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Ghost in the Shell montage sequence HD 1080p

tekknobabblr · 1.6M views · 2011-05-21 · 3:31

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The wordless city montage from Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell, in 1080p, showing the city and its people as Motoko travels by boat.

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Referenced as a model of a contemplative, mood-setting sequence that shows a city away from the main plot.

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Cthulhu_ · 2025-06 · Reference

There's high praise in some movies or animation where they depict the mundane; the long sequence in Ghost in the Shell just showing the city as it is, away from the main story ( [VIDEO] ), most of Studio Ghibli's films, a lot of Breaking Bad and especially Better Call Saul, where there's a lot of scenes of people just going about their day, John Travolta getting a can of paint and a pizza in the opening of Saturday Night Fever ( [LINK] ), etc.

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the_af · 2023-11 · Reference

Mamoru Oshii's style seems to heavily include this kind of sequences. Your link is from Innocence, right? The original Ghost in the Shell also has a sequence of Motoko simply walking and riding a boat, doing nothing but staring: [VIDEO] (I love this movie!)

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jasonwatkinspdx · 2021-12 · Reference

I hear that. The older GiTS really took its audience seriously. I mean a finale scene that's a conversation about Jameson and similar theories? Heady stuff for an anime. The original movie is one of my all time favorites because it hits such a poignant mood, and it's portrayal of a Hong Kong that's ravaged by climate change and technological advancement that isn't utopic was prophetic imo. Edit: re the last sentence this is the sequence I'm thinking of: [VIDEO]

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