Cinephile Anime Fans

I loved watching live action films long before I began watching anime. Though my tastes are usually confined to old school classic films such as Lawrence of Arabia or the 1960's Soviet adaptation of War and Peace.

Its just that nowadays I'm too preoccupied with video games as my primary hobby. I still go out to watch movies in a theater when I find the time. The most recent live action film I watched in a cinema was Conclave, which I enjoyed immensely.

Sorry man, haven't found time to watch any of Bresson's films. 😔

Hell, the only Akira Kurosawa movies I've seen are his samurai epics. I have yet to see Kurosawa's other works such as Madadayo.

Oh boy, the challenge of being a video gamer, cinephile, book worm, casual otaku all at the same time!

I wouldn't call myself a "hardcore cinephile," but I do see myself as a movie person first and anime person second.

I admit that I've been focusing on anime for the past year and haven't seen that many movies recently...

Also, a "cinephile" would still check out anime movies. I saw Blue Giant the other day and I thought it was a great movie, anime or not. Pretty sure moviegoers and film critics that don't watch anime can still enjoy and appreciate the movie. Look Back was another wonderful movie.

No but I really love literary and visual storytelling analysis so I try to watch anime from similar lenses

I look at Ikuhara stuff through a Lynch perspective sometimes.

I was a cinephile in the 1990s but not anymore.

@Guilmon1 What kind of analysis are you inspired be? That's cool.

You know, I am something of a cinephile myself. Or better say I was one before the big fall of cinematography. Now I look at movies from anime perspective since the last one became far superior without even trying to do much on purpose of competition, it's just kept slowly evolving through years while kept somewhat middle quality and variety at least. I cannot say the same about movies though, people are not happy with isekai and it's easy to understand and except but in movies as a whole are no better than worst genre of anime.

@Wyatt just analysing characters, themes, symbolism and stuff like that, it's fun for me

I love movies, especially fantasy movies from the 80s.

I wish i was because studying shot compositions and stuff seems really fun but I don’t have the ambition to study it. I’m sure some chainsawman fans are cinephiles considering the author is, and the anime was very cinematic

@Absurdo_N have you seen the secret of nimh? thats my favorite fantasy movie

@Lawgun What? Cinema as an art form is beneath the isekai genre you say? Find me an isekai as good as any movie this century and I'll believe you...

@KitsuFrost That makes sense. Dezaki seems like a big influence on him as well. And perhaps Funeral Parade of Roses?

@SaiteiDaOrette What are your favorite movies? I haven't seen a ton of Japanese cinema myself, but I love mizoguchi

@joemaamah There's definitely original ideas coming out but its rare these days. It's much worse now than it was in the 90s. This is the first year in movie history where the top ten highest grossing movies are all sequels :(

It's impossible to be a "cinephile Anime fan" since most Anime are not films and being a cinephile means you won't watch or won't be interesed in TV shows which most Anime are.

Lol, I meant that modern movies are pure equivalent of isekai, that's it. I don't know what so good you find about modern movies to begin with since they are pathetic in terms of plot and direction.

If by that you mean "overthink things while watching nonsensical Japanese cartoons" then yes.

@FanofAction No I mean people who watch a lot of movies. But hit me with some of your overthinking.

@perseii Who are your favorite directors? Of course a cinephile can still watch anime movies.

@Lawgun Modern movies aren't a monolith. The 2010s and 2020s are the worst decades in the history of cinema (and in the history of anime), but nonetheless great films have come out. Even this year we had La Cocina, a very good film.

@Absurdo_N have you seen the secret of nimh? thats my favorite fantasy movie

@Wyatt now that's just silly. Liz to Aoi Tori is both a masterpiece of cinema and anime. You just have to sort through the dreck, no different than any other decade