| GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE |
In Theatres Oct. 29 in Toronto,
Montreal, Vancouver and Edmonton
THE STORY: GYNOIDS AND CYBORGS OF 2032
Nine
years after his hugely influential Ghost in the Shell burst onto the
international film scene becoming one of the most successful anime films of all
time, acclaimed writer/director Mamoru Oshii returns with the long-awaited
sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
The story is set in 2032, when
the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond
distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human, and the few who still
own an organic body coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely
mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all).
Detective Batou, an agent for covert anti-terrorist unit Public Safety Section
9, is assigned the case of gynoids-hyper-realistic female robots created
specifically for sexual companionship-that have apparently malfunctioned and
started slaughtering their owners. In the course of the investigation, Batou
and his partner Togusa take on violent Yakuza thugs, devious hackers,
government bureaucrats, and corporate criminals to uncover the shocking truth
behind the crime.
More than a visually stunning futuristic hard-boiled
mystery, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is the story of a solitary cyborg that
desperately wants to hold on to what's left of his humanity in a world where
the value of the human soul has largely been forgotten.
For his striking
visual style, Oshii received international attention. Ghost in the Shell was
distributed theatrically in the US and Europe, and topped Billboard magazine's
video sales chart in 1996. The movie's impact on the film community was even
more pronounced: It influenced such notable filmmakers as James Cameron,
Quentin Tarantino, and the Wachowski brothers, a testament to the extraordinary
vision of its creator.
Production I.G, one of the most cutting-edge
animation studios in Japan, is responsible for Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor,
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Blood: The Last Vampire, Jin-Roh, and the acclaimed
animation segment in Quentin Tarantino's world-hit Kill Bill: Volume
1
http://www.gofishpictures.com/GITS2
Posted October 19th 2004 by Dem
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