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FEATURE: August in the Water (1995)

Japanese Director Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii is better known for carving out the aesthetic heavily influencing the Japanese underground cyberpunk movement (Crazy Thunder Road 1980, Burst City 1982 etc), however with AUGUST IN THE WATER, he creates a subtler yet hypnotically cosmic mood. A New Age teen romance; narrative through forms of sound, textures and a dream-like atmosphere. Transcendence, dolphin speak, eerie alien soundscapes. An uncannily vivid example of the seapunk aesthetic 16 years before it hit tumblr…