Mamoru Oshii vai lançar o livro 50 filmes, 50 anos

O famoso diretor Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) comemora dia 8 de agosto 69 anos e nesse dia vai publicar um livro chamado de Oshii Mamoru no Eiga 50-nen 50-pon (Mamoru Oshii’s Movies: 50 Movies, 50 Years ou Filmes de Mamoru Oshii: 50 filmes, 50 anos). O livro compila vários ensaios que ele escreveu sobre filmes, cada ano dedicado a um filme diferente.

Estes são os filmes presentes:

• 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 1969: Once Upon a Time in the West
• 1970: The Wild Bunch
• 1971: Ryan’s Daughter
• 1972: Straw Dogs
• 1973: Last Tango in Paris
• 1974: Day for Night
• 1975: Pastoral: To Die in the Country
• 1976: The Bullet Train
• 1977: Taxi Driver
• 1978: Cross of Iron
• 1979: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• 1980: The Warriors
• 1981: The Dogs of War
• 1982: Tomorrow’s Joe 2
• 1983: Blade Runner
• 1984: Blue Thunder
• 1985: Paris, Texas
• 1986: Bumpkin Soup
• 1987: Blue Velvet
• 1988: Near Dark
• 1989: Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
• 1990: Violent Cop
• 1991: Tremors
• 1992: Europa
• 1993: Reservoir Dogs
• 1994: Point of No Return
• 1995: Interview with the Vampire
• 1996: Se7en
• 1997: Bound
• 1998: L.A. Confidential
• 1999: Babe: Pig in the City
• 2000: Dead or Alive
• 2001: Snatch
• 2002: Black Hawk Down
• 2003: The Pianist
• 2004: Memories of Murder
• 2005: The Bourne Supremacy
• 2006: Children of Men
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2008: Let the Right One In
• 2009: Watchmen
• 2010: The Book of Eli
• 2011: Drive
• 2012: Zero Dark Thirty
• 2013: Only God Forgives
• 2014: Fury
• 2015: Sicario
• 2016: Jason Bourne
• 2017: The Shape of Water

Seis destes seus ensaios estão disponíveis online, cobrindo Babe: Pig in the City, Reservoir Dogs, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack, Blade Runner, Last Tango in Paris e Once Upon a Time in the West.

Atualmente Mamoru Oshii está a trabalhar na série anime Vladlove.