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VERTIGO

Dec. 13—Dec. 25, 2022

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Dec. 13—Dec. 25, 2022
Closed Dec. 17, 19, 2022

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Gozo Yoshimasu (born 2/22/1939), a pioneer of Japanese contemporary poetry, pursued the vision of his ally, the late Jonas Mekas (12/14/1922 - 1/23/2019), in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The time is the end of January 2020, just before the coronavirus strikes NYC, and the trip is just in time. The film depicts the dramatic birth of a poem that could be called a requiem on the first anniversary of the death of Mekas, who was considered a giant of experimental cinema.

©Nakano Yoshiki

Jonas Mekas died on January 23rd of 2019 at the age of 96. He was born on a farm in Lithuania. In his youth, his homeland was taken over by the Nazis and then the Soviets, and Mekas fled to America. From the midst of despair, he worked to plant roots in his new soil and began to weave stories from his memories through the medium of film. He created many films that influenced the development of counterculture cinema, a contrast to Hollywood. Best known of his works are the so-called “diary films” that depict his daily life.

As Gozo travels to Kyoto, Tokyo, and New York, he laments the passing of his friend, and over time these fragmentary thoughts begin to take shape as poetry. The film depicts Brooklyn and Manhattan, where Mekas lived, in ways that bring to the senses the “shakiness” he described—that of the city and its people.

Executive Producer & Director & Editor : Inoue Haruo

Producer : Yamamoto Reiji

Director of Photography : Suzuki Masaya

Sound : Mori Eiji

Cast : Yoshimasu Gozo, Sebastian Mekas

Production & Distribution : HUGMACHINE CO. LTD.

2022 / Japan / 117min. / DCP / Art documentary

Lecture

Stage Greeting (Dialogue in Japanese): Dec. 13 (Tue) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Shuri Kido (Poet), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 14 (Wed) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Kiyoshi Matsuo (Music producer), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 15 (Thu) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Yu Kaneko (Tokyo Documentary Film Festival Programmer), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 16 (Fri) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 18 (Sun) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Ryuta Imafuku (Cultural anthropologist), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Stage Greeting (Dialogue in Japanese): Dec. 20 (Tue) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Nao Tsuda (Photographer), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 23 (Fri) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 24 (Sat) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Haruo Inoue (Director)
Dec. 25 (Sun) , after the 18:00 screening ～　 Guest: Gozo Yoshimasu (Poet), Ryuta Imafuku (Cultural anthropologist), Haruo Inoue (Director)

*The stage greeting by Gozo Yoshimasu scheduled for the Dec. 24 (Sat), after the 18:00 screening has been cancelled.
Screening of the making-of film (23 min.): Dec. 21 (Wed) , after the 10:30 screening ～
Dec. 21 (Wed) , after the 18:00 screening ～
Dec. 22 (Thu) , after the 10:30 screening ～
Dec. 22 (Thu) , after the 18:00 screening ～

*The schedule is subject to change. Any further changes will be announced.