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beingharsh · 10 months

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), dir. Shunji Iwai

#all about lily chou-chou #shunji iwai #yu aoi #film #film stills #filmedit #movies #movie stills #cinema #cinephile #movie quotes #film quotes #my posts

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sympathyforlady · 2 months

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orkuts · 1 year

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リリイ・シュシュのすべて

all about lily chou-chou (2001)

#jdrama #jmovie #japanese movies #2000s nostalgia #2000s movies #lily chou-chou #all about lily chou-chou #movies #letterboxd #japanese movie #リリイ・シュシュのすべて #aesthetic movies #dream pop #experimental music #2000年代の映画 #2001 movies #映画 #lily chou chou

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xenosagaepisodeone · 10 months

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

#all about lily chou-chou #film #i'm kind of happy i put off watching this for so long...i dont think i would have been able to appreciate the full scope of what it offers #as a teenager #instant top 10 for me

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junglejim4322 · 1 year

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

#All About Lily Chou-Chou #lily chou chou #shunji iwai #shugo oshinari #hayato ichihara #japanese cinema #film #c #yeah this did ruin my life in case you were wondering

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sklira · 8 months

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Making of All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) Dir. Shunji Iwai

#all about lily chou-chou #lily chou-chou #Shunji Iwai #岩井俊二 #my post #film #gif #cine

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nirbanox · 1 year

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

Directed by Shunji Iwai

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vampilllia · 2 years

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#lily chou-chou #all about lily chou-chou #☆

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jinsei-pika-pika · 7 months

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『Ç† All About Lily Chou-Chou / リリイ・シュシュのすべて』 Shunji Iwai

#リリイ・シュシュのすべて #Shunji Iwai #岩井俊二 #Ç† All About Lily Chou-Chou #All About Lily Chou-Chou #Lily Chou Chou #リリイシュシュ #2001 #Y2K #Film #Movie #The Movies #Yu Aoi #蒼井優 #eiga #映画

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ogradyfilm · 1 year

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Recently Viewed: All About Lily Chou-Chou

The protagonist of Shunji Iwai’s All About Lily Chou-Chou frequently claims that the eponymous (fictional) musician draws inspiration from a nebulously defined metaphysical plane called “The Ether.” This appellation perfectly matches the film’s stylized cinematography, which is best described as “ethereal.” The camera drifts, glides, and soars like a disembodied spirit listlessly observing a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Wide-angle lenses distort the frame, warping landscapes and twisting faces into grotesque caricatures. The color palette alternates between vibrantly saturated and drearily washed-out, but never comes close to resembling anything “naturalistic.” Overall, the imagery is less concerned with depicting an objective “reality” than it is with conveying a particular mood.

And that mood is relentlessly bleak and oppressive.

Like the other movies screened for Japan Society’s recent Shunji Iwai retrospective, All About Lily Chou-Chou is most accurately classified as a coming-of-age story; rather than exploring a significant transitional period in the life of a single character (adolescence in Fireworks, early adulthood in April Story), however, it adopts a broader perspective, dissecting the pervasive disillusionment of Japan’s youth culture at the turn of the millennium. Childhood innocence seemingly no longer exists: classroom bullying often borders on outright organized crime, with social pariahs effectively forced into indentured servitude by their more sadistic and domineering peers. These ostracized outcasts retreat into online chatrooms, building digital communities that offer them some semblance of solace… but also further isolate them. Additionally, the inherent anonymity of such virtual relationships actually makes them more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.

After all, who knows what secrets the person on the other side of the monitor might be hiding?

Despite its challenging subject matter, All About Lily Chou-Chou is a captivatingly beautiful anarchic nightmare—haunting, hypnotic, and ultimately hopeful. I’m glad that I had the opportunity to experience it in a packed theater, projected in glorious 35mm; its sprawling visuals shouldn’t be confined to the claustrophobic screen of a television or laptop.

#All About Lily Chou-Chou #All About Lily Chou Chou #Lily Chou-Chou #Lily Chou Chou #Shunji Iwai #Japan Society #Japanese film #Japanese cinema #film #writing #movie review

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shojoknife · 1 year

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Lily Chou-Chou was wrong. I don’t wanna be.

#lily chou-chou #all about lily chou-chou #glide

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beingharsh · 2 months

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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001), dir. Shunji Iwai

#all about lily chou-chou #shunji iwai #film #film stills #filmedit #movies #movie stills #cinema #cinephile #film aesthetic #y2k #dailyworldcinema #my posts

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miopoyo · 9 months

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Lily chou-chou (2001)

It all started listening to one of lily chou - chou songs blindly and then it became my favorite artist then it became my personality and my life now. This gives me an experience that I would never forget and it would always be in my heart, and watching the movie would be another extra crying session. no words can explain how lily chou-chou change my world and everything

Thank you 🫶🫶

#all about lily chou-chou

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ruledbytheseasons · 4 months

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