Donald Richie and Japanese experimental films at Yale

[Mark Nornes]

Aaron,

Any pleasant surprises in this list? Quit a few titles I don't know.  
I'm curious, and I'll be others are.

Markus



On Sep 28, 2006, at 8:13 PM, Aaron Gerow wrote:

> JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL FILM SERIES
>
> This series of Japanese experimental films, organized in  
> conjunction with a visit to Yale by Japanese film scholar and  
> experimental filmmaker Donald Richie, is divided into four  
> thematically-organized programs. Each program is made up of a group  
> of 5-10 historically and artistically significant short films,  
> arranged chronologically and shown in their original formats. Taken  
> together, they demonstrate the richness and diversity of Japanese  
> experimental cinema over the past 50 years.
> Henry R. Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Ave, Room 203
>
> Diaries and "Cine-poems" (Program 1)
> Wednesday, October 4, 2006       8:00 PM
>
> All 16mm films in Japanese*
> The Song of Stones (Toshio Matsumoto, 1963, 30 minutes)
> At Yukigaya 2 (Mako Idemitsu, 1974, 10 minutes)
> Reflections on a Sunset (Suzuki Shiroyasu, 1975, 24 minutes)
> Like a Train Passing 1, 2 (Kohei Ando, 1976 and 1978, 10 minutes)
> Shishosetsu 5 (Kawanaka Nobuhiro, 1991, 25 minutes)
> Total running time: 99 minutes
> *no English subtitles
>
> Animation, Structure, and Formal Play (Program 2)
> Thursday, October 5, 2006       8:00 PM
>
> X (Batsu, Shuntaro Tanikawa and Toru Takemitsu (1960, 15 minutes)
> Musashino (Yoiichi Takabayshi, 1963, 15 minutes)
> An Eater (Kazamoto Fujino, 1963, 20 minutes)
> Human Zoo (Yoji Kuri, 1963, 5 minutes)
> Illusionary City (Tatsuo Shimamura, 1967, 6 minutes)
> Wind (Nobuhiro Aihara, 1994, 7 minutes)
> WHY (Keiichi Tanaami, 1975, 11 minutes)
> Atman (Toshio Matsumoto, 1975, 11 minutes)
> Le Cinema (Junichi Okayama, 1975, 5 minutes)
> Time (Sakumi Hagiwara, 1970, 13 minutes)
> Xenogenese (Morishita Akihiko, 1981, 7 minutes)
> Ultramint (Hirose Tadashi, 1980, 10 minutes)
> Total running time: 125 minutes
>
>
> New Currents in Japanese Experimental Film (Program 3)
> Thursday, October 12, 2006       8:00 PM
>
> Berlin im Winter (Ichiro Sueoka, 2003, 7 minutes)
> Endlish ist es Fruehling (Ichiro Sueoka, 2003, 2 minutes)
> A flick film in which there appear Liz and Franky, is composed  
> under the score of ARNULF RAINER by P. Kubelka on NTSC (Ichiro  
> Sueoka, 2000, video, 5 minutes):
> Ein Sommer in Deutschland (Ichiro Sueoka, 2005, 7 minutes)
> Rocking Chair (Shiho Kano, 2003, 8 minutes)
> Blinding Noon (Nagaru Miyake, 2002, 27 minutes)
> Gestalt (Takashi Ishida, 1999, 7 minutes)
> The Art of Fugue (Takashi Ishida, 19 minutes)
> Fleur (Yuiko Matsuyama, 2004, 6 minutes)
>
> Total running time: 88 minutes
>
> JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL FILM SERIES SPECIAL EVENT WITH DONALD RICHIE
> Thursday, October 19, 2006       8:00 PM
> Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium, 53 Wall Street
>
> 35mm screening of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog (1949) introduced by  
> Donald Richie. Screening followed by panel discussion with Donald  
> Richie and faculty from EALL, Film Studies, and History
>
> Contact jeffrey.levick at yale.edu
>
>
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