Fwd: Japanese films at the Walker Art Center

[Aaron Gerow]

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> From: "Jones, Jenny" <jenny.jones at walkerart.org>
> Date: March 3, 2008 2:59:35 PM EST
> To: "'aaron.gerow at yale.edu'" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
> Subject: Japanese films at the Walker Art Center
>
> The Walker Art Center presents the 15th annual
> Women with Vision film festival 2008: Past/Present
>
> Continuing the festival’s support of female filmmakers from across  
> the globe, this year’s festival once again includes a host of  
> Japanese films.
>
> Saturday, March 15 at 7:30 pm
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>
> Faces of a Fig Tree (Ichijiku No Kao)
> Directed by Kaori Momoi
> Inspired by the serialized novel Ichijiku no kao, actress Kaori  
> Momoi developed an innovative screenplay for her first film. The  
> narrative centers on the Kadowaki family, whose members lead normal  
> lives until confronted by dramatic circumstances. Momoi presents  
> her mysterious story with vibrant colors, crazy camera angles, and  
> quirky characters that burst off the screen. 2006, Japan, 35mm, in  
> Japanese with English subtitles, 94 minutes.
>
> SPOTLIGHT ON NAOMI KAWASE:
>  
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> The Mourning Forest (Mogari No Mori)
>
> Wednesday, March 26 at 7:30 pm
> Shara (Sharasojyu)
> Directed by Naomi Kawase
> From the old town of Nara, the capital of Japan during the eighth  
> and ninth centuries, the Aso family sets out for the Jizo Festival  
> in the dizzying heat of midsummer. When Kei, one of the Asos’ twin  
> boys, suddenly disappears as if he’d been spirited away, time  
> stops for the family until years later, when the remaining twin  
> returns to the Jizo festival. Working cleverly with gaps in the  
> narrative, Kawase evokes her characters’ feelings through stunning  
> and resounding images. 2003, Japan, 35mm, in Japanese with English  
> subtitles, 100 minutes.
>
> Thursday, March 27 at 5:30 pm  - FREE
> Birth/Mother (Tarachime)
> Directed by Naomi Kawase
> A documentary by the filmmaker on the birth of her son in the  
> traditional Japanese way, and her relationship with her 90-year-old  
> great aunt. 2006, in Japanese with English subtitles, 43 minutes.
>
> Thursday, March 27 at 7:00 pm
> The Mourning Forest (Mogari No Mori)
> Introduced by director Naomi Kawase
> Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2007, this film pairs an  
> elderly man whose dementia confines him to a nursing home and the  
> young nurse who befriends him. On this unexpected journey of  
> discovery, an eloquent story unfolds against the lush and tranquil  
> setting of western Japan, where Kawase’s natural touch as a  
> filmmaker creates an inner geography of emotion. 2007, Japan/ 
> France, 35mm, in Japanese with English subtitles, 97 minutes.
>
> Friday, March 28 at 3:30 pm 〓  free screening; alternate location:  
> 155 Nicholson Hall, 216 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis.
> Sky, Wind, Fire, Earth (Kya Ka Ra Ba A)
> Directed by Naomi Kawase
> Further developing her form of first-person filmmaking, and working  
> in the Super-8 home movie format, the film is a personal  
> exploration of Kawase's innermost being. Often using a subjective  
> camera, Kawase tries to come to terms with her late father, whom  
> she never knew when growing up, and contemplates getting a tattoo  
> like his. The film poetically juxtaposes images of the present and  
> reflections of the past, all informed with an acute sense of loss.  
> 2001, Japan, video, in Japanese with English subtitles, 50 minutes.
>
> The Spotlight on Naomi Kawase program is copresented with the  
> Institute for Advanced Study Film Collaborative and the Consortium  
> for the Study of the Asias, University of Minnesota. U of M  
> students with ID can purchase tickets at the member price of $6.
>
> Unless otherwise noted, all films are screened at the Walker Art  
> Center Cinema: 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis
>
> TICKETS: 612/375-7600 or walkerart.org/tickets/
> $8 ($6 Walker members); pick 3 films and get the 4th free for only  
> $24 ($18).
> Discounted tickets available for groups of 10 or more. Info:  
> 612.375.7569 or groups at walkerart.org
>
>
> Women with Vision 2008: Past/Present sponsored by
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> Support for Women with Vision is generously provided by Elizabeth  
> Redleaf.
> Additional support provided by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota.
>
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