Inspirations can make a film too similar to the original. Other times, great directors can enhance their inspirations by using them in unique ways.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse are two highly ironic and self-conscious movies. But when it comes to the visual inspirations, they are extremely silent. Today I want to try to draw some lines and spot some references Spider-Man animated movies took from Japanese animation masters: Satoshi Kon, Isao Takahata and Masaaki Yuasa.
I am not saying these inspirations are intentional, I don't care about that (I am not in the mind of the drawers or directors). I am saying that maybe, without the innovations Japanese animation introduced, the stunning visuals of Spider-Man wouldn't be there. And this is the best recognition possible for art, when it becomes "endemic".
This video is also a tribute to my main inspiration: Every Frame a Painting, whose videos still are the main reference for good criticism about movies on YT.
Films shown
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Ping Pong The Animation, Masaaki Yuasa
Mind Game, Masaaki Yuasa
The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata
Only Yesterday, Isao Takahata
My Neighbors the Yamadas, Isao Takahata
Paprika (2006), Satoshi Kon
3 окт 2024