Security Treaty 1960

[Mathieu Capel]

Oshima's *Night and Fog* was (very briefly) shown with Yoshida's *Chi ha
kawaiteru/Blood thirsty *at the time. Yoshida was indeed against this idea
from the beginning... and was right, for *Blood thirsty *got withdrawn from
screens when *Night and fog* "massacre" (to quote Oshima's own words)
occured, and became something like a lost movie until the Japanese DVD
edition... in 2003 or 4 !

I second *Night & Fog* choice anyway - if screened during a symposium about
1960's events, there's a real chance to get a good introduction to the
context and political situation at the time, that would allow the audience
not to be puzzled or lost on the way... (but to me Shinoda's would be a good
choice as well).

Mathieu Capel


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