I watched Spirited Away last night again. . . I'm always impressed by the look of the film, and the concept is really terrifying. . . turns out rather tame, however :-) My brother liked Spirited Away so much I bought him the 6 book Manga collection. The art was just incredible, and then I realized they had just taken movie frames and used them as illustration. . .
The animated "Metropolis" has been repeated on the premium cable channels so frequently that I've caught it several times. I also like the design of that film. I hope it brings more movie watchers to the original.
I've never seen it. . . is the story more coherent?
Yes -- actually a very biting and even more satirical script which could have been written by George Orwell or even Anthony Burgess.
I see. . . I may have to check that out :-)
The animated "Metropolis" sure owes a lot to "Spirited Away." My favorite part in the later film was the lighting of the laterns and night -- reminded me of "Raise the Red Laterns." The unfettered imagination gave the film a dream quality that you can't fake.
Back to this restoration. I really commend the artistic integrity of the primarilly German group who decided this film should be perserved in all its glory. They knew what they wanted to achieve and they came close to being perfect (Lawd knows what they had to work with).
Was it really a German group? That's neat. . . a lot of the Germans I know these days have never even heard of Metropolis. . . the only German cinema they're real familiar with is, of course, Lola rennt. . .
It is a German company and they've worked on a lot of American films. Their techniques are painstaking and they only rely on digital when all coventional methods fail to do an adquate job.
