Ghost in the Shell montage sequence HD 1080p
Why Hacker News recommends it
Referenced as a model of a contemplative, mood-setting sequence that shows a city away from the main plot.
What it is
The wordless city montage from Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell, in 1080p, showing the city and its people as Motoko travels by boat.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2021 to 2025.
What Hacker News said
Cites jasonwatkinspdx · 2021-12 · on “Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019)”
I hear that. The older GiTS really took its audience seriously. I mean a finale scene that's a conversation about Jameson and similar theories? Heady stuff for an anime. The original movie is one of my all time favorites because it hits such a poignant mood, and it's portrayal of a Hong Kong that's ravaged by climate change and technological advancement that isn't utopic was prophetic imo. Edit: re the last sentence this is the sequence I'm thinking of: [this video]
Cites the_af · 2023-11 · on “Blender 16yo winner of UK younganimator of the year”
Mamoru Oshii's style seems to heavily include this kind of sequences. Your link is from Innocence, right? The original Ghost in the Shell also has a sequence of Motoko simply walking and riding a boat, doing nothing but staring: [this video] (I love this movie!)
Cites Cthulhu_ · 2025-06 · on “Dull Men’s Club”
There's high praise in some movies or animation where they depict the mundane; the long sequence in Ghost in the Shell just showing the city as it is, away from the main story ( [this video] ), most of Studio Ghibli's films, a lot of Breaking Bad and especially Better Call Saul, where there's a lot of scenes of people just going about their day, John Travolta getting a can of paint and a pizza in the opening of Saturday Night Fever ( [LINK] ), etc.