<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi all~<div><br></div><div>Some of you might be interested in this show, upcoming at the 2220 arts space in LA (formerly the Bootleg Theater, on Beverly). </div><div><br></div><div>Shows are Sept 28 (matinee and evening, for <i>GIFT</i>) and Sept 29 (for <i>Drive My Car</i>.)</div><div><u>Relatively</u> affordable, at $25…</div><div><br></div><div>More details and links below…</div><div><br></div><div>Anne</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Favorit, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Acropolis Cinema presents </span><em style="white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Favorit, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">GIFT: A Film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi X Live Score by Eiko Ishibashi</em><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Favorit, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">. </span></span></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Favorit, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Acropolis welcomes multi-instrumentalist composer Eiko Ishibashi, who scored director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">Drive My Car</em> (2021), for the Los Angeles premiere of their latest collaboration, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">GIFT</em>, which features a silent film directed by Hamaguchi, accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Ishibashi.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">This project originated when Ishibashi asked Hamaguchi to create visuals to accompany her live performance. Hamaguchi decided to create a film with dialogue as a starting point, then turn it into a silent film for Ishibashi’s live performance. Consequently, the project yielded two distinct works: a live score film performance, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">GIFT</em>, and a feature film, <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">Evil Does Not Exist</em> (2023). <em style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit;">GIFT</em> offers a constantly-evolving cinematic experience, with Ishibashi’s improvised live performance intervening in Hamaguchi’s visuals, seeking to reimagine the relationships between sound, image, and narrative.</p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.18px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">TRT: 75 min.</p></span></div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://dice.fm/event/8evr82-gift-eiko-ishibashi-live-scores-rysuke-hamaguchi-28th-sep-2220-arts-archives-los-angeles-tickets"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://dice.fm/event/8evr82-gift-eiko-ishibashi-live-scores-rysuke-hamaguchi-28th-sep-2220-arts-archives-los-angeles-tickets" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:179px;" width="300" height="179" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="d2f1996c-371d-46c9-8cb4-ac7a91f8f6e9.jpg" src="cid:A61CD2D2-64D6-4ECB-9BBB-0A04311CDDA7"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(229, 230, 233, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dice.fm/event/8evr82-gift-eiko-ishibashi-live-scores-rysuke-hamaguchi-28th-sep-2220-arts-archives-los-angeles-tickets" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#272727" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847059);">GIFT: Eiko Ishibashi live scores Ryûsuke Hamaguchi Tickets | From $25 | Sep 28 @ 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles | DICE</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://dice.fm/event/8evr82-gift-eiko-ishibashi-live-scores-rysuke-hamaguchi-28th-sep-2220-arts-archives-los-angeles-tickets" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#808080" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039);">dice.fm</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div style="display: block;"><br></div><div style="display: block;"><h3 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><em>Eiko Ishibashi Plays the Music of Drive My Car</em><br><br>Date: September 29, 2024<br>Time: 8:30pm<br>Location: 2220 Arts + Archives<br>Address: 2220 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90057</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 15px;"><em>Los Angeles premiere! </em><br><br>A short story by Haruki Murakami published in 2013 and made into a film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, with an original soundtrack by composer Eiko Ishibashi. Tonight's event will feature Ishibashi performing selections from her Oscar-nominated score, which Pitchfork has called "glorious and entracing... as moving as the film itself." <em>Co-presented by the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities</em><br><br>TRT: 60 min<br>In person: Eiko Ishibashi</span></h3></div></body></html>