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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Oshii’s similarly hushed, meticulously composed vision turns military technology and civic unease into a patient, philosophical mystery, with the same cool skies and melancholy sense of systems perpetuating conflict.
02
Why this pick
Its alternate postwar city, restrained pacing, and grave emotional distance echo The Sky Crawlers’ fascination with soldiers shaped and trapped by institutions, rendered through exceptionally atmospheric animation.
03
Why this pick
A quieter wartime meditation whose painstaking period detail and reflective rhythm find humanity beneath the machinery of conflict, sharing The Sky Crawlers’ sadness about lives normalized around war.
04
Why this pick
For the contemplative, near-wordless side of The Sky Crawlers: spare dialogue, luminous skies and an enigmatic premise create a deeply visual reflection on isolation, recurrence, and mortality.
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Why this pick
Its richly built alternate world and tactile aircraft culture complement The Sky Crawlers’ aviation imagery, while its thoughtful, morally uneasy approach to spectacle gives the story unusual weight.
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01 / THE STORY
''The Sky Crawlers'' is set in an alternate history timeline where although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, private corporations contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film introduces a mystery involving characters called - humanoids genetically engineered in a way that enables them to live eternally in adolescence.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Tokino (voice)
Mizuki Kusanagi (voice)
Aizu Yudagawa (voice)
Uroyuki Shinoda (voice)
Kyoku Yama (voice)
Call Girl (voice)
Kusmi (voice)
Mitsuya (voice)
