A Tree of Palme
by Takashi Nakamura
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Actor: Akiko Hiramatsu, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Kappei Yamaguchi, Megumi Toyoguchi, Yurika HinoDirector: Takashi Nakamura
Brand: ADV Films
Cinematographer: Takashi Atsuhata
Writer: Takashi Nakamura
Editor: Shûichi Kakesu
Producer: John Ledford
Producer: Mark Williams
Producer: Taro Maki
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Japanese (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ADV Films
Movie Reviews of A Tree of Palme
Movie Review: Pinnochio...AS IF!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Tree of Palme, was and excellent anime, and i cant pretend like it didnt just hike its way to my top ten of anime in the first watch of the film, BECAUSE IT DID.
A Tree Of Palme is about a robot, Palme, who is awakened by a mysterious woman that looks like his dead master. The woman gives him a mission to take an egg to the world below. Palme starts out his journey without hardly any memories except the ones with his mistress and how happy he was with her. Soon he learns many things, and wakes up in time to begin his journey to save the world.
Theres a deep ominous feel through all of A Tree of Palme, the beginning and end music are partly to blame, being completely allegorical and retaining a sense of haiku, the other thing is to blame is the setting and the color schemes. Tho the movie is somewhat dark, the setting and colors are definitly not, with giant trees from the pages of doctor suiss, to flowers completly and beautifully done in CG, the look and sound of this movie is an 11 out of 10. Flawless.
The story, however, is not flawless. But thats what makes this movie great. u c the points of view of many different characters, their background stories, and their hopes and dreams are revealed through a slow process filled with action and scene after scene of awe-inspiring artistic direction. The story is mostly based on the theme of loss, and the things needed to fill those holes, but its also about palme's journey of self discovery.
Pinochio definitly comes to mind in this movie, but Palme doesnt want to b a real boy, until a certain point in the story, and even then the fact that he's robot and that he wants to b real only serve as a plot point, not the main subject. The director has mentioned that he does pull some things from pinnochio, but thats because this type of story is done all the time in anime, robots/puppets and their relationships to humans, and he wanted to break away from the that genre all together. The director says that pinnochio was not really about that at all, it was about self discovery and the sense of want, and what you will do to get what u want, and also about guilt.
Also, theres the literal differences, pinnochio was a puppet with a spell put on him, palme is a robot made from a tree to help cheer up a dieing woman(not a spoiler).
A tree of palme kicks some of myazaki's films out of my top ten, and takes up alongside of akira and ghost in the shell, a great buy for any fan of anime, especially those always looking for that next EPIC movie for their collection. Buy this film.
Summary of A Tree of Palme
TREE OF PALME - DVD MovieThe feature Tree of Palme (2001) was reportedly a pet project of writer-director Takashi Nakamura, who has worked with both Katsuhiro Otomo and Hayao Miyazaki. The plot borrows liberally from Pinocchio, Robot Carnival, Akira et al. Palme, a puppet created by a scientist to aid his wife, has hung mutely from a tree since her death. But he reawakens when he receives the mysterious Egg of Touto from a woman, who tells him to take it to Tama. En route, Palme meets a band of street urchins and Popo, a mistreated girl. As they search for the way to Tama, the story loses what little coherence it ever offered. Characters appear, disappear, and change sides for no reason, and at 136 minutes, the film is a half-hour too long. Tree of Palme offers some striking visuals, but it?s the cinematic equivalent of a trackless swamp. (Unrated, suitable for ages 12 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
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