A ‘barrier-free' screening of Shin-cihi Ise's latest work “Now is the Past – My Father, Java, & the Phantom Films” is scheduled in Hibiya, Tokyo on the coming Saturday at 11am. The film is English-subtitled and the Q&A session following the screening is bilingual.
The film ‘Now is the Past' is focussing on propaganda films created during the WWII in Indonesia by Japanese filmmakers. Chonosuke Ise, the father of Director Ise, was a film editor and one of the members. The son started his journey to follow his father's path more than 30 years ago. The film was an official selection of IDFA 2021.
Shin-cihi Ise’s latest work to be screened this Saturday at Hibiya, Tokyo
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Rouven Linnarz
Ever since I watched Takeshi Kitano's "Hana-Bi" for the first time (and many times after that) I have been a cinephile. While much can be said about the technical aspects of film, coming from a small town in Germany, I cherish the notion of art showing its audience something which one does normally avoid, neglect or is unable to see for many different reasons. Often the stories told in films have helped me understand, discover and connect to something new which is a concept I would like to convey in the way I talk and write about films. Thus, I try to include some info on the background of each film as well as a short analysis (without spoilers, of course), an approach which should reflect the context of a work of art no matter what genre, director or cast. In the end, I hope to pass on my joy of watching film and talking about it.
