[J-Info] FW: [Japan_UW] Sacred Cinema:Yasujiro Ozu Retrospective 2/3 - 3/10/05

[Davinder Bhowmik]

Hello all,

The Ozu retrospective begins next week!  See the schedule below for details.

Davinder Bhowmik
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Subject: [Japan_UW] Sacred Cinema:Yasujiro Ozu Retrospective 2/3 - 3/10/05

The JAPAN STUDIES PROGRAM, University of Washington,
is pleased cosponsor with
the Northwest Film Forum in presenting
 
SACRED CINEMA: YASUJIRO OZU RETROSPECTIVE
 
 
All screenings will be held at the Northwest Film Forum, Seattle¹s
non-profit cinematheque:
1515 - 12th Ave, on Capitol Hill between Pike and Pine
Please visit www.nwfilmforum.org <http://www.nwfilmforum.org/ozu> /ozu
<http://www.nwfilmforum.org/ozu>  for descriptions and a downloadable
schedule.


FEBRUARY 3-MARCH 10, 2005
 
The Retrospective is also cosponsored by East Asia Center, University of
Washington, Scarecrow Video, KEXP, Easy Street Records, and Chroma Studio.

³If there was still such things as sacred objects in our centuryŠ then for
me that would have to be the work of the Japanese director, Yasujiro
Ozu.²‹Wim Wenders, director of ³Wings of Desire²

One of the most treasured figures in all of cinema, master filmmaker
Yasujiro Ozu, whose universally-revered films are today celebrated by
filmmakers and audiences all over the world, was not discovered outside
Japan until a few months before his death in 1963. The quiet humanity
expressed in Ozu¹s films is so astoundingly evocative that one can know what
a character is saying without understanding the language. There is perhaps
no body of film work held as universally sacred as that of Yasujiro Ozu. The
influence of Ozu¹s poignant, heartfelt filmmaking is still felt today, cited
as a major inspiration by such disparate filmmakers as Claire Denis, Hou
Hsiao-Hsien, Lindsay Anderson, Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismaki,
Abbas Kiarostami and Paul Schrader. Northwest Film Forum is truly honored to
be presenting a retrospective of the master¹s existing work.

THE SILENT FILMS 
A majority of the films in the retrospective are extremely rare silent films
from young Ozu¹s pre-war era. We have commissioned scores for these silent
films from internationally-renowned musicians/composers Lori Goldston and
Elizabeth Falconer (one of the West Coast¹s foremost Koto players), Carla
Torgerson (of the Walkabouts), Wayne Horvitz, John Atkins (formerly of
764-Hero), Robin Holcomb, and the Aono Jikken Ensemble. They will be
performing to silent films on Thursdays throughout the series with Chroma
Studio recording their performances live for use on future DVD releases!

Tickets:
Ozu 6-pack: 5 regular films + 1 live score - $40/$30 members
Regular film screenings: $7.50/$5 members/children/seniors
Live scores: $15/$12.50 members

For directions and bus routes, visit our homepage at www.nwfilmforum.org
<http://www.nwfilmforum.org>
Advance tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets at
www.brownpapertickets.com <http://www.brownpapertickets.com>  or by calling
1-800-838-3006




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