Monday, March 19, 2012

Grave of the Fireflies

Japan anime

This is the animated film that changed how people saw the medium. Released in 1988 it tells of two victims of the Kobe firebombing in 1945. Adapted from a 1967 semi-auto-biographical novel.

The film depicts the suffering of war, the degeneration of a society in extremis and stands as one of the most moving depictions of love ever put on the screen.

Roger Ebert calls it the greatest anti-war film ever made. He may be right. Enormously sad and unforgettable.

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