http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03...-oshii-has-no-problem-with-live-action-remake
Fair point.
Errrrrrrr.... maybe stop when you were ahead.
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"What issue could there possibly be with casting her?" Oshii told IGN by e-mail. "The Major is a cyborg and her physical form is an entirely assumed one. The name 'Motoko Kusanagi' and her current body are not her original name and body, so there is no basis for saying that an Asian actress must portray her. Even if her original body (presuming such a thing existed) were a Japanese one, that would still apply."
Fair point.
The director went on to point out how a number of actors in the past have played characters of different ethnic groups without issue. "In the movies, John Wayne can play Genghis Khan, and Omar Sharif, an Arab, can play Doctor Zhivago, a Slav. It's all just cinematic conventions," he explained. "If that's not allowed, then Darth Vader probably shouldn't speak English, either. I believe having Scarlett play Motoko was the best possible casting for this movie. I can only sense a political motive from the people opposing it, and I believe artistic expression must be free from politics."
Errrrrrrr.... maybe stop when you were ahead.
Sanders' live-action film recreates the iconic shelling sequence depicted in the 1995 anime film, and while Oshii "thought it was well done," he said it made him "think that hand-drawn animation is still superior to CG at emotional expression." That said, he went on to note how this "is due to a difference in the range of techniques that have built up over time for each method, so there is no telling what the future may hold." As such, Oshii believes "there may come a time when the CG staff will have a greater expressive ability than hand-drawn animators."
I'm sure this will be relevant to some interests.