Memories (film)
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{{Infobox Film
| name = Memories
| image = Memoriesaaa.jpg|200px
| caption = 'Memories' DVD Cover
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| director = [[Kôji Morimoto]]<br>[[Tensai Okamura]]<br/>[[Katsuhiro Otomo]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Kon Satoshi]] (script)<br/>[[Otomo Katsuhiro]] (story, script)
| starring =
| music = [[Yoko Kanno]]<br>[[Jun Miyaki]]<br>[[Hiroyuki Nagashima]]
| distributor =
| released = [[December 23]], [[1995]] ([[Japan]])
| runtime = 113 min
| country = Japan
| language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| imdb_id = 0113799
| amg_id = 1:154334
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'''''Memories''''' (also ''Otomo Katsuhiro's Memories'') is an [[anime]] produced in [[1995]] by [[artist]]/[[Film director|director]] [[Katsuhiro Otomo|Otomo Katsuhiro]] which were based on three [[manga]]. The film is composed of three episodes: "Magnetic Rose", "Stink Bomb" and "Cannon Fodder".
==Magnetic Rose==
"Magnetic Rose" is about what happens when a deep space corporate freighter is called upon to investigate a distress signal from what ought to be a derelict space station. The space station is run by the deranged [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] imprint of a lovelorn, jaded opera diva, who controls the station's functions, including its life support systems and (to more dramatic effect) its VR holography and supporting nanotechnical systems.
Of all three short films within "Memories", Magnetic Rose is generally considered to be the best, with fans often praising its emotional potency and skillful direction. [http://www.animetempy.com/reviews/LMNO/memories.htm]
Directed by [[Morimoto Koji]]. Script by noted anime director [[Kon Satoshi]], based on a story by [[Otomo Katsuhiro]]. Music by [[Yoko Kanno]].
This episode features [[Maria Callas]]' performance of Un bel di, vedremo.
==Stink Bomb==
More comical in tone than "Magnetic Rose", "Stink Bomb" concerns a young man who shows up to work at a bioresearch facility whilst flu-ridden. At a colleague's insistence, he takes some pills. These turn out to be part of a biological weapon program—the young man soon acquires a (literally) deadly body odor and becomes a walking weapon of mass destruction. He finds everyone in the facility unconscious. He reports the incident to headquarters in Tokyo and they give him a task to deliver some papers and the toxin, believing it is related to the incident. The people later realize that somehow the young man survived the incident, and after researching papers that they transmitted from the facility, they find out the truth of what happened. The self-defense forces futilely attempt to keep him from delivering the toxins to [[Tokyo]].
The film relies on [[black comedy]] associated with the ridiculously lethal nature of the main character and the total ineptitude portrayed on the part of the Japanese Military; calling out tanks, heavy artillery and even bombers, the military fails to kill or even hinder the main character's progress towards Tokyo on a green [[Honda Super Cub]]. Among other things, this film is perhaps noteworthy for its portrayal of a Japanese SDF war room (a scene common in ''[[kaiju]]'' films) as under the heavy influence of the American military.
Directed by [[Okamura Tensai]]. Script by [[Otomo Katsuhiro]].
==Cannon Fodder==
In a walled city perpetually at war, everyone's lives and livelihood depend upon maintaining and firing the cannons: millions of cannons, ranging from cannons the size of the [[Seagram Tower]] to cannons the size of a beer bottle. The entire city is cannons: they take the place of smokestacks, of satellite dishes and TV antennae. The action directly concerns a young boy and his cannon-loader father, but is really about the faceless masses who slave to fuel and maintain this parody of the twentieth century war machine.
During the course of the film, the city is surrounded in fog and the "enemy city" is never shown, leading the viewer to speculate if there really is an enemy at all, or if the walled city is simply firing into the clouds to perpetuate a war that has become its entire means of economy. This theme is similar to that of [[George Orwell]]’s [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] albeit with a [[surrealism|surrealistic]] tone.
Through unusual animation techniques the illusion is created that the film consists of one continuous shot or [[long take]].
Written and directed by [[Otomo Katsuhiro]].
==Production Details==
*Creator - [[Katsuhiro Otomo]]
*Screenplay - Katsuhiro Otomo, [[Satoshi Kon]]
*Director - [[Koji Morimoto]], [[Tensai Okamura]], Katsuhiro Otomo
*Music - [[Yoko Kanno]], [[Jun Miyaki]], [[Hiroyuki Nagashima]]
==Soundtrack==
The original Japanese soundtrack of the three films comprised of a 3 CD set, each CD corresponding to one of the three parts. The US version of the soundtrack however is spread over 2 CDs.
*The soundtrack of ''Magnetic Rose'', composed by [[Yoko Kanno]] and largely influenced by [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''Madame Butterfly'', is primarily operatic and highly involved, reflecting the serious, intense nature the film takes on as it progresses.
*The soundtrack of ''Stink Bomb'' uses jazz and funk as its main influence, adding to the film's chaotic, comedic nature.
*The soundtrack of ''Cannon Fodder'' is difficult to categorise; blending [[brass band]], [[orchestra]]l and avant-garde compositional techniques.
==See also==
*[[List of animated feature films]]
*[[List of package films]]
==References==
1. [http://www.animetempy.com/reviews/LMNO/memories.htm Some fan reviews]
==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0113799|title=Memories}}
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