Satoshi Kon

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.