Part of Restoration Roundup and Staff Picks and programmed by Nathan, who says “What happens when the future director of GHOST IN THE SHELL and the concept artist behind Final Fantasy make a meditative arthouse film? Well they don’t make any money, but they do create an intricately illustrated, hauntingly beautiful and bizarre cult classic that’s one of the most transcendent film experiences I’ve ever had.”
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In an underwater city, a young girl takes care of a large egg she holds carefully in her arms – a treasure that she believes is an angel’s egg. A boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in his dream. At first it seems as if feelings of sympathy are developing between the two. First released directly to home video in 1985, the film is a creative collaboration between internationally acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL), who wrote and directed the feature, and revered artist Yoshitaka Amano (VAMPIRE HUNTER D). The film beautifully intertwines Oshii’s thematic reflections on philosophy and theology, with Amano’s distinctive ink painting style, culminating in an arrestingly beautiful hand-drawn allegorical fantasy.
New 4K Restoration supervised by director Mamoru Oshii.
“Quite simply one of the most mesmerizing films you could ever hope to see…. That this new 4K restoration will be widely available for waves of filmgoers to be both haunted and enamored by is one of the most exciting cinematic prospects of the year.” —Alex Papaioannou, In Session Film “Could arguably be considered the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY of Japanese anime…. Viewers who thrive on symbolic puzzles and filling in gaps with their imagination will find this to be an immersive pleasure to return to and study again and again.” —Seth Troyer, Pop Matters “This is a movie that should be absorbed and experienced first, and then picked apart for speculative answers. Oshii himself says he doesn’t know what his film is about, but its deep longing for hope amid the catastrophe pokes through.” —Steve Erickson, Arts Fuse
