The Moving Image Source Calendar is a selective international guide to retrospectives, screenings, festivals, and exhibitions.
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In the Realm of Oshima
September 27-October 14, 2008 at
New York Film Festival
, New York
"In the Realm of Oshima," the official festival sidebar, follows director Nagisa Oshima's career journey from the groundbreaking Shochiku Studio-where he created Cruel Story of Youth, launching the Japanese New Wave-to his experiments in a range of styles in visionary productions including Boy, The Ceremony, In the Realm of the Senses, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (starring David Bowie), Night and Fog in Japan, Pleasures of the Flesh, The Man Who Left His Will on Film, and Violence at Noon, among many others. The most pervasive subjects in Oshima's films tackle the government's betrayal of the promise of postwar Japan and the continuance of repressive traditions under the cloak of modernity, making him a relevant and powerful voice in the United States this election year. The tribute, co-organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Cinematheque Ontario and curated by James Quandt, presents to a new generation of moviegoers one of world cinema's most accomplished and prolific artists.
Featured Works:
A Town of Love and Hope (Ai to kibo no machi, 1959); Night and Fog in Japan (Nihon no yoru to kiri, 1960); The Sun's Burial (Taiyo no hakaba, 1960); Naked Youth (Seishun zankoku monogatari, 1961); The Catch (Shiiku, 1961); The Revolutionary (Amakusa shiro tokisada, 1962); Diary of a Yunbogi Boy (Yunbogi no nikki, 1965); Pleasures of the Flesh (Etsuraku, 1965); Violence at Noon (Hakuchu no torima, 1966); Band of Ninja (Ninja bugei-cho, 1967); Night of the Killer (Muri shinju: Nihon no natsu, 1967); A Treatise on Japanese Bawdy Songs (Nihon shunka-kô, 1967); Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (Shinjuku dorobo nikki, 1968); Three Resurrected Drunkards (Kaette kita yopparai, 1968); Death by Hanging (Koshikei, 1968); Boy (Shonen, 1969); He Died After the War (Tokyo senso sengo hiwa, 1970); The Ceremony (Gishiki, 1971); Dear Summer Sister (Natsu no imoto, 1972); In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida, 1976); Empire of Passion (Ai no borei, 1978); Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Senjô no merî Kurisumasu, 1983); Max mon amour (1986); Kyoto, My Mother's Place (1991); 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1994); Taboo (Gohatto, 1999)
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In the Realm of OshimaRelated Articles:
The Struggle to Believe by Chris Fujiwara posted Sep. 26, 2008
His Will on Film by Rob Nelson posted Oct. 01, 2008
Be My Knife by Michael Atkinson posted Sep. 29, 2008
Criminal Minded by Joshua Land posted Sep. 30, 2008
