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Alternative Cinema: Millennium Actress

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 6:30–7:30 PM

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Director: Satoshi Kon, 2001, 86 minutesReleased at around the same time as another famous anime Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Satoshi Kon’s critically acclaimed Millennium Actress was inspired by the life of the Japanese actress Setsuko Hara. Opening simply as the making of a documentary on the retired actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, the film quickly becomes a mesmerizing blend between Fujiwara’s films and her memories of her real-life experiences. Through a running thread of the protagonist searching for her first and true love, Kon’s stream-of-consciousness imagery evokes specific historical events and periods while also suspending the laws of space and time.

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