[A part of Video Stores in Films tribute.]
A blow-up doll comes alive, she’s wandering in Tokyo and from all the places he’s seen, she stumbles upon a video store, Cinema Circus. She gets a job there and falls in love with a colleague. As usual, lots of DVDs and posters are shown.
Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend (2007), Michael Bay’s The Island (2005), Alex Proyas’ I, Robot (2004), Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain (2003), Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City (2005).
Milos Forman’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980), James L. Brooks’ As Good as It Gets (1997).
Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006), Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls (2006), Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center (2006).
Posters. Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack’s King Kong (1933), Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly’s Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Federico Fellini’s Le Notti di Cabiria (1957), Norman Taurog/Busby Berkeley’s Girl Crazy (1942), Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon (1956).
Star Wars Trilogy (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi), Michael Bay’s Transformers (2007), Andy & Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003).
Large poster of Don Siegel’s Duel at Silver Creek (1952).
Nick Cassavetes’ The Notebook (2004).
Scenes from Hirokazu Koreeda’s Air Doll (2009).
