Did you ever see “All About Lily Chou Chou?” This Japanese cult classic gets major references in “After Yang,” including t-shirts worn by Yang and others, the brief concert scene, and the song “Glide” that becomes as much of a theme for “After Yang” as it did for the original. The singer in the original film is fictitious, the excellent movie is about how her music binds teenagers who are otherwise troubled by bullying and the difficult years of middle school in Japan. I saw it at a film festival in 2001, and recently watched the DVD, and it has held up well.
Did you ever see “All About Lily Chou Chou?” This Japanese cult classic gets major references in “After Yang,” including t-shirts worn by Yang and others, the brief concert scene, and the song “Glide” that becomes as much of a theme for “After Yang” as it did for the original. The singer in the original film is fictitious, the excellent movie is about how her music binds teenagers who are otherwise troubled by bullying and the difficult years of middle school in Japan. I saw it at a film festival in 2001, and recently watched the DVD, and it has held up well.