Nakashima's _Confessions_ screening in LA 1/6

[Alex Zahlten]

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 films
>  
> 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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