Millennium Actress [FB]
[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“500” caption=“A cross section of Chiyoko’s roles in her career”] [/caption] It’s weird to get back into the mental state that we were all in back in 2001. The Y2K buzz was forgotten and embarrassing, most of the retrospective documentaries had passed, and the nostalgia craze was nearing its end. It seems fitting to have a movie like Millennium Actress pop out in July of 2001. Long enough after that it doesn’t feel pandering, but also at the perfect time to look back at the prior 70 years of Japanese cinema. ...