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35mm Presentation - A diverse group of people arrive at a drafty institution where they are offered condolences on their recent deaths and told they each must select a treasured memory which will be recreated on film, and recollected for eternity. Shot in semi-documentary style, without speci
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Coming out of studies in Fine Art programs in Europe and the US, Ezawa’s animations deal with abstraction and mediated perceptions of reality through reconstructions of existing films and videos. In this lecture, Ezawa will present his work in the context of 20th century avant-garde animation.
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35mm Presentation - Police Detective Takabe is tracking a series of bizarre murders, all committed in exactly the same manner: a giant X is slashed in the flesh of the victims. But that's where the similarities end. In each case, seemingly well-adjusted people suddenly kill without understand
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35mm Presentation - Long regarded as one of Japanese cinema's preeminent geisha films, Flowing was produced at a point in history when the traditional geisha (not whores, but asexual performers who entertained male clients with singing, dancing and instrumentation) found their way of l
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Come celebrate on Sunday, April 11th at 6pm
Celebrate the end of Focus on Japanese Cinema with complimentary Japanese cuisine and drinks, open to the public in Gallery 30 at the Starz FilmCenter. Stop in to mingle after Sunday afternoon’s Tampopo screening, or grab a bite before catching a S
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Mr. Movshovitz will show clips form upcoming films screened during the “Focus on Japanese Cinema” event, placing the work in context to historical and contemporary Japanese film makers, narrative styles and themes.
Free to Public - Tickets can be picked up one hour prior to event start time on a
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35mm Presentation - One of the most powerful of Yasujiro Ozu’s family portraits, Late Spring tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss (with
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35mm Presentation - The incisive Lightning is Naruse’s second adaptation of a Hayashi novel and another of his lacerating portraits of a deeply flawed family. A frequent Naruse leading lady since 1941, Takamine Hideo plays Kiyoko, the youngest of four siblings, all with different fathe
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A talk on how the traditions of Japanese culture form the foundation for the work of the great masters: Mizoguchi, Ozu and Kurosawa
Hosted by David Desser: Film Historian, Author & Kurosawa Scholar
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35mm Presentation - In this unique epic adventure, the lines between the past and the present, truth and fiction, are blurred when a documentary filmmakers fulfills his quest to find the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, and learn why she mysteriously vanished at the height of her brilliant
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Using clips for the film, David Bondelevitch will discuss the merging of Eastern and Western musical elements in the score to the film Seven Samurai.
Free to Public - Tickets can be picked up one hour prior to event start time on a first come first served basis
Sponsored by the Japan
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Join the Denver Film Society for an intimate noodle reception from 1:30 – 3:30 PM at Bones, Denver’s hottest noodle restaurant, before a screening of Tampopo, a film about the joy of food -- specifically noodles! PLAYS Sunday, April 11th at 4pm
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