Episode 680: Millennium Actress (2001)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We continue Japanese month with a request from listener Vaughn Kuhlemeier, Millennium Actress (2001). Directed by Satoshi Kon, the film tells the story of Chiyoki Fujiwara, an actress who met a fugitive when she was a young lady who spent the rest of her life looking for him. She’s approached by a filmmaker and his cameraman to celebrate the studio she helped make famous. As they learn about her life they enter into her memories and films -- as does the audience. We move seamlessly between fantasy and reality in this beautifully animated film.

El Goro and Professor Earl Jackson join Mike to discuss Kon's work.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.6	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Oh, This time, this time
0:41.6	this dayingay
0:42.7	company
0:43.4	is the low-cue-ca-no-it-o-sign-sat-oge-all-hye-old
0:47.0	shirk-moeigh-as-o-hulled.
0:49.3	This project was
0:51.1	the memorial to-stead
0:52.8	,
0:53.0	the sole-nit-n-n-native-lach-to-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-old-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-hack-h...
1:01.0	...kond-oldeck...
1:05.0	...hajewan-hawrigh-Nas...
1:07.0	...Ivojewiwara Tioco.
1:12.6	I never to this I don't know what I'd.
1:14.6	Dyeye was.
1:16.6	It's the one thing
1:17.6	The one
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Projection Booth, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Projection Booth and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.