Plug us into your head and listen as Alex and Jonathan invite their friend Jason Harden to the show to talk about three Japanese cyberpunk films: Akira (1988), Ghost in the Shell (1995), and Paprika (2006). We talk about the impact of hand-made animation, the influence of anime on western blockbusters, and the philosophical diversity of themes in Japanese film.

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5:14 - Akira

24:51 - Ghost in the Shell

40:44 - Paprika

1:03:03 - Overall

1:11:00 - Coming Attractions

Coming up next week:

Yojimbo (1961)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

To find links to things we talked about visit the blog:

https://thefilmlings.wordpress.com/2017/04/04/episode-13-cyberpunk-chaos-feat-jason-harden/