Satoshi Kon
4 titles · japanese contemporary
Animation used to make identity come apart. Kon cuts between dream, performance, memory and waking life on a match, so that the seam disappears and the viewer loses footing along with the character.
Signature
- Match cuts joining incompatible realities.
- Performance, celebrity and media consumption as subject.
- Female protagonists whose selfhood is under attack.
- Animation chosen specifically for what live action cannot elide.
Paprika
Tokyo Godfathers
Millennium Actress
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