[VIC] Free Event for Japanese Film Festival - A Special Series of Films by Shūji Terayama @ ACMI (Melbourne)

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JFF 2021 in Melbourne features a FREE Special Series of films by one of Japan’s most influential avant-garde film directors Shūji Terayama, screened in cinema as a part of the overall Festival program. The event in Melbourne includes the films:

Farewell to the Ark (Contains strong themes, sexual references, violence and nudity)

Glass Labyrinth (Contains strong themes, sexual references, violence and nudity)

Pastoral Hide-and-Seek (Contains strong themes, sexual references, violence and nudity)

The Fruits of Passion (Explicit sexual content)

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (Contains sexual violence, animal cruelty, sexual references and nudity)

Where: Australian Center for Moving Images, MELBOURNE

When: 18th November - 5th December

FREE TICKETS can be booked HERE

This free Special Series program is part of the annual Japanese Film Festival presented by The Japan Foundation, Sydney and made possible by The Japan Foundation Film Library.

The JFF 2021 full program can be found at: www.japanesefilmfestival.net.

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  INFIDEL on 12/11/2021 - 12:30

  Brisbane FREE^ Films start tonight - 3 of Shūji Terayama films

  ^ $1.70 booking fee applies to "FREE" Films

  Stream 5 FREE Films - starts in 3 days

  My order of 2 cases of discounted Japan brewed Asahi Super Dry cans - just arrived! What a weekend🎉

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  gottacatchemall on 12/11/2021 - 12:53

  Fyi seems to allow you to choose pickup at the box office if you don't want to pay the $1.70 booking fee.

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    alvian on 12/11/2021 - 15:38

    ACMI does not charge $1.70 booking fee, unlike the NSW and QLD screenings.

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  starspawn on 12/11/2021 - 13:02

  This is awesome! thanks OP

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  clanton on 12/11/2021 - 16:26

  What's everyone recommend if I was to see one?

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    INFIDEL on 13/11/2021 - 10:09

    +1

    Saw Glass Labyrinth last night.
    1974 102 min "Print" from their library was rather worn.

    Described by some in reviews as a "dream" (that Freud would love) and "I don't understand what I saw, but I liked it".

    The 1970's were a very different time! Pretty psychedelic with probable incest theme & sexual content. May make some uncomfortable.
    Best to let it wash over you, than try to understand.

    My first Shūji Terayama film.
    A few confused viewers - I liked it.
    A film that creates discussion. A sensory experience.
    I've walked along streets in Japanese villages that look the same now.
    Definitely not a "Hollywood" movie!

    If only seeing 1 film, maybe see one of the other films.
    Search online reviews of Shūji Terayama's best movies. This is considered one of the groundbreaking films, along with Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets (1971).

    All except Farewell to the Ark (1984) are 1970's films.

    Seeing Pastoral Hide-and-Seek tonight & The Fruits of Passion Sunday.