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Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa | 71 minutes | 15+ | 100th Anniversary |
11:00pm Saturday, 16 May | Balam Balam Place - Cinema 1 |
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After being lost for 45 years, celebrate the century-old early initiator of dark cerebral Japanese cinema, accompanied by a new live score from Australia's queen of noise, Uboa
This will be an N-95 mask-mandatory screening. Masks will be provided at the door.
After his wife is admitted to an asylum, her husband secretly takes a job there as the new janitor to keep a watchful eye over her. The experience soon takes a toll on him, and the line between reality and fantasy becomes increasingly difficult to discern. Produced at a time when cinema had just begun to explore the subconscious, Teinosuke Kinugasa's avant-garde masterpiece is an innovative and inventive foray into subjective filmmaking.
A print of the film was recovered in the 70s in legendary filmmaker Teinosuke Kinugasa’s storeroom, following 45-years of being missing. It's since been restored and is now celebrated as a cryptic masterpiece filled with stunning dreamy visuals, here accompanied by a live score from local noise musician Uboa.
SIMILAR: Throne of Blood, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Eraserhead
"Teinosuke Kinugasa’s technical and artistic mastery is enough to make A Page of Madness a masterpiece of Japanese and, for that matter, world avant-garde cinema." - Pam Jahn, Electric Sheep
"There are, thank God, still mysteries to unearth in the forgotten closets of the world, and still unknown movie experiences that seem to have come out of nowhere." - Michael Atkinson, San Franscisco Silent Film Festival
Country: Japan
Year: 1926
Language: No Language