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The acclaimed director of Love Letter and April Story, Shunji Iwai’s All About Lily Chou Chou is told through the eyes of Yuichi, a teenage boy in love with pop music and pop stars. Particularly beholden to Yuichi is the ethereal star Lily Chou Chou, the subject of her own website where a loyal coterie of ‘Lilyphiles’ trade gossip, information, and speculation. Yuichi takes increasing solace in her fictional world, gradually using it as a weapon with which to fight his crippling shyness and the harsh realities of the outside world. Conceived after Iwai attended a Hong Kong concert by Canto-pop diva Faye Wong (the star of Chungking Express), All About Lily Chou Chou began life first as a novel (as yet unfinished) before transforming into an interactive text maintained by Iwai on the lily-holic.com website. The interactive development of the project was crucial, enhancing the parallel narratives that are made horribly clear by the film’s gripping conclusion. Incorporating a hyperreal display of high-definition video and an extraordinary, at times rapturous use of music, All About Lily Chou Chou offers wonderfully executed sensory pleasure in abundance, more than this however it intelligently addresses prescient themes of violence, bullying and alienated adolescence. A genuine cinematic achievement and undoubtedly Iwai’s finest work.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Achingly beautiful,
By a reader (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All About Lily Chou-Chou [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
This is the one film that has touched me in a way no other film has before. Partly the visuals, party the haunting music, but mostly the depiction of loneliness and existential confusion which goes beyond what it feels to be a teenager and penetrates what it can feel like to simply be alive sometimes. Please watch this film.
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a tough film - but well worth the struggle,
This review is from: All About Lily Chou-Chou [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
First of all, the comments on the DVD box are extremely misleading. The critical compliments they have gathered suggest that this film is a beautifully shot ethereal tribute to a myserious pop star called Lily Chou Chou which deals a little with the subject of bullying. This is not entirely true. It is pretty beautifully shot and the word 'ether' reoccurs several times and, sure, a pop star called Lily Chou Chou does feature. But this film does more than briefly deal with the subject of bullying. This film is about bullying. And not just any sort of bullying. We're talking about young teenage boys pimping for their female class mates; boys and girls inflicting serious physical and psycological damage on one another - out and out cruelty. This film does not present a very happy picture of teenage life. Don't buy or rent it if you're looking for something to exactly lift your spirits.However, this isn't to say it isn't worth watching. It may simply give you les pleasure than you expected, asking a little more of your brain than films often do. It's a little overlong (two and quarter hours, but it sometimes feels like five)but, goodness, it certainly is an experience. Less of a tribute to teenage obsessions with pop music than a study of teenage life in which pop obsessions play no more of a part than to soundtrack the continuing misery. Still, I'd give it a go if I were you
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Remarkable,
This review is from: All About Lily Chou-Chou [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Shunji Iwai's visually sumptuous and achingly beautiful cinematic style is employed to stunning effect, in what can perhaps be described as the definitive 'coming-of-age' drama to appear in Japan. The genuinly moving story is played out to a backdrop of vibrant colour depicting both the dark and light of rural Japanese culture. The use of Debussy's romantic piano pieces to highlight the shockingly brutal reality of the film is quite masterful, as is the skillful touch of blending this with the etheral tones of the fictional Diva Lily Chou-Chou. The film handles strong issues seen through the eyes of Yuichi, the introvert central character, with flair and compassion, allowing both the actions and consequences to be seen in full. As a piece of cinema it is mezmerizing, yet as a social comment it is inspired. All About Lily Chou-Chou is truly a masterpiece of modern film making, it's hauntingly powerful images long remaining in memory, a testament to the films brilliance.
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