Shunji Iwai, Ayako Fujitani, Jun Murakami

A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera.

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Unrated, 128 min

Directed by: Hideaki Anno

Release Date: December 7, 2000

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  • October 21, 2009
    One thing is for sure, this film has some of the most gloriously thought out and constructed set designs ever. A lot of the film takes place in the young girl's "apartment" which is about the size of an average K-Mart. Each room is like a different department but it doesn't seem ...( read more)strange once you enter the world Hideaki Anno has created. Anno comes from years working in Anime so his visual imagination works on a different level than most. This is a beautiful film with stunning photography. When the couple are outside they're usually hanging out on or near railroad tracks, creating all kinds of wonderful lines and framing. On the downside, the story is standard "crazy free-spirited girl captivates man" stuff; the dialog and philosophy get a little precious from time to time; neither of the two can really act--they're just supposed to be attractive cool people (they are)--but Anno makes the best of their limitations. This is definitely an indie/arty bag of ennui, but it does do some interesting things and even goes all Dogme 95 for a scene at the end.

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  • May 18, 2008
    This has got to be my all time favourite film. Anno brought fujitani's book to life, and he did it sooooo well. With the atmosphere and beauty of an iwai film. Poetic and touching. I really need to read fujitani's book, not only was her performance amazing, the material her a...( read more)nd anno had to work with was a brilliant and realistic account of an emotionally drained, damaged, and lost young girl.

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