Though there is still minimal plot information available for Paprika director Satoshi Kon's new kid-friendly science fiction animated feature The Dreaming Machine the official website and blog have just been updated with the first images released from the film. Kon in kid-friendly mode is an interesting thing ... there are elements of the design work that are clearly familiar to fans of his work but all of it run through a slightly different filter. I love the look of this and simply can't wait to see it in motion.
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One word: beautiful!
But... that IS Paprika, right?
If not, she looks an awful lot like her...
It's an interesting redesign, but it's hard to get too excited about it... I still can't get on with Kon. I found Perfect Blue wildly over-rated and while Paprika was a great improvement it was still glib, shallow, inconsistent and occasionally very poorly plotted. (Still one of the all-time great opening sequences, though. Susumu Hirasawa for the win, as they say.)
Kon at it again means only good news to everybody. And so far all I have seen from this looks just great.
Wow, it looks stunning! Can't wait for the trailer! And...can't wait for the movie itself of course!!!! Bring it on (theatres, DVD, I don't care!), and bring Summer wars on too!
I'm with >Eight Rooks
Perfect Blue.. what?
Millenium Actress: Thumbs up!
Tokyo Godfathers: The best so far!
Paprika..? bleh.
back to the screenshots;
looks typical Kon.. is it actually 3D cel shading?
I've really enjoyed everything Satoshi Kon has done, and am looking forward to this film.
No mention of Paranoia Agent??? For shame! It happens to be my favorite Kon project!!
Shows how memorable I found Tokyo Godfathers since it completely slipped my mind. It had some good bits, true, but never really rose that far above mediocrity; it's the kind of thing where if it were a live-action Hollywood production there'd be nothing to stop it getting savaged by half the critics out there (lazy, predictable plotting, semi-dodgy stereotypes, uninspired set pieces, not a trace of moral ambiguity).
I get very self-conscious about bashing something people evidently love so much, but seriously, I've simply never really 'got' the man's work. Still haven't seen Millennium Actress or Paranoia Agent, though (friggin' British censors!), and I did love some of Paprika, so... not out of the question I might catch this some day.
Awesome, LOVE the retro feeling in the designs.
Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers and Milenium actress are great movies. I liked Paprika too but diferently. It is more like a Hirasawa teamed up crazy videoclip to me, as well as some chapters of Paranoia agent which has the feeling of recycling too many ideas. Some brilliant some not.
Anyway, Kon is one of the bests. Great news.