All About Lily Chou Chou (2001)

Humilhação, Cometer o mal sem uma maldade inerente e MÚSICA BOA.

Incontáveis músicas maravilhosas estão presentes neste filme, com uma trilha sonora extremamente refinada.
Os sentimentos evocados nos ouvintes de Lily me recordam quando conheci 'Antihoney' e suas canções melancólicas, cuja melancolia viciante, por vezes, pode se tornar perigosa.
As 'feridas' que não cicatrizam podem, em algum momento, te engolir, elas nunca curarão totalmente, então é preciso reprimir e conviver com elas até que se transformem em uma dor crônica aceitável.
Até mesmo quem cometeu o mal carrega, de certa forma, o peso de seus atos. Isso apenas evidencia como somos conectados: ao deixarmos este mundo, não levamos conosco nossas conexões.

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Painfully beautiful, chaotically organized - if I had to sum up this movie in the shortest way, that’s what I would say.

Never have I seen such a contrast between a form and substance of one movie. The substance – full of brutality, mindless violence and helplessness, against the form – breathtaking shots and subtle, soothing music (my discovery of the movie - Debussy’s Arabesque!), makes this movie really disturbing and unforgettable. This dissonance is sickening, but also brilliant and makes the film different from anything I’ve seen so far.

Another thing worth mentioning – chronology of All About Lily Chou Chou. At first, nothing makes absolutely no sense, we have no idea what is happening, not to mention why do all those things happen at all. It’s a commonly used trick, present in many other movies, but frequently it makes the viewer confused and utterly lost, without a chance to understand what the heck he just watched. In this case… you will feel the same. At first. But then, when you sit back and think once again about what you’ve just seen, you will most probably see a logic between all this madness. The transformation of Hoshino is shocking, but possible and that’s the most depressing thing about this movie.

Even if I think All About Lily Chou Chou is groundbreaking, it’s not a masterpiece for me. Why? Sometimes I had the feeling that this mentioned opposition between the beauty of the form and brutality of the characters was too overbearing. Also, this movie was dangerously close to being draggy, nearly two hours and a half with so little dialogue and so much pain can be really tiring.

To sum it all up – this movie is not for everyone. If you’re not scared of this eerie, weird atmosphere of some Japanese movies, try All About Lily Chou Chou, most probably you won’t be disappointed. If you’re more of a traditional watcher, who prefers movies with a solid plot and conventional characters, do not press play - but definitely go listen to Debussy, his music is just brilliant.

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