4.25.2007

Coming Soon: Paprika

Okay, this excites me.

I have only seen two of Satoshi Kon's previous works, Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress, and am in search of a third, Tokyo Godfathers. He illustrates perfectly how animation isn't just for kiddie tales. Perfect Blue, for example, is in the best Hitchcock tradition and most definitely not for kids.

Paprika looks to be in that vein. It looks dazzling and I'm hooked on the music in the trailer. The only question is whether it will ever see the light of day in the Sacramento valley, or even San Francisco, or is LA and NYC only. Which means waiting for the DVD.

Of course, I'm still waiting for the Sky Blue DVD release, another film which never had a theatrical run in my neck of the woods.

2 comments:

SNAKE said...

sorry ,but i want to know:what's paprika?i'm chinese

bob said...

Paprika is the latest anime film from Japanese writer/director Satoshi Kon. From the description at the website, it deals with a psychotherapist who can enter her patient's dreams with her alter ego, known as Paprika.