Anyone watch this at NYICFF?

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If so, what did you think of it?

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It was a very unique film. I guess you could summarize it as a fairytale about the state of the Japanese car industry? Its main topics are autonomous vehicles and corporate politics, which seems pretty down to earth, but half of the story is told through the main character's fantastical dreams where magic rules. According to the director, it was inspired by the decline of Japanese innovation after the 3/11 earthquake, and he specifically chose the Japanese car industry because it has historically been a place where they had innovated a lot. Just because of these off the wall topics alone I'd say the movie is worth watching.

The movie uses quite a bit of CG, but it's not a bad use given all of the vehicles. The story is heavily symbolic and by the end all of the metaphors become a bit tangled up, but there is a good bit that does work and is fun to puzzle out. Visually, I found it capable enough and it had some expressive character animation. All in all, it's not my favorite movie ever, but it's totally unique and worth experiencing.

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