Art, Animation, and Why Satoshi Kon is My Favorite Director

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Music used in order of appearance:
"Lounge" by Susumu Hirasawa    • Susumu Hirasawa - Lounge  
"Meditational Field" by Susumu Hirasawa    • Susumu Hirasawa - Mediational Field  
"Chyioko's Theme - mode 1" by Susumu Hirasawa    • 2 - Chiyoko's Theme Mode-1 (Millennium Act...  
"Toubou" by Susumu Hirasawa    • Видео  
"Run" by Susumu Hirasawa    • 10 - Run (Millennium Actress)  
"Chyioko's Theme - mode 3" by Susumu Hirasawa    • 9 - Chiyoko's Theme Mode-3 (Millennium Act...  
"A Drop Filled With Memories" by Susumu Hirasawa    • Susumu Hirasawa - A Drop Filled With Memories  
"Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen" by Susumu Hirasawa    • Видео  
Sources/articles:
Satoshi Kon's final words: https://makikoitoh.com/journal/satosh...
Satoshi Kon's NYT Obiturary: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/ar...
Details on the Dream Machine: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...
Anime news network interview: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...
Midnight eye interview: http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews...
Paprika's influence over Christopher Nolan and Inception: https://filmschoolrejects.com/incepti...
Darren Arnofsky recreating a scene from Perfect Blue in Requiem for a Dream: https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandc...
Kon himself mentions his own influence over Aronofsky/how Aronofsky approached him to re-make Perfect Blue:    • 《未麻的部屋》今敏讲座 P1