Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, UK World Premiere :: Saturday, September 19th, 8 PM Peter I. Chang / Japan & USA / 2008 / 68min
A rich and evocative tableau of life in the Japanese capital, set to a beguiling score by Calexico’s John Convertino.
Taiwanese-born artist filmmaker Peter I. Chang’s portrait of the bustling metropolis offers a modern-day take on the City Symphonies that flourished in early 20th Century cinema with films such as Man with a Movie Camera. Like those earlier opuses, Tokyo is Dreaming uses the camera to observe the beating heart(s) of urban life—work, travel, leisure but also alienation and homelessness—subtly drawing a map of the city in which quiet contemplation and frenetic activity overlap. The absence of dialogue, subtitles or voice-over narration encourages a total submersion in this life of the city—a bewildering and fascinating journey.
I WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA USA / 2006 / 66 min Available on Netflix & wherever DVDs are sold
hi i.
we'd bloody be (c)hang ing out soon, says mar(y)ianne.... ya'know... repe(a)ter of the back yard experience ... in a japanese garden (i've combed my own with a fine rake yesterday in an attempt to emulate... also watched 'mishima' by shrader... lousy film though). be well, pic!
