Auteur a filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic
control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movie,
or one singular dude trying to take all the credit from tens to hundreds of people.
For the most part I don't subscribe to the idea of auteurs.
I understand the intent of the word, but to award all the credit to a singular person
when there are thousands of efforts put into making something just feels wrong.
For every Nolan there's a Zimmer, for every Scorsese there's a Thelma Schoonmaker,
for dirk's 2011 Finals MVP season taking, down the biggest three there's Brian Cardinal.
Which is a reference for three people watching this but real ones know The Janitor.
My point is more often than not there's usually
a ton of influences that make a movie under that direction.
However, what happens when something supersedes even the director's auterism.
Look I'm not about to tell you there's only one definitive thing that made Fooly Cooly a success.
Obviously you can point to a ton of talented people at Studio Gainax next
that work to create vibrant animation, helter-skelter editing, and a phenomenal
script that paces this OVA so perfectly. But be honest with me when you think of
Fooly Cooly do you think of this? Or do you think of this?
Fooly Cooly is a vibe piece that feels predicated on The Pillows doing the soundtrack
and it being a perfect mesh for its visuals. There's a reason every episode begins and ends
with The Pillows, because they are so vital to the mood of each piece in each episode.
One Life sets the tone for the sci-fi suburbia that's the backdrop for a show about growing up,
only to have an electric hook of Ride on Shooting Star to conclude the episode.
I think for a majority of people the beginning and the end are so ancillary for a project.
I mean the beginning is the lasting impression for why you should care about this experience
while watching, and the end is the final impression you're left with why you should
still care about this experience. So it starts with this poetic intro
set to the perfect music only for this moped-sci-fi-robot-puberty
insanity to cut loose afterward. Fooly Cooly has a lot of this
*cool fight noises*
and a lot of this
ah your brother is away so she's sinking her fangs into you now fondling around fooling around fully cooling what's fully cooling how should i know i'm still in grade school
and a ton of this
*fight screams*
but amidst all the differing ideas it is a controlled chaos for the difficulties of puberty in large part to the insertion of all these songs from The Pillows
Like this moment with Bran New Loveson, setting the tone for one of the biggest
moments of the show with this melancholic daydreaming atmosphere flowing through it.
It's a small moment that without a song choice like this loses its essence, and I don't think
Fooly Cooly would have been as memorable and iconic without its soundtrack behind it.
In conclusion The Pillows rock and so does Fooly Cooly...
Speaking of The Pillows today's sponsor!
just kidding, but if you want to know more about The Pillows this video was made in collaboration
with another youtuber Out of Characters that goes through the history of The Pillows.
It's super awesome and even as a fan of The Pillows I learned a ton about the band.
Anyway go go do that! Come on get out of here, scram