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> That story started in the early ‘90s, in London. A local businessman saw Akira at an art film screening. Exhibit A on why I looooove movie screenings Imagin
by yieldcrv 3y ago
> That story started in the early ‘90s, in London. A local businessman saw Akira at an art film screening.
Exhibit A on why I looooove movie screenings
Imaging seeing a bunch of quirky short film misses from amateur producers that at least take initiative, to seeing Akira. in the early 90s. an advanced style in a medium nobody had really explored with a cohesive well thought out message. And you’re like “and this story and director came out of where? Japan?”
today that would share similarities to the idea of something wholly unexpected in the entertainment world came out of Iraq, but without any fanfare just an exhibit at a small industry event in your town
- jonhohle 3y ago> an advanced style in a medium nobody had really explored with a cohesive well thought out message. Only of you ignore Miyazaki. Nausicaa and to a lesser extent Castle in the Sky aren’t cyberpunk, but definitely pushed the state of the art and storytelling forward with universally applicable narratives. I’m not saying Akira isn’t good or that the viewing wasn’t serendipitous, but it certainly wasn’t alone in what was happening in Japan at the time.