ACF 155: Nagisa Oshima Film Retrospective at Lincoln Center

Director Nagisa Oshima, "The Godard of the East"

As a sidebar to the 46th New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center will be launching the North American tour of In the Realm of Oshima from September 27 through October 13, 2008. This retrospective will present 26 titles, nearly all the films made by the highly regarded and idiosyncratic director over a career spanning five decades.

Curated by James Quandt and co-organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Cinematheque Ontario, the films will move on to several prominent institutions after screening in New York. Other venues include the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Pacific Cinematheque in Vancouver, Harvard FIlm Archive in Cambridge, MA, Northwest Film Center in Seattle, Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, CA, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY.

The series name is a play on Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses (1976). Controversial, even infamous, it's probably his most well-known film in the West. Based on an actual incident, as were other of his works, the film is about a hotel maid and her lover & employer who push their sexual encounters to startling levels. Explicit and not for the everyone, it will screen twice, including a midniight showing on Saturday, September 27th.

Complete information on the entire retrospective here.