ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU LOST FOOTAGE FULL

His best friend, always the underdog, demands to be heard to be the top of something and a rivalry takes over what was once a close companionship.

ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU LOST FOOTAGE FULL

The winner is a reserved, quietly rebellious, teen whose success begins to unsettle the balance in the school full of troubled students. The clapping game in which challengers see how many claps they can do before having to reach out for the railing on the roof of the school defines who is top dog. A brief skim though the comments of the films soundtrack on YouTube is evidence that even twenty years on, this film has found a connection with the adolescents of now and I mean, how much more powerful can something be than seeing that. ItРІР‚в„ўs rooted in reality and far more moving for it. Few films have imbued the online alter-egos of its characters so effectively whilst capturing the honest depiction of fanaticism in youth, and the importance of music as an identity at such a young age.

Best of all, its characterization, writing, originality and young actors are astounding.

Iwai infuses the film with an amazing soundtrack incorporating the works of Debussy and the songs of fictional Lily Chou-Chou, a highlight being the powerful Glide, (exactly the kind of music I would have and still do jam to even now) Beautiful cinematography through the lens of a digital camera gives the film a far more authentic feel. Through the eyes of a fourteen year old, we see his anti-social behaviours, his disassociation and the descent of his best friend once the top of his class to the school bully following a near death experience. Escaping through the musicians music, they are not brought together but flung into isolation. Not until then end do we know which teen is under what online pseudonym, but this safe space runs parallel to the harrowing lives the youngsters follow, constructed non-linearly to enhance the feeling of fragmentation and displacement in their lives. It is here in the РІР‚ВEtherРІР‚в„ў that these teens escape, through chat rooms where the characters reveal their deepest feelings about the singer. Exploring bullying, isolation and escapism, the film revolves around a group of teens and the music of the enigmatic singer Lily Chou-Chou. Finally he used the online presence of the story to create the eventual film using the platform to engage his audience in an interactive experience in the run up to the film. Apparently inspired by the directorРІР‚в„ўs attendance at a Faye Wong concert, he eventually began work on an online novel through chat logs of teen fascination with a fictional pop star. Pretty much the defining teen film of the early 2000РІР‚в„ўs, Iwai managed something rarely found in depictions of adolescent crisis on film, an experience all too familiar and entirely tragic. For now, I would like a chance to celebrate the last twenty one years of Japanese cinema and itРІР‚в„ўs progression within many of the contexts I have highlighted in my criticisms and concerns. And I know there is much more to explore within this issue that I would gladly tackle at a later date. I do hope, in the next coming entries, you can see some progress, if minute. I therefore do not wish to scrutinize too much where I cannot fully grasp the scope of the issue, which I am aware is there. Where Japanese cinema is far behind in representation, I do feel its creative ideals and its ingenuity has reached out to many, speaking to many such as myself and been eye-opening where many films in the western canon have failed. As I have said, these films are ones I have enjoyed immensely and I feel are beginning to show some progress in representation. There are other things missing from Japanese cinema that I have a minimal education or knowledge in with regard to politics, race, disability, sexuality and mental health within the country. Where last time I discussed gender, it is here I want another opportunity to discuss further diversity and representation within Japanese cinema.

All about lily chou chou lost footage