DVD : All About Lily Chou-Chou [Region 2]

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All About Lily Chou-Chou [Region 2]
starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Ôsawa, Miwako Ichikawa
directed by: Shunji Iwai

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Used Price: $49.72

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
The pain and suffering of junior high is always good movie fodder, and in All About Lily Chou-Chou the topic gets an unfamiliar and moody airing. Director Shunji Iwai takes a discursive, sometimes baffling look into the life of a bullied kid whose misery is broken by his worship of a pop star, Lily Chou-Chou. Internet chat room exchanges punctuate the film's narrative, as Yuichi and his anonymous Lily-philes share their intoxication with the "Ether"--the mystery of life that Lily's voice somehow illuminates. The film's style (and length) offer little in the way of traditional movie-watching pleasure, and the mystifying storytelling will have some viewers giving up in exasperation. Still, the portrait of adolescent loneliness rings true, and the ferocity of school bullying is laid bare. On the latter subject, this film is a little like the kill-or-be-killed apocalypse of Battle Royale, without the fantasy overlay. --Robert Horton

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Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060034570561
Format: PAL
Languages: EnglishSubtitledJapaneseOriginal Language
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 146 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: 2001

Customer Reviews

A unique and thought-provoking film
Although 'All About Lily Cou-Chou' starts out rather slow and vaguely understandable it's entirety more than makes up for it. If you were to take away one or each part of the film it would in itself still be a beautiful piece of work. The layering of the minimalistic but sharp dialogue, stunning camerawork, and music that adds so much depth to each scene cannot be disregarded.

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