Stop-motion magic - love these films Read the full article on AICN As a boy, from the earliest of memory we had a friend named Walter S Falk, who referred to himself as a samurai artist.  He believed in telling stories in watercolor with the fewest brush strokes.  He had a PHD from the University of Texas and we saw all Japanese cinema with him.   The latest Kurosawa, but also Lone Wolf & Cub flicks, Ozu films.  He would combine samurai themes with concepts from advance physics and fantasy.   He was truly one of the dearest souls I’ve ever known and I missed the shit out of him all through KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS.   This is a tale that takes place in ancient Japan – we’re dealing with a story of demigods, accursed spirit creations, gods and the humanity that shudders in awe.   But this isn’t any Japan you’ve ever seen before.  This is… hand crafted stylized Japan by the artists of Laika.  This is exquisite joy.     Kubo is a responsible boy with a great weight and strange abilities foisted upon him.    Wait.  Before that.   The film begins in Blackness as a voice tells us to blink now or not at all.  Telling us that every detail, every bit that is upon this screen is there for a reason.   Not randomly, but purposefully.   We’re looking at paint and light and the functional insanity that is Stop-Motion animation.   My greatest fetish.  The other greatest longest feature film fetish is Martial Arts cinema – and you put those two dear genres together – and let my eyes Finish the article on AICN

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