To continue the notion of modernist and revolutionary movement I would like to address the Japanese New Wave cinema movement that started in the 1960s. Tired of the conventional cinematic practiced a group of daring filmmakers (like Shohei Imamura, Nagisa Oshima, Seijun Suzuki and Hiroshi Teshigahara) started creating thematically and conceptually challenging films, inventing new cinematic techniques and employing shocking and confrontational images. A movie that kicked of the movement was Koreyoshi Kurahara’s signature film “The Warped Ones” released in 1960. In which an ex-juvenile offender is released from prison and unleashes a rampage of anger and rage. The movie engulfs the desperate cry of the post-war youth generation and the feeling of alienation portrayed by the main character. The film is an overall celebration of youth and style with its frantic editing and unpredictably fast pace. The director’s handheld filming style has been compared to the one of Godard used at the time half of the world away. The movie is certainly a modernist piece depicting the innermost struggles of the revolutionary jazz-crazed generation, engulfing fully in the speed and bebop style of the time.
Bibliography:
Bibliography:
- Anon (20112). "Japanese New Wave." The Criterion Collection. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. http://www.criterion.com/explore/94-japanese-new-wave.
- Anon (2012) "The Warped Ones." The Criterion Collection. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. http://www.criterion.com/films/27687-the-warped-ones.
- Anon (2011) "Press Notes: The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara." The Criterion Collection. GreenCine, 6 Sept. 2011. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. <http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1979-press-notes-the-warped-world-of-koreyoshi-kurahara>.
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