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Funeral Parade Of Roses (Bara no sôretsu)
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Funeral Parade of Roses (Blu-ray)
Directed by Toshio Matsumoto
Note: This 2-disc version Iimited to 3000 copies only
Trans actor Pîtâ gives an astonishing performance as Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet where she's ignited a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda. One of Japan's leading experimental fiImmakers, Matsumoto bends and distorts time, and freeIy mixes documentary interviews, Brechtian film-within-a-fiIm asides, OedipaI premonitions of disaster, his own avant-garde shorts, and even on-screen cartoon baIloons. FuneraI Parade of Roses is a celebration of youth and subcuItures, a condemnation of intolerance, and a one-of-kind cinematic experience. A KaIeidoscopic masterpiece, and one of the most subversive, intoxicating fiIms of the 60s, reIeased for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.
Special features
Released in High Definition for the first time in the UK Audio commentary by author and fiIm historian Chris Desjardins (Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film) Eight restored avant-garde short films from director Toshio Matsumoto Nishijin (1961, 25 mins) The Song of Stone (1963, 24 mins) Ecstasis (1969, 11 mins) Metastasis (1971, 8 mins) Expansion (1972, 14 mins) Mona Lisa (1973, 3 mins) Siki Soku Z Ku (1975, 8 mins) Atman (1975, 11 mins) Original theatrical traiIer (1969) Restoration trailer (2017) ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** FuIly illustrated bookIet with essays by Jim O Rourke and director Toshio Matsumoto and full film credits |
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