The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) presents
Kuroneko, Kaneto Shindo (Japan, 1968)
Part of the "A Theater Near You" Series
- When
- Sat Jul 6, 2013
- Where
- Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
- Time
- 8:30 pm
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Arts, Movies
Description
(Black Cat). In twelfth-century Japan, a band of marauding samurai stumble upon two women living in an isolated hut. Moving swiftly from a long, quiet introduction to abrupt violence, the film sustains a haunting and suspenseful pace. Within this hallucinatory atmosphere, Kuroneko, like Shindo’s Onibaba before it, remains a pointed condemnation of Japan’s feudal past and, in its weird way, a celebration of the common people’s immense energy for survival. “My sympathies,” Shindo has said, “are expressed through the peasant mother . . . and her daughter-in-law. . . . My eyes, or rather the camera’s eye, is fixed to view the world from the lowest level of society, not from the top.”• Written by Shindo. Photographed by Kiyomi Kuroda. With Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Sato. (99 mins, In Japanese with English subtitles, B&W, ’Scope, 35mm, From Janus Films/Criterion Collection)
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/tny_summer2013
- Call
- 510-642-0808
- Contact Form (account required)
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