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Hey everyone,<br><br>Theatre Scorpio Season at Close-Up Film Centre starts today!<br><br>Here is the programme:<br><br>http://www.closeupfilmcentre.com/film-program/12-31-july-2011-theatre-scorpio-japanese-independent-and-experimental-cinema-of-the-1960s-2.html<br><br>Close-Up Film Centre presents:<br><br>THEATRE SCORPIO SEASON: JAPANESE INDEPENDENT AND EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA OF THE 1960s<br><br>Named by Yukio Mishima after Kenneth Anger’s film Scorpio Rising, Theatre Scorpio (Sasori-za) was a legendary underground art space beneath the Art Theatre Guild’s Art Theatre Shinjuku Bunka. The venue quickly became a centre of activity for all corners of the 1960s arts scene, offering a platform for performance art, theatre, dance and screenings of avant-garde films. Although their autonomous voices were characterised by diversity in approach and style, the artists were united by their urge for individual expression and a desire for a space to share their ideas. Theatre Scorpio met their needs and became a nexus for their experiments.<br><br>PROGRAMME:<br>Tuesday 12th July - 8pm<br>Studies in Movement: Experiments by Three Filmmakers<br><br>An Eater (Nobuhiko Obayashi & Kazutomo Fujino) (1963 | 23 mins | 16mm)<br>Complex (Nobuhiko Obayashi) (1964 | 15 mins | 16mm)<br>Wan (Nihon University Film Studies Club) (1961 | 25 mins | 16mm)<br>Yunbogi's Diary (Nagisa Oshima) (1965 | 30 mins | 16mm)<br>-----Introduction by Julian Ross (University of Leeds/Mixed Cinema Network)<br><br>Tuesday 19th July - 8pm<br>Motoharu Jonouchi: Avant-Garde Visions of 1960s Protest Movements<br><br>Pupu (Nihon University Film Studies Club) (1960 | 22 mins | 16mm)<br>Document 6.15 (Motoharu Jonouchi) (1961 | 19 mins | 16mm)<br>Wols (Motoharu Jonouchi) (1965 | 19 mins | 16mm)<br>Tatsumi Hijikata (Motoharu Jonouchi) (1967 | 1 min | 16mm)<br>Mass Collective Bargaining at Nihon University (Motoharu Jonouchi) (1968 | 22 mins | Silent | 16mm)<br>-----Introduction by Julian Ross (University of Leeds/Mixed Cinema Network)<br>-----Discussion with Shane O’Sullivan (E2 Films; Director of ‘Children of the Revolution’ (2011)) <br><br>Tuesday 26th July - 8pm<br>Galaxy (Masao Adachi) (1967 | 75 mins | Digital) (New English Subtitles)<br>-----Introduction by Go Hirasawa (Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo)<br><br>Thursday 28th July - 8pm<br>An Evening with Katsu Kanai: Smiling Milky Way<br><br>Desert Archipelago (Katsu Kanai) (1969 | 56 mins | Digital)<br>Good-Bye (Katsu Kanai) (1971 | 52 mins | Digital)<br>-----Introduction and Q&A with filmmaker Katsu Kanai<br><br>Tickets:<br>£9 for non-members; £5 for Close-Up members.<br>Season Ticket:<br>£25 for non-members; £15 for Close-Up members.<br><br>Visitor Information:<br>BETHNAL GREEN WORKING MEN’S CLUB<br>44-46 Pollard Row | London E2 6NB<br><br> </div></body>
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