In anime we often create a future that is near, that we can imagine, but this movie is about the future of the future, a future folklore story. The next movie I am working on is set in the future. This is how he explained it in April 2007, while writing Dreaming Machine ’s script: That’s a tricky concept, but you need to grasp it to understand what Kon was doing here. How the world of Dreaming Machine might have ended up looking - courtesy of The Anime Works of Satoshi Kon and the Dreaming Machine websiteĭreaming Machine was about the future’s future, according to Kon.
This is the story of the film that never was. We wanted to know something else, though: what was Kon actually planning ? What was this film supposed to be? Using Japanese books, a French documentary and several obscure online sources, we’ve pieced together a portrait of Dreaming Machine.
But it didn’t happen - Dreaming Machine likely won’t be completed. Kon had already storyboarded it, and much of the film was animated. Kon called it “a ‘road movie’ for robots.” He started the film in the 2000s, and it was under full production when he died. You’ve probably heard of Dreaming Machine. And, before his death, he was working on the film that could’ve taken him into the mainstream. He was only 46.ĭuring his short career, Kon never made a big hit - but films like Perfect Blue and Paprika took on legendary status with time. Satoshi Kon, one of the best directors ever to work in anime, passed away in August 2010.
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