Color is not overdone, but has what you might call a “manga” palette that doesn’t display a wide range of color values but rather a subdued palette that almost resembles the printed manga books. Check out some of the color in the still shots from the 4k Blu-ray presentation. And, with HDR the images go beyond an increase in sharpness. The 4k upgrade to Ghost in the Shell is a huge improvement over previous 1080p Blu-ray and Digital SD/HD formats. However, The Matrix, Avatar, Her, and Ex Machina are a few movies premiering within the last 20 years take on cyberpunk topics such AI, hacking, and the “ghost” within. While it’s hard to find a movie these days that doesn’t relate in some way to computing and networking (especially in the dawn of social media), there are very few that are as pioneering as Ghost in the Shell. Mamoru Oshii said of his inspiration for Ghost in the Shell, “There are only a few movies, even out of Hollywood, which clearly portray the influence and power of computers.”
Įarlier references can also be made to William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer, published even before the explosion of the World Wide Web, that envisioned a “connected” world that could be hacked into. It’s hard not to think of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris as influential to Ghost in the Shell. The futuristic setting in a dystopian society, impact of artificial intelligence and cyborg/synthetic beings, and even cinematography at times are reminiscent of the Ridley Scott masterpiece as well as other science fiction films in the same genre. I think of Ghost in the Shell as the Blade Runner of animation.
In fact, The Wachowskis used Ghost in the Shell to pitch The Matrix to Warner Bros. The film has been an influence for live-action movies as well. The movie and franchise (which consists of books, television series, video games, and subsequent films after Ghost in the Shell ), contributed to the cyberpunk genre and influenced many anime features to follow.
Written by Kazunori Itō and directed by Mamoru Oshii, the feature anime film is based on the seinen manga series created by Masamune Shirow. And, to celebrate its 25th anniversary there have been limited theatrical showings, offering a rare window to catch Ghost in the Shell on the big screen. The new mastering has also allowed the distribution of the movie in Digital 4k UHD with Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio on platforms such as Apple iTunes. Lionsgate has upgraded the now-classic Japanese animated film Ghost in the Shell to 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray.
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