Re: RARA-AVIS: The Face of Another (Teshigahara)

From: Steve Novak (Cinefrog@comcast.net)
Date: 29 Dec 2008

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    Teshigaharašs film is superb and needs to be seen..Thanks for the reminder...and to think that The Woman in the Dunes was screened in the Maisons de la Culture a few years before he made The Face of Another...The boxed set done after his death is excellent...

    Montois

    On 12/28/08 6:28 PM, "jacquesdebierue" <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:

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    > I would like to put in a plug for this film by the late Japanese
    > master Hiroshi Teshigahara. It is a noir-absurdist film, also a
    > philosophical film and a stunning piece of film-making in all respects
    > (music by Takemitsu). Starring Tatsuya Nakadai and Machiko Kyo, script
    > by Abe from one of his novels.
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    > Don't miss out on this one! Somehow, this type of film doesn't seem to
    > get made anymore. I was thinking this today while watching Wajda's
    > equally stunning _The Promised Land_ (after Reymont's book).
    >
    > Best,
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    > mrt
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