"neo-benshi live film narration"
Jonathan M. Hall
jmhall
Fri Sep 7 04:45:51 EDT 2007
Dear KineJapanners,
As people in LA know already, REDCAT (the Roy and Edna Disney Cal
Arts Theatre) is one of the best sites in the region for cutting-edge
performance and experimental media, and of course, it regularly
offers lot of great independent and experimental cinema. REDCATjust
announced its Fall lineup, its Fifth Season, and the following "neo-
neshi live film narration" might be of interest to listmembers. I'd
love to see what kind of benshi work there is for Vive l'amour, Tsai
Ming Liang's film, which has, I believe, about 50 lines of dialogue
( ...not that the traditional benshi was limited to dialogue, I
know ...)
The line-up includes a really wonderful series of experimental and
independent Chinese work, a tribute to Harry Smith, and performance
by Ikue Mori, so please check out the full calendar via the website
(listed below).
Yours,
Jonathan
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Jonathan M. Hall
Japanese Film, Media, and Modern Literature
Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature / Film & Media Studies
320 Humanities Instructional Building
UC Irvine, Irvine CA 92697-2651 USA
office: 1-949-824-9778
fax: 1-949-824-1992
Co-Chair, Queer Caucus, Society for Cinema and Media Studies
>
> Mon Dec 3 | 8 pm
> Jack H. Skirball Screening Series
>
> The Cinema Cabaret
> neo-benshi live film narration
>
> Poets from Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York gather at REDCAT
> to offer a fresh take on the Japanese tradition of ?benshi??a
> writer or actor who provides live narration and commentary
> alongside silent films. The neo-benshi concept invites writers/
> performers to choose scenes from well-known narrative features or
> TV shows, mute the soundtrack, and re-inscribe the familiar images
> with new meanings. Relying mainly on language and sound, this
> practice leads to a great variety of interventions that range from
> hilarious deadpan ventriloquism to more trenchant re-readings of
> the original material. The artists this evening perform live
> redubbing of scenes from Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Kiss Me
> Deadly (1955), Poison (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1958), Vive
> L?Amour (Ai qing wan sui, 1994), Uzumaki (2000), Minority Report
> (2002) and other works.
>
> "Neo-Benshi at its best mashes up subversive written scripts, deft
> acting, andacrobatic mind-eye coordination. ? Steve Dickison, Director
> The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University
>
> Curated and produced by Konrad Steiner and Jen Hofer with Nada
> Gordon, Roxi Power Hamilton, Douglas Kearney, Eileen Myles,
> Jennifer Nellis and Stephanie Young.
>
> $15 [students $12]
>
>
>
> REDCAT is located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 -
> at the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets inside the Walt Disney
> Concert Hall complex. Parking is available in the Walt Disney
> Concert Hall parking structure and at adjacent lots.
>
> Tickets are $8 for the general public, $6 for students with valid
> ID. Tickets
> may be purchased by calling 213.237.2800 or at www.redcat.org or in
> person at the REDCAT Box Office on the corner of 2nd and Hope Streets
> (30 minutes free parking with validation). Box Office Hours: Tue-Sat |
> noon?6 pm and two hours prior to curtain
>
> For more information, go to www.redcat.org
>
> The film/video program is curated by Steve Anker and B?r?nice Reynaud.
>
> As CalArts? downtown center for innovative visual, media and
> performing arts, REDCAT, the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater,
> introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most
> influential developments in the arts from around the world, and
> gives artists in the Los Angeles region the creative support they
> need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT is a
> center for experimentation, discovery and charged civic discourse.
>
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