An Analysis of Angel’s Egg (1985)

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
2:10 Christianity
3:44 Structure and Setting
4:35 Hands pt. 1
5:50 The Foetal ‘Avianoid’
6:57 The Boy and The Orb
9:25 The Girl and The Egg
10:07 The Girl’s Design
11:56 Water pt. 1
14:03 Crossing Paths
16:45 Shadows and Contrast
17:26 Fisherman and Fish
20:21 Leviathan and The Tree
21:23 Dreams
21:57 Who Are You?
24:03 The Giant Bird
26:23 Egg
28:07 Masculine and Feminine
30:46 Flood and Noah’s Ark
32:57 Broken Trust
36:27 Falling in Water
38:53 Girl as Angel
39:26 Hands pt. 2
39:45 Water pt. 2
42:20 Cycles
43:16 Sainthood

Sources:
The Elegant Surrealism of an Animated Cult Classic by Cole Kronman.
The Angel’s Egg Symbolism by Sexta Feira.
What’s the Meaning Behind this Surreal 80’s Anime Movie? by Amiranda Starr Adams.
Everlasting Maternity: Angel’s Egg (Mamoru Oshii, 1985) by Willow Catelyn Maclay.
Angel’s Egg by NeichusAnime.
Angel’s Egg (天使のたまご): A ‘Reflection’ by Antonio Wolf.
Living in Water by Canned Mikan.
Angel’s Egg (1985) Inspiration Michael Knowles.
Angel’s Egg: We All Have an Egg to Carry by Gaguri.
Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg by Dan Schindel.
Mamoru Oshii interviewed by Carl Gustav Horn (1996) on Listification.
Mamoru Oshii | In Conversation With… | TIFF 2014 on Youtube.

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