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Edko Films Screens Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist Documentary in Hong Kong on November 4
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Edko Films began streaming a Chinese- and English-subtitled trailer for Carlotta Films' French documentary film Satoshi Kon, l'illusionniste (Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist, previously titled Satoshi Kon: La Machine À Rêves) on Tuesday. Edko Films will open the documentary in theaters in Hong Kong on November 4.
The film had its world premiere at the Festival de Cannes 2021, which took place from July 6-17. The film screened in the "Cannes Classics 2021: the documentaries" section of the festival, where it won the Bronze Audience Award for Best Documentary.
The documentary features interviews with: Mamoru Oshii, Mamoru Hosoda, Masao Maruyama, Tarō Maki, Masashi Ando, Aya Suzuki, Masaaki Usada, Sadayuki Murai, Hiroyuki Okiura, Masafumi Mima, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Nobutaka Ike, Junko Iwao, Megumi Hayashibara, Shōzō Iizuka, Jeremy Clapin, Marc Caro, Marie Pruvost-Delaspre, Alexis Blanchet, Dimitri Megherbi, Yael Ben Nun, Rodney Rothman, Darren Aronofsky, and Andrew Osmond.
Satoshi Kon passed away on August 24, 2010.
Kon began working as a manga creator on such works as Kaikisen (1990) before deciding to delve into the anime industry with the art design of Hiroyuki Kitakubo and Katsuhiro Ōtomo's Roujin Z video in 1991. He then worked on the script and art direction of "Magnetic Rose," a segment of Otomo's 1995 science-fiction anthology film Memories.
Kon first drew worldwide attention with his feature film directorial debut, the psychological suspense film Perfect Blue, in 1997. He would follow that with a string of critically acclaimed anime projects: Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Paranoia Agent (2004), and Paprika (2006). At the time of his passing, Kon was working at Madhouse on a feature film called Yume-Miru Kikai (The Dreaming Machine). Madhouse announced later that year that it had resumed production on Yume-Miru Kikai, but the project remains unfinished. Masao Maruyama most recently stated in August 2018 that the film is still unfinished. He also reported at the same time that that a script is being written for an anime adaptation of Satoshi Kon's OPUS manga.
Source: Edko Films' YouTube channel
Disclaimer: Andrew Osmond, ANN's UK Editor, is one of the interviewees featured in the film. Andrew was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.
