Film Excerpts
Wenders, Vin. Tokyo ‘Ga.’ 1985.
Oshii, Mamoru. Tokyo Scanner. 2003. (Part 1)
Oshii, Mamoru. Tokyo Scanner. 2003. (Part 2)
Iwai, Shunji. Swallowtail Butterfly (Yentown). 1996.
Oshii, Mamoru. Ghost in the Shell. 1995
Otomo, Katsuhiro. Akira. 1988.
Ozu, Yasujiro. Tokyo Story.1953.
Coppola, Sophia. Lost in Translation. 2003.
Anno, Hideaki. Neon Genesis Evangelion. 1995.
Neo Tokyo
Tarkovsky, Andrei. Solaris. 1972.
Shuto expressway
Kurosawa, Akira. Rashomon. 1950.
camera work, contrast
Resnais, Alain. L’Année dernière à Marienbad. 1961.
traveling camera
Reed, Carol. The Third Man. 1949.
Wells, Orson. Touch of Evil. 1958.
Shorts:
Pixar. Tokyo Mater. 2009.
Studio 4C. Honey Tokyo.
Takahashi, Nobuo. Musashino Plateau. 2007?.
computer generated landscape
Takeuchi, Yasuto (Dokugyunyu). Taking pictures in a park all day long.
Methodology
Ichikawa, Kon. Tokyo Olympiad. 1965.
Japan’s high-growth period
Olympus. The PEN Story. 2009.
Methodology
Riefenstahl, Leni. Olympia. 1938.
neo classic figure, camera work
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JStantonSmith
SCI-Arc Tokyo 
I have no professional education to back this up, just an overall impression from watching most of these videos. It’s that the need for rapid expansion has lead to a build out of Tokyo that makes it feel like a Hipster that’s trying too hard. Somewhere amongst the leftovers of the WWII era are the spirit of culture that is in an identity crisis with itself.
Watching the flyover cuts and certain animated sections fuels that meme for me. IMHO
Great job keeping up the posting!
Mauricio
October 1, 2010 at 11:01 pm