This is an amazing work about people, society and machines, made more than 30 years ago, but still relevant in many ways. .
Of course, the "main" work of Mamoru Oshii, "Ghost in the Shell" - came out a little later, but the air that the characters breathe - the same or very close. When you watch it, you constantly notice reverse borrowing and run-in techniques in everything: in how the technique is drawn, how combat cyberpunk coexists with impersonal life on general ultra-long-range plans. How an apparent monolith of calm can instantly crumble, sowing general bewilderment and chaos. This "ignorance and anxiety" of the digital age, especially the director, is very good at it, maybe he invented it. .
I would like to note the truth of such a moment that the heroes here, although they do not reveal much in dramatic terms, are perceived as "warm and alive" among high-rises, tanks and wires. In "Ghost in the Shell," humans and cyborgs are already an organic part of the surrounding technogen -- just as detached and alienated and more associatively seeming alive than alive. .
Therefore, if you like cyberpunk and slow cinematic language with sharp insertions of fights and incidents - watch it. If you want action, feelings and life - you definitely not here. .
