CINEMA Stop-motion serves memory: Kubo and the Two Strings*

It is worth waiting through the end credits of Laika studio’s latest stop-motion marvel, the samurai and sorcery epic Kubo and the Two Strings, as they artfully express something of the sensibility of the film.
First there is the haunting, Japanese-styled rendition of George Harrison’s I-Ching-influenced While My Guitar Gently Weeps, performed by Regina Spektor, over visuals influenced by the work of Japanese artist Kiyoshi Saito, who was himself influenced by the French Impress…

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