Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Directed by George Roy Hill
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
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In referencing Kurt Vonnegut with its use of the last name of the author's "Slaughterhouse-Five" protagonist Billy Pilgrim, the movie seems to promise some amount of time-shifting social criticism.
Certain aspects are reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Mother Night.
But Kon, who held particular esteem for George Roy Hill’s time-hopping Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) and the works of Terry Gilliam (the influence of the latter is especially noticeable), and his animators kept a tight grip on this film, which swings from anarchy to crisp realism.
Intr-un interviu, Satoshi Kon s-a declarat fascinat de filme ca “ Blade Runner ” (bazat pe un roman al lui Philip K. Dick) si “ Slaughterhouse-Five ” (ecranizare a unei carti a lui Kurt Vonnegut de catre George Roy Hill), de posibilitatile pe care le aduce SF-ul anilor 70 prin distorsionarea timpului, spatiului si identitatii personajelor ; aici se intilneste Satoshi Kon cu David Cronenberg (cel din “ Videodrome ” si “ ExistenZ ” mai ales).
Satoshi Kon’un Paprika’yı animasyon dünyasında yeniden yaratma sürecinde çok sayıda ilham perisi vardı şüphesiz, ancak yukarıda bahsettiğimiz DVD’de kendisi, Kurt Vonnegut Junior’ın yazdığı romanın aynı adlı sinema uyarlaması Slaughterhouse-Five’dan (1972) ve sirk sahnesindeki karakterlerden birisi için Japon şarkıcı Tony Tani’den esinlendiğini saklamıyor.
For the sake of story, Rocky exhibits anthropomorphic characteristics. He’s not truly, unbelievably alien, but this is a story for human audiences after all, and it would be absurd to expect something like Kurt Vonnegut’s Tralfamadorians in a crowd-pleaser.