Saturday 21 November 2015

FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES & BAKUMATSU TAIYO-DEN

JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE DOUBLE BILL


This week we goto Japan and take an electrifying journey into the underworld of 60's Tokyo with the groundbreaking FUNERAL OF ROSES a film that is said to have influenced every indie film of the 70's from Kubricks A CLOCKWORK ORANGE to John Schlesinger's MIDNIGHT COWBOY. With the very real depiction of drug-use and an unapologetic vision of Japanese subculture with real-life transvestite entertainer shining an unflinching light on Tokyo 60's gay subculture this film takes you on a journey that never been replicted on screen since. Next up is BAKUMATSU TAIYO-DEN considered one of the greatest Japanese films ever made within Japan it is unheard of outside of Japan this multi-contextualized portrait of Japanese society and a must for any fan of cinema and the art of storytelling. with the usual free popcorn and rum


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