This is my all time favorite anime film, the only one to dethrone Akira. It now resides next to Grave of the Fireflies.

Millennium Actress is a 2001 Japanese animated film by director Satoshi Kon.

The narrative style is complicated and interwoven in the style of "play within a play": the film itself is about a director, Tachibana, who is working on a documentary about a famous actress, Chiyoko Fujiwara. Chiyoko has grown old and has withdrawn from public life, but Tachibana slowly draws her out. The story of Chiyoko's life, from teenage schoolgirl to middle-aged superstar, gradually unfolds, as told through flashbacks interspersed with segments taken from her long history of films. Chiyoko's life spans the tumultuous period surrounding World War II, while her characters in movies span a time period from Sengoku period through a futuristic space age.

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ftw - a ladybug submission

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Music - REM

Politics - Lyrics include "World serves its
own needs, listen to your heart bleed. Tell me with the rapture and the
reverent in the right - right. You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright
light, feeling pretty psyched."

Comedy - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Puppy scratching himself at the end always makes me laugh.

Cute - Beagle & goats

Geek - Skateboard, floppy bowl cut, comic book held up to camera. I wish he were playing with the Millennium Falcon rather than a generic jet, but oh well.

I almost ordered a tetsujin t-shirt a month or so ago. Also much thanks for the millennium actress hookup, have been craving some new anime.