SUMMER WARS
WINNER – JAPAN ACADEMY PRIZE – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
OFFICIAL OSCAR ENTRY – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Four Stars! A kick-ass synthesis of traditional hand-drawn scenes and fluid,
rainbow-explosive CG artistry!” – Time Out New York
“A superlative piece of high level moviemaking! Hosoda is a master!” – Yahoo!
“Spectacular! Visionary! Mind-Bending! Staggering!” – Variety
“A Whirlwind of a Film!” – New York Times
“Dazzling! Hosoda is the best storyteller working within the animated
medium in Japan – and possibly the world!” – Twitch
Happy New Year everybody! “Summer Wars” opened as the #1 movie at IFC Center Wednesday and is playing through this Tuesday with shows at 10:40, 12:50 and 3:00 in English, and 5:10, 7:40, and 10:05 in Japanese with English subtitles. If you haven’t seen this film you should definitely check it out! Rated PG.
SUMMER WARS
Rated PG. Recommended ages 9 to adult
Matinee shows in English, evening shows in Japanese with English subtitles Playing now through Tuesday – IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)
Don’t miss the scintillating new feature from Mamoru Hosoda, a film whose “dazzling fluency of motion and untethered brilliance of invention make the usual fantasy anime look childish and dull.” – Japan Times.
When teenage math prodigy Kenji solves a 2,056 digit math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars, handling everything from online shopping and traffic control to nuclear launch codes. Now a malicious AI program called Love Machine is hijacking Oz accounts, growing exponentially more powerful and sowing chaos and destruction in its wake. This dazzling cyberpunk/sci-fi story is a visual tour-de-force, with the amazing world of Oz as the highlight. Like the Internet as conceived by pop artist Takashi Murakami, Oz is a hallucinatory pixel parade of cool avatar designs, kung fu jackrabbits, toothy bears, and a bursting rainbow of colors.
“Further proof Japan does grown-up children’s stories better than the United States!” – New York Times
To purchase tickets CLICK HERE!
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