ATG retrospective in Vienna

[Roland Domenig]

dear list-members,

i'd like to inform you about the retrospective of this year's VIENNALE. it
is dedicated to the Art Theatre Guild of Japan (ATG), one of the most
important, if not THE most important japanese production unit between 1967
and 1986.  from october 4th-29th the retrospective presents 33 films
produced and distributed by ATG, among them several films that are rarely
shown outside of japan (and even there). it took a huge effort to put the
programme together, but i think it is worth a travel to vienna in autumn.

a bilingual (german/english) catalogue will be published on this occasion.
it features several essays, introductions to the films of the programme as
well as a complete documentation of the activities of ATG.

moreover, hirasawa go, mark nornes, roberta novielli, max tessier, yomota
inuhiko and myself will further explore the changes that reshaped the
cinematic landscape in japan in the 1960s and early 1970s in an
international symposium on october 20th and 21st.
  
directors kuroki kazuo and wakamatsu koji as well as the legendary producer
kuzui kinshiro will also be present at the symposium and the retrospective.
i will post a detailed programme of both as soon as they are ready.


ART THEATRE GUILD - INDEPENDENT JAPANESE CINEMA 1962-1992
A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE VIENNALE AND THE AUSTRIAN FILMMUSEUM
curated bY Roland Domenig

Teshigahara Hiroshi - Otoshiana (The Pitfall, 1962)
Imamura Sh?hei - Ningen j?hatsu (A Man Vanishes, 1967)
?shima Nagisa - K?shikei (Death By Hanging, 1968)
Hani Susumu - Hatsukoi jigokuhen (The Inferno of First Love, 1968)
Okamoto Kihachi - Nikudan (Human Bullet, 1968)
Shinoda Masahiro - Shinj? Ten no Amijima (Double Suicide, 1969)
?shima Nagisa - Sh?nen (Boy, 1969)
Matsumoto Toshio - Bara no s?retsu (Funeral Of Roses, 1969)
?shima Nagisa - T?ky? sens? sengo hiwa (The Man Who Left His Will On Film,
1970)
Jiss?ji Akio - Muj? (This Transient Life, 1970)
Yoshida Yoshishige - Eros + Gyakusatsu (Eros Plus Massacre, 1970)
Matsumoto Toshio - Sh?ra (Pandemonium, 1971)
Terayama Sh?ji - Sho o suteyo machi e dey? (Throw Away Your Books, Let's Go
into the Streets, 1971)
?shima Nagisa - Gishiki (The Ceremony, 1971)
Wakamatsu K?ji - Tenshi no k?kotsu (Ecstasy of the Angels, 1972)
Ichikawa Kon - Matatabi (The Wanderers, 1973)
Yoshida Yoshishige - Kaigenrei (Coup d'Etat, 1973)
Sait? K?ichi - Tsugaru Jongara-bushi (Jongara, 1974)
Kuroki Kazuo - Ry?ma ansatsu (The Assassination of Ry?ma, 1974)
Terayama Sh?ji - Denen ni shisu (Pastoral to Die in the Country, 1974)
Kuroki Kazuo - Matsuri no junbi (Preparations for the Festival, 1975)
Hasegawa Kazuhiko - Seishun no satsujinsha (Young Murderer, 1976)
Higashi Y?ichi - S?do (A Boy Called Third Base, 1978)
?mori Kazuki - Hipokuratesutachi (Disciples of Hypocrates, 1980)
Suzuki Seijun - Tsuigoinerwaizen (Zigeunerweisen, 1980)
Negishi Kichitar? - Enrai (Distant Thunder, 1981)
?bayashi Nobuhiko - Tenk?sei (Sayonara Me, 1982)
Takahashi Banmei - Tattoo ari (Tattoo, 1982)
Nakagawa Nobuo - Kaidan ? Iikiteiru Koheiji (The Living Koheiji, 1982)
Morita Yoshimitsu - Kazoku g?mu (Family Game, 1983)
Ishii S?g? - Gyakufunsha kazoku (A Crazy Family, 1984)
Itami J?z? -  Osh?shiki (The Funeral, 1984)
Terayama Sh?ji - Saraba hakobune (Farewell to the Ark, 1984)


the viennale 2003 will also present tributes to the american documentarist
emile de antonio, warren beatty and the record-label ECM (edition of
contemporary music), as well as special programmes dedicated to vincent
gallo, the munich werkstatt-kino and new austrian productions.

a detailed programme of the viennale will be available online end of
september under www.viennale.at
updates on the retrospective also on the homepage of the austrian filmmuseum
www.filmmuseum.at

i hope to see some of you in october in vienna.


roland domenig
institute of east asian studies
vienna university
roland.domenig at univie.ac.at