Yoshitaka Amano's Angel's Egg

Team_Wingless

Team_Wingless

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I know Final Fantasy fans are into Amano, anyone see his film Angel's Egg? Anime fans hate on it (they hate everything) but I thought it was the deepest, darkest, most sophisticated animated feature probably ever made. It seemed to fly right over everyone's head that this film is actually about a rape, and it kept Amano from working for a while in the 80's apparently. Personally I found it so wroght with innocence-shattering imagery that it's hard not to get its meaning, but it was mainly an atmospheric experience more than a coherent story. Like an LSD trip into the existential psyche (idk tho, never dropped acid).

Anyone else see this movie and have their own creative interpretation?
 
trash panda

trash panda

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I didn't know this was an anime. I've been eyeballing the book on ebay for a while but it lingers around $50. I also didn't know what it was about. Where did you watch (or even find) the film?
 
Team_Wingless

Team_Wingless

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There's a book? Is it an art book or a book book? Link?

It's probably the greatest anime I've ever seen, but I'm into deep surrealist stuff. If you just go in with an open mind and turn off your filters it'll blow you away.
 
HylianMogget

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I saw this a while ago, but it's been so long - and the film is so extremely obtuse - that I wouldn't be able to offer an interpretation of it without re-watching it. I kind of remember thinking it could be some sort of an allegory about faith or have something to do with religion, but I mostly just remember being really baffled by it :monster: . It definitely has great imagery - the shadow fish in particular are really striking.

Just a note - I think it was Mamoru Oshii (the director) who had trouble getting work following Angel's Egg. The film was a collaboration between him and Amano. I'd be interested in learning how much involvement Amano had with the story (ANN lists both Oshii and Amano as having story and original concept credits, which is interesting, as I always assumed it was Oshii's story and Amano's art direction/design).
 
RedFFWolf

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So, I saw it last night. Very interesting film. Definitely a lot I could say about it, but I know when it comes to things like this, I get more ideas as I write, and by the time I've finished I'll have decided to delete nearly everything I'd have written beforehand. I'll just say it's worth a watch :monster:, especially if you're the kind of viewer who is willing to do more than the film to work out the story.


HylianMogget said:
I saw this a while ago, but it's been so long - and the film is so extremely obtuse - that I wouldn't be able to offer an interpretation of it without re-watching it. I kind of remember thinking it could be some sort of an allegory about faith or have something to do with religion, but I mostly just remember being really baffled by it :monster: . It definitely has great imagery - the shadow fish in particular are really striking.

Just a note - I think it was Mamoru Oshii (the director) who had trouble getting work following Angel's Egg. The film was a collaboration between him and Amano. I'd be interested in learning how much involvement Amano had with the story (ANN lists both Oshii and Amano as having story and original concept credits, which is interesting, as I always assumed it was Oshii's story and Amano's art direction/design).
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The shadows of the fish - definitely!
The dangers of blind faith? Clinging onto the shadows of their past? The sheer fact that they only move when the shadows come out! So much can be said about it. "Striking" really is the word for it.

This might be of interest :) http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2012-10-29/interview-yoshitaka-amano - Just down to the section of "Angel's Egg"


Team_Wingless said:
There's a book? Is it an art book or a book book? Link?

It's probably the greatest anime I've ever seen, but I'm into deep surrealist stuff. If you just go in with an open mind and turn off your filters it'll blow you away.
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One of the first things that sprang into my mind while watching this was the game, Yume Nikki - not that there is that much to compare, but enough considering there is not much that could compare to Angel's Egg. Indeed, you might enjoy the game. Surreal is the perfect word for it. The imagery tells more than dialogue can (in fact, the game has none), and interpretation is required.


Howl said:
Thanks for the link, Red! I'm saving that for tomorrow night. (Friday, no bed time). :awesome:
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No problemo :D
Just hit the CC button for English subtitles. I know another video with automatic English subtitles, but it's also got a big, fat Watermark plastered across a top corner. I even compared subtitles of both; what I compared were the same, so nothing to be missed there!
 
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