Fun facts about the film

[Cousin]

Quentin Tarantino used the song "Kaifuku Suru Kizu (Wounds that heal)" from the Lily Chou-Chou soundtrack in Kill Bill, in the scene where the Bride views Hattori Hanzo's sword collection.

The idea of Lily Chou-Chou the rock star was inspired by Hong Kong singer and actress, Faye Wong.

Extras at the concert scene were given an index card with extremely detailed information as to the thought process they should be going through during filming. There were hundreds of extras, partly made up of fans of the internet novel who had BBS meet ups during the day. Posters from the BBS are visible in the background of this scene and can be spotted by watching for clues from their posts.

Ayumi Ito spent weeks training on the piano in order to do all of her scenes without a double. She became so obsessed with Debussy's "Arabesque No. 1" that she made it her cell phone ringtone.

Originally, in the internet novel, Yuichi and Hoshino belong to the track team, not the kendo team.

Debussy wrote his famous Children's Corner Suite (1909) for his beloved daughter whom he nicknamed Chou-chou.

This movie made an impact and is the third highest grossing local film of 2001 in Japan (next to Visitor Q and Spirited Away).

This is the highest grossing film made by Shunji Iwai, beating his previous work, Love Letter (1995).

The movie's original runtime was 157 minutes, but the original print of the 157 minute version no longer exists because it was burned. The extra 11 minutes was composed of extra and intense footages of the rape scene, a scene with Yuichi in the beach (similar to Hoshino's drowning scene) and an extended funeral scene

[zinmirai]

Lots of interesting facts! I think I knew most of these, except for the concert scene item. I remember watching Kill Bill after I saw AALCC (I had seen it previous to me watching it), and then instantly recognized the song and was so ecstatic to hear it somewhere else.

One thing i always wonder about is the 'novel'.. When websites talk about it, do they just mean the internet BBS as a whole? or was there an actual novel? I wasn't able to find information on it when I looked previously..

[DuckTape]

I wish we could read what was on those index cards!

[りんご]

i wish i could have one of those cards..

[akazukin]

Lots of interesting facts! I think I knew most of these, except for the concert scene item. I remember watching Kill Bill after I saw AALCC (I had seen it previous to me watching it), and then instantly recognized the song and was so ecstatic to hear it somewhere else.

One thing i always wonder about is the 'novel'.. When websites talk about it, do they just mean the internet BBS as a whole? or was there an actual novel? I wasn't able to find information on it when I looked previously..

There was a novel.
You can purchase it in Amazon Japan.
But it hasnt been translated and i doubt it will be someday..
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4043441053/ref=sib_rdr_dp

The actual link of the japanese BBS that Iwai made to create the chats appearing in the movie, BlueCat, Philia etc.. talking and posting about her still exists too.

^{"With Lily it is a bit complicated though... What really came first was the website... Iwai wrote into the BBS (as various characters) and other ("normal") people could write in too."}

Here it is:  http://www.lily-chou-chou.jp/holic/bbs/

[Cousin]

I wish we could see the deleted footage of the film.

[akazukin]

I am sure you will find this interesting (if you havent seen it)

Its the whole making of All about lily chou chou ( in japanese )

Pretty footage and  little videos never seen.

http://lilychou-chou.tumblr.com/post/16534331842/via-all-about-lily-chou-chou