The Congress
First screened in August 2014
Director: Ari Folman. Cast: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Sami Gayle, Paul Giamatti, Michael Stahl-David, Christopher B. Duncan, John Lacy, voice of Jon Hamm. Screenplay: Ari Folman (based in part on the novel The Futurological Congress by Stanislaw Lem). Twitter Capsule:
First part more focused and cutting; second part more risky in theme and style. Nervy all over but difficult to love.
VOR:④
Industry self-critique isn't new but hasn't been executed this way or this recently. Complex engagement with animation, in subject and practice. Anime beyond Japan. Wright keeps surprising us.
