I would like to see more evocative films like this about teenage escapism, with a similar abstract style, preferrably al

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slowdown — 18 years ago(June 22, 2007 08:18 AM)

A Brighter Summer Day by Edward Yang. An epic about a group of teenagers living in Taiwan Very different in visual style, but similar in other ways. Warning: this is a very long movie.
there will be snacks.

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aahryosan — 18 years ago(July 03, 2007 04:30 PM)

Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu's Babel would be a good suggestion. for me the japanese storyline carried the same atmosphere as lily chou-chou. i watched it on the plane back from japan and it brought some things to light about the youth culture i was leaving behind me. but lily chou-chou is homegrown so it will always come out on top.

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j_cook_007 — 17 years ago(July 28, 2008 06:44 PM)

Stalker by Tarkovsky

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winston_blade — 17 years ago(September 04, 2008 06:47 PM)

Anything by Shinkai. "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" and "5 Centimeters per Second".

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j_cook_007 — 17 years ago(October 04, 2008 02:14 PM)

Great recommendation

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Kinematico — 17 years ago(September 27, 2008 06:23 PM)

Bright Future by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Millenium Actress and Perfect Blue, those are anime films with a similar feeling and sense of alienation. Both directed by Satoshi Kon.
Volcano High by Tae-gyun Kim
Somehow this movie reminded me Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Finally I'm agree with the poster who mentioned Gonzlez Irritu's Babel. But only the japanese segment.

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nathanjohnson32 — 17 years ago(October 11, 2008 06:46 PM)

half-nelson, lost in translation

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silverblackvoid — 17 years ago(October 18, 2008 10:22 AM)

the last life in the universe

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j_cook_007 — 17 years ago(November 06, 2008 02:10 AM)

Last Life Great Film!

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lewiskendell — 13 years ago(February 18, 2013 11:40 AM)

That really was a great movie, I saw it for the first time past year.

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mattskibashot — 17 years ago(November 09, 2008 06:00 PM)

This World of Ours
, also Japanese. I don't think it's been mentioned yet. I also second
The 400 Blows
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Monica
http://nipponfever.blogspot.com

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j_cook_007 — 17 years ago(November 13, 2008 07:13 PM)

Nice, I'll have to check that one out!

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jordygeukes — 16 years ago(September 03, 2009 09:00 AM)

I can only confirm it, "This World Of Ours" is a great movie!

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author-21 — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 05:22 PM)

Gozu.

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VacantSeawell — 17 years ago(December 24, 2008 09:14 AM)

Half Nelson
"What is your mother's maiden name?" What's her first name? I just knew her as Ma!

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viva_cinema — 17 years ago(January 12, 2009 04:57 PM)

I was really enjoying reading through this post of films until i got to the end. Half Nelson is such a bad movie, completely devoid of the integrity and darkness of most of the other films people mentioned.
Anyway, I didn't want it to be the last one here.
As for movies like Lily Chou Chou, I think Kiyoshi Kurosawa's(Pulse, Bright Future, plus Tokyo Sonata looks wonderful) and Shinya Tsukamoto's(Vital, Tokyo Fist, Bullet Ballet) films are also really interesting and visceral. Something special going on in Japan man!