Millennium Actress

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once</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> This unique love story tells the tale of a documentary filmmaker who seeks out and interviews a former movie legend of 30 years ago. He learns about her reclusive life and her quest to reconnect with her first love. As a young girl, Chiyoko Fujiwara helped an injured artist escape from government authorities during a repressive period in Japan. She is encouraged for the good of the state to become an actress. When she realizes that she may be able to find the young man because the filming location is where he is reported to be, she has a sudden passion to pursue an acting career. And some moviegoers may discover they take delight in watching a well-done anime film.</div> <bR> <div> This love story is for those of you who like movies like last year's Academy Award winning animation film, "Spirited Away." Anime is a form of animation, but unlike the more familiar "Shrek" or "Finding Nemo," both wonderful movies. The characters move and express themselves in a more realistic style, as if the actors were there on screen<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Symbol" >¾</FONT> in person.  This film is epic in that it shows Chiyoko playing different roles in Japanese history from the 1600's to the mid 1940's. At various times the documentary filmmaker appears in the scene with his cameraman, both when Chiyoko is a child and later as an adult making some of her movies. </div> <bR> <div> Unlike most romantic films where two people come together at the beginning of the film, experience some conflict, and walk hand in hand into the sunset as the credits begin to roll, this is somewhat different. "Millennium Actress" does have a happy ending that places into perspective that sometimes the joy of the chase can be as good or better than obtaining the prize. Playing at the Esquire Theater in Chicago.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="621" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> George O. Singleton  © 2003</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="617"><div> <A HREF="mailto:george@reelmoviecritic.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:george@reelmoviecritic.com"><U><U>george@reelmoviecritic.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>