What the man behind the curtain is up to.

Vidiots Annex – Film Studies - Anime Mythology

Instructor: Crispin Freeman

Adolescenece of Utena

Synopsis from Vidiots Website:

These are elaborate and humorous Power Point-style presentations with slides and video that explore the differences in animated and video game storytelling in Japanese and American cultures.

My Perspective

I really had a great experience at a smaller gathering of anime enthusiasts at Vidiots Annex this Tuesday.  Watch this video to get a sense of what happens during Crispin’s energetic and informative presentations.  It’s only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what one of these presentations actually consist of.  Highly metaphysical and based on Jungian theories of archetypal figures and Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey, Crispin delves into the cultural aspects and differentiations of anime and western animation with clarity and style.

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With: Ellen Page as Tracey Berkowitz
Written: Maureen Medved (novel)
Maureen Medved (screenplay)
Directed: Bruce McDonald

Showing: The Newport Beach Film Festival – April 24 – May 1, 2008

My Blurb: Looks like another interesting LOOKING film with the beautiful and talented Ellen Page. I’m already hooked on the very interesting and fragmented ways the frame is composed. I do love the movies with settings in rural America. Call me sentimental. You can take the boy out of the country but not the country out of the boy, whole bit –whatever. I’m going to watch for this one.