Nakashima's _Confessions_ screening in LA 1/6

[Me]

Hi Alex,

it's without doubt a well crafted work, plenty of slow motions,  
beautiful colours, etc.... but, as someone has pointed out ( maybe Don  
Brown/ryuganji), there's an emptiness at its core...I was so excited  
soon after the screening, but I forgot everything after few days...of  
course IMHO.

Matteo Boscarol

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On 2011/01/07, at 10:53, "Alex Zahlten" <Alex.Zahlten at gmx.de> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> did anyone go to see Kokuhaku, and have any impressions/ideas about  
> it? It generated some discussion in Japan (and much criticism from  
> the "traditional" film critic side) and I'd be interested to hear  
> further opinions-
>
> Alex
>
>
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>> Datum: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 10:00:47 -0800
>> Von: Anne McKnight <mcknight at usc.edu>
>> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> Betreff: Nakashima\'s _Confessions_ screening in LA 1/6
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> short notice, but for people in town, this is screening tonight @
>> UCLA. I was a big fan of _Shimotsuma monogatari_, and am interested  
>> to
>> see where this one goes.
>>
>> Has anyone read the novel (_Kokuhaku_)?
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Melnitz Movies and the Graduate Students Association present...
>>
>> CONFESSIONS
>> Thursday, January 6th @ 7:30 PM
>>
>> Japan's official Oscar entry for Best Foreign Film
>>
>> Tetsuya Nakashima’s Confessions is one of Japan’s most important f 
>> ilms
>>
>> of the year. Reigning the national box office for weeks, the film has
>> seduced, frightened, provoked and moved audiences with the depth of
>> its focus on the delinquency of a despairing youth. A stylized  
>> mixture
>> of cruelty and compassion, Confessions deals with school violence,
>> bullying, revenge and love, while a...lso addressing the miserable
>> state of Japanese public schools, prejudices against HIV victims and
>> the consequences of allowing teenage violence to go unpunished.
>>
>> Based on the bestselling novel Kohuhaku by Kanae Minato, Confessions
>> reveals the key mystery in its opening sequence and then focuses on
>> the reasons that prompted this violent act and subsequent vendetta.
>> Shifting between the point of view of the teenagers and the
>> devastated, grieving teacher, Nakashima prevents the audience from
>> taking sides, allowing the viewers room to come to their own
>> conclusions about the dark acts they witness.
>>
>> Official selection Toronto International Film Festival 2010, Official
>> Oscar entry Best Foreign Film (Japan)
>>
>> "Sustaining a fugue-like, intensifying counterpoint of sound and  
>> image
>> over its 103 minutes, it's truly mesmerizing, and in terms of
>> structure and articulation, hands down one of the most original films
>> I've seen recently, affording a glimpse of another possible direction
>> 21st-century cinema might take." - Gavin Smith, FILM COMMENT
>>
>> Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
>> Starring: Takako Matsu, Yoshino Kimura, Masaki Okada, Yukito Nishii,
>> Kaoru Fujiwara, Ai Hashimoto
>> Screenwriter: Tetsuya Nakashima
>> Cinematography: Shoichi Ato, Atsushi Ozawa
>> 35mm, 106 minutes
>
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