Bara No Sōretsu (Funeral Parade of Roses) 1969 Ages 18+
When
3.00pm, Sun 2 Aug 2015 (107 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
About
'A carnivalesque melding of documentary verité and avant-garde psychedelia, Funeral Parade of Roses offers a shocking and ecstatic journey through the nocturnal underworld of Tokyo's Shinjuku neighbourhood, following the strange misadventures of a rebellious drag queen fending off his/her rivals. Often cited as a major inspiration for Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, Matsumoto's breakthrough film is a visually audacious and lyrically abstract testament to the vertiginous daring of the post-war Japanese avant-garde art and film scenes. Matsumoto orchestrates a series of quite astonishing visual set pieces, including actual performances by the influential Fluxus-inspired street theatre groups, the Zero Jigen and Genpei Akasegawa.' Harvard Film Archive
Ages 18+
Production Credits
- Director /Script: Toshio Matsumoto
- Year: 1969
- Runtime: 107 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Sound: Mono
- Colour: Black & White
- Screening Format: 35mm