Kōji Yamamura‘s DOZENS OF NORTHS is a masterpiece that is several decades from when it should have come out. This glorious animated film should have come out in the 1970’s and 80’s when it’s dream like imagery would have made it a midnight movie favorite. Yea back then it was Rocky Horror, Eraserhead, Pink Flamingos and others like Fantastic Planet. Now imagine Eraserhead spawning with Fantastic Planet and you have a vague idea of what this is.
The film is a visualization of the journal of a man who visited various norths. However because time has addled his mind the various norths are jumbled and the film is trip through his broken memory.
While the images above and below give you an idea of what the film looks like it doesn’t really give you any clue what its like to watch this. This is a trip into another universe. I was awestruck by the images and left staring when the film was done.
What had I just seen?
I don’t know but god damn I wanted to see it again as big as possible.
Seeing DOZENS OF NORTHS was one of the cinematic experience of the last few years.
WOW.
Track this down and see it.
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