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<div>through the gracious cooperation of Aaron and the team at Yale University and following up the screening there, we have been able to schedule a showing of his film HEAVEN'S STORY here in Cambridge this coming Sunday, November 10, with Zeze-san in attendance. The screening begins at 1:00 pm at the Brattle Theatre and admission is free. It will be followed by a Q&A with Zeze-san.</div>
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<div>We hope to see you there!</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Alex</div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 48px;"><font color="#5e5e5e" face="News Gothic MT">Takahisa Zeze</font></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'News Gothic MT'; font-size: 16px;"><font color="#5e5e5e">SUNDAY NOV. 10, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#5e5e5e" face="News Gothic MT" size="5"><i>Heaven's Story</i></font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#5e5e5e" face="News Gothic MT" style="font-size: 13px;">Winner of the FIPRESCI and NETPAC awards at the Berlin International Film Festival</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font color="#5e5e5e" face="News Gothic MT" style="font-size: 13px;">Directed by Takahisa Zeze<br/>
Japan 2010, 35mm, color, 278 min. Japanese with English subtitles</font></div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2013 um 22:54 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "Gerow Aaron" <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br/>
<b>An:</b> "Japanese Forum Cinema Discussion" <kinejapan@lists.service.ohio-state.edu><br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> [KineJapan] Zeze Takahisa at Yale</div>
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<div><b>JAPANESE FILM DIRECTOR ZEZE TAKAHISA</b></div>
<div>At Yale University</div>
<div>November 8-9, 2013</div>
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<div>The Japanese film director Zeze Takahisa’s distinguished career has spanned commercial and independent cinema, fiction and documentary, television and motion pictures, art film and genre movies, mainstream film and erotic cinema. Echoing that, his work has also often focused on those in between, on postmodern nomads who wander between competing identities—national, ethnic, or sexual—on the margins of society. We are pleased to bring this important filmmaker to Yale to present two of his films and conduct workshops with students. <b>Heaven’s Story</b> is his magnum opus, a 4½ hour epic that won multiple awards at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival and was voted the best film of 2010 by Japan’s <i>Film Art</i> (Eiga Geijutsu) magazine. This is <b>only its second screening in North America</b>. <b>No Man’s Land</b> is an example of his early training years in pink film (soft erotica), combining crime, sex and fragmented narration amidst the media politics of the first Gulf War.</div>
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<div>Zeze will visit Yale to present these two films as well as to conduct workshops with anyone interested. All events are free and open to the public, but registration for the workshops is required. </div>
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<div><b>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 7:00 PM</b></div>
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<div><b>No Man's Land (1991)</b></div>
<div>60 minutes</div>
<div>35mm print, Japanese with English Subtitles</div>
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<div>Zeze first earned fame as one of the “Four Devils of Pink”, a cohort of directors using soft erotica to explore sexuality, politics, and cinema. One of his masterworks in the genre, No Man’s Land joins the wild rides of two murderous couples against backdrop of the heavily mediated first Gulf War.</div>
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<div><b>SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2013 5:00 PM</b></div>
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<div><b>Heaven’s Story (2010)</b></div>
<div>278 minutes</div>
<div>35mm, Japanese with English Subtitles</div>
<div>15 minute intermission halfway through film</div>
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<div>Winner of multiple awards at home and abroad, Heaven’s Story interweaves several characters and narratives in an epic tale of murder, revenge, and forgiveness. Filmed independently over 18 months, the film spans several seasons and divergent landscapes to create a passionate and philosophical world that treads between real-life crime and myth.</div>
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<div><b>WORKSHOPS</b></div>
<div>Zeze Takahisa will hold two workshops where he will discuss his approach to cinema and field questions about his work and the current state of Japanese cinema. Registration is required for both. Please email <a href="eastasian.studies@yale.edu" target="_parent">eastasian.studies@yale.edu</a> by Tuesday, November 5.</div>
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<div>WORKSHOP 1: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013, 12:00 PM</div>
<div>This workshop is open to the general public and will be conducted in Japanese with an interpreter.</div>
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<div>WORKSHOP 1: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2013, 12:00 PM</div>
<div>This workshop will only be conducted in Japanese to enable freer discussion.</div>
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<div>Aaron Gerow<br/>
Professor<br/>
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br/>
Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Studies<br/>
Yale University<br/>
320 York Street, Room 311<br/>
PO Box 208236<br/>
New Haven, CT 06520-8236<br/>
USA<br/>
Phone: 1-203-432-7082<br/>
Fax: 1-203-432-6729<br/>
e-mail: <a href="aaron.gerow@yale.edu" target="_parent">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a></div>
<div>website: <a href="http://www.aarongerow.com" target="_blank">www.aarongerow.com</a></div>
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