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War's Uncertain Inevitability
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# __~~~War’s Uncertain Inevitability~~~__
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Mamoru Oshii is an undoubtedly talented director, and a seemingly quite troubled, introspective person. This leads him to utilize his film-making less as form of entertainment and more as a vehicle to reflect upon the tensions within his own mind an…
Read full review on AniList →Mamoru Oshii's Legacy
Mamoru Oshii's _The Sky Crawlers_ is an inaccessible film.
By his own admission, it wasn't something that lent itself to the international stage, unlike his work on _Ghost In The Shell_. It's themes and indeed its intent are harder to discern, but beneath the surface is a piece of media that begs t…
Read full review on AniList →A visually haunting analysis of war that offers personal hope in the end.
In the world of The Sky Crawlers, there is a painful romance between two immortal beings. Used as tools and weapons, they are experiments used by their government to fight an endless war. Even if they die they’ll be cloned back to life and lose that life’s memory. At the center is the longest surviv…
Read full review on AniList →The Sky Crawlers // 2008 Mamoru Oshii
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Hace un tiempo ya que empecé a reflexionar sobre la guerra,no sobre si es buena o mala, tema que tengo desde bastante antes asimilado,si no que nos lleva a ese estado de conflicto permanente.
Sky Crawlers es una película atemporal, no importa el año producida, y aunque por culpa de…
Read full review on AniList →Oshii's life-affirming perspective on repetition and reincarnation
A meditative immersion in dull routine and mannerisms, _The Sky Crawlers_ is (while not immediately apparent) existential and optimistic. The world is at war, and modified, eternal youths called Kildren are used as pilots. Ace pilot Kannami (Ryo Kase) is among these and stationed at a new airbase wh…
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