Two minutes of pure Y2K nostalgia rotoscoped into dreamy oblivion.
A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band.
Direction
Iwai's rotoscope technique makes live-action feel like half-remembered fever dreams.
Score
Yentown band's chaotic glam-punk energy compressed into pure visual rhythm.
Director
Shunji Iwai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yentown was slang for Tokyo's immigrant underground in the '90s, named after the yen and Chinatown—Swallowtail Butterfly made it mythic.
Iwai shot this between feature projects, essentially as a fan remix of his own film—indie director treats his masterpiece like a lo-fi SoundCloud drop.
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