 AM on March 19, 2008
Those are beautiful! I really enjoyed Paprika, maybe I should check this out, and Millennium Actress. posted by owhydididoit at 12:30 PM on March 19, 2008
this is the book link.. and ditto, the book was so good (read before the movie in my case) that i spent all night up to finish it.
the book won a best of 2007 award from publisher's week. it's awesome. posted by eatdonuts at 2:39 PM on March 19, 2008
Still waiting to see the art of ThelaHunGinjeet posted by Afroblanco at 4:07 PM on March 19, 2008
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