Release date: 07/07/2007
Genres:
Animation, Science Fiction
Countries:
Japan
Rating:
6.4
7 Impacts by 7 Directors
The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride.
Tomoko Kaneda
Rinko Kikuchi
Yuya Yagira
Tampopo
11/23/1985
Kuroneko
02/24/1968
Waxwork
06/17/1988
Genius Party Beyond
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The Quiet American
11/22/2002
Kid's Story
06/03/2003
Grass
09/15/1999
One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes
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Jungle Jail
08/16/2007
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
06/21/1988
I Saw the Devil
08/12/2010
The NeverEnding Story
04/06/1984
Chasing Amy
04/04/1997
La Notte
01/24/1961
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
05/24/1989
Elevator to the Gallows
01/29/1958
12 Years a Slave
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Freedomland
02/17/2006
Kikujiro
06/05/1999