Should you watch Millennium Actress?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Millennium Actress
Anime · 2002
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.
The sides of Millennium Actress
- An actress telling her life to a film crew
- A key she promised to give back
- Her films and her memories running into each other
Millennium Actress is good for you if…
- you want images that cross a century without a cut.
- you like working out which scene is a memory and which is a film.
- you like a whole life spent looking for one person.
Millennium Actress is bad for you if…
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles for ninety minutes.
About: memory · love · cinema
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