[KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Thank you for the post, Shayne!

The wonderfully eclectic avant-garde film critic and experimental filmmaker
Matsumoto Toshio taught for several years at Kyushu University of Art &
Design. He was a major influence on the impressive collection of
independent and experimental films held by Fukuoka City Public Library.
I've benefited tremendously from research there, and I was fortunate enough
to meet some of the early archivists and librarians. Your post is a
wonderful reminder to us all of Fukuoka's riches. It's really great to hear
the tradition is alive and well.

Jonathan

Jonathan M Hall
Department of World Languages & Literatures
California State University San Bernardino

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:31 PM shayne bowden via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> I was recently in Fukuoka and visited the Fukuoka City Public Library
> Movie Hall, Cine-La. The library movie hall has a 242 seat cinema that runs
> monthly programs of Japanese and world cinema.  The January program was
> curated according to the theme of people and nature. I've included some
> links below.  The library has a film archive and film collections of local
> and international cinema. I managed to see a screening of Imamura Shohei’s
> Narayama Bushiko and also Ogawa Shinsuke’s 223-minute film, 1000-nen kizami
> no hidokei: Maginomura monogatari (1987), which was one of the most
> remarkable cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while.  On January 20th
> there was a full day screening of Hara Kazuo’s Minamata Mandara (2021) in
> three parts, which concluded with a talk by Hara himself.  Unfortunately, I
> had to leave after the screening of the first part of the 372-minute
> documentary, but what I saw of it was enthralling and, like Ogawa’s film,
> challenges one’s understanding of cinema and duration.  Some people might
> find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120
> minute conventional cinematic viewing experience.  Anyway, I’m not sure to
> what extent the Movie Hall is of benefit to researchers, but the monthly
> film schedule is interesting and at only 500 yen per film, it is worth the
> visit when in Fukuoka.
> https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/
> http://www.cinela.com/
>
>
> shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)
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> PhD Candidate
> School of Languages and Cultures
> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> The University of Sydney
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