Satoshi Kon tribute in Los Angeles Sept. 19-20

Catch Millennium Actress and Paprika for the price of one ticket. Details except for time here. If you hear of any other similar screenings, feel free to add it to this thread.

「千年女優」と「パプリカ」の２本立てです。上映時間以外の詳細はこちら http://www.newbevcinema.com/calendar.cfm です。他にも同様の上映があればこのスレッドへ追加してください。

Times are now up at the site.

I guess this will save Japanese fans the air fare. http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/info/index.php?page=article&storyid=38
http://konstone.s-kon.net/modules/info/index.php?page=article&storyid=39

San Franciso tribute with screening of Paprika next weekend after this one. Details @ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-02/san-francisco-hosts-junko-mizuno-films-this-month

Directly from the press release:

Paprika, September 11th
(Directed by Satoshi Kon, 2006, Digital, Japanese with English subtitles)
In memory of one of the greatest anime directors Satoshi Kon, who passed away at the age of 49[them, not me.] on August 24th, VIZ Cinema celebrates his work with a screening his masterpiece Paprika. This sci-fi epic centers on a new invention called the DC-Mini. With this revolutionary device, psychiatrists are now able to enter a patient's dreams in a therapeutic setting. But when an unknown assailant steals the devices, using them to manipulate people's minds and the thin line between the conscious and the unconscious begins to blur. Yes Paprika challenges the same theme as Inception over 4 years ahead, but in incredible and breathtaking world of anime. Tickets are $10.00.

I only showed up for the afternoon screening, but there were about 30-40 people overall for the double feature. More seemed to show up later, since I think the place does better in the evenings. Anyway, it's a smaller theatre than average, so that's actually a decent attendance level for the place. And there was polite applause for Kon-san's name [I wish they had subbed it for Paprika.] and for the ending of both movies. Other than the occasional idiot flipping on their cell phone light or dropping something, there was a lot of attention paid to the screen. Very quiet on Millennium Actress, too. And the crowd seemed to really enjoy Paprika while laughing at the right moments and being mesmerized by the dream-like moments. There was a minor glitch on the MA print, but they fixed it fast enough to not really bother anyone. If you want to see a real projector screw-up, they pretty much had to fix Tokyo Godfathers in NY every five minutes. Anyway, while I already own said films on DVD, and seen them in theaters[Kon-san autographed my pass at AFI.], I felt like supporting his memory. MA did not make me as emotional when I first saw it as when I saw it today, but then I felt like I could relate more to the fan of the actress now. And I actually notice more elements pilfered in Inception from Paprika than when I started. Nolan's clever, because he just re-positioned certain things. But anyone who says they're only alike because of the premise
isn't paying attention. However, I wish I had stayed to hear whether others in the audience were also taking notes. But I'm just happy to know that someone in the industry's recognized him and his work. [The theater is owned by Tarantino, you see. Though I'm not sure how involved he is with the selections.] Anyway, if anyone else wants to share their experience of recent screenings, go ahead.

Via Scott Green, Smithsonian screening of Paprika.

From THR:

The [7th Hong Kong Asian Film Festival] festival will also host a memorial retrospective of late Japanese anime director Satoshi Kon, who passed away in August, showing four of his films, namely, “Perfect Blue” (1998), “Tokyo Godfathers” (2003), “Millennium Actress” (2001), and “Paprika” (2006), the film some said to have influenced Christopher Nolan’s summer hit “Inception."

Been a bit busy. There's a tribute to Kon-san in Taiwan next month.

Details on the Hong Kong tribute, courtesy of Anime News Network.

Paprika and Perfect Blue @ the Lincoln Center in NYC this December.

Upcoming screening here.

Massachusetts screenings of Paprika.

From the site:

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San Francisco screening of Tokyo Godfathers next week.

Vancouver screenings of Paprika and Tokyo Godfathers 12/30 here.

Details about a tribute to him in France here via @aicnanime.