Review: Another World is a millennium-spanning fantasy opus
I love when a movie feels so big that it feels like it's barely being contained by the frame. You can feel the world stretching out beyond what we get to see. We're only scratching the surface, finding our way in at a certain entry point, wishing we could spend countless more hours there. It's the product of ambitious story-telling and rich world-building, and also the outcome of generous filmmaking. It's how I felt watching Another World , the Hong Kong animated adaptation of Naka Saijō's novel Thousand Year Ghost , which GKIDS is bringing to theaters in the US on June 5. From the outset, it's clear that Another World is an abundant film. We're dropped right into the titular realm, a visually dazzling afterlife where souls go after death. There, they are greeted by Soul Keepers who serve as guides, leading them to the mystical waterfall where they'll pass through into their next life. Another World is full of knotted red ropes flowing through its windin...
