Cinema Derive: Pale Flower and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Cinema Derive: Pale Flower and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
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Date
Description
PALE FLOWER 1964
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
96 minutes
In Japanese with English subtitles
Here is a deadly cool flick from 60s Japan. The main character has just gotten out of prison and wants to separate himself from his past. But when he meets a beautiful girl who is a gambling addict, his life goes topsy-turvy. This is no normal girl, she is almost a symbol, not just in terms of gambling, but of living life on the edge. She is tougher, wilder, and more mysterious than your traditional mobster, because she truly enjoys playing with life and death. This takes us right down the rabbit hole into something more akin to the surreal territory of André Breton's Nadja and veers completely off the conventions of film noir. And in fact, director Shinoda said that Baudelaire's collection of decadent poetry The Flowers of Evil permeated the shooting of this film.
So this film goes into the underworld all the way, not just because it's milieu of gamblers and gangsters, but by plunging deep into the unconscious, into the mysteries of existence. In fact, the main character experiences his encounter with this young and beautiful, tough-as-bones gambler as a fever dream. The cinematography is mind-blowing, and the soundtrack by Tori Takemitsu is one of the most experimental and original in the history of cinema - he not only composed the music, but also mixed all of the noises. A rare cinematic beauty.
This will be high-definition projection.
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21:15
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS 1970
Directed by Russ Meyer
109 minutes
In English
Another bizarre attempt from the 70s as a major Hollywood studio decides to have independent x-rated filmmaker Russ Meyer (Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill) direct the sequel to the smash hit VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. With film critic Roger Ebert helping Meyer with the scriptwriting, the result is a cult Hollywood film which is absolutely deranged. Ebert himself describes the situation of making the film as "a case of the lunatics taking over the asylum." He also claims that this movie was the "first rock-horror exploitation musical." In this cynical travelogue Russ Meyer takes on the dark side of the swinging 60s, complete with wild sleaze parties, ruthless lesbians, con-artists, drugs, money scandals, suicide attempts and the greedy business-side of the rock n' roll industry. Most of this drama is played to be camp, complete with cheesy soap-opera organ music in the background.
A hot all-girl rock band named "The Carrie Nations" goes to Hollywood to make it big. When they get there they do indeed find success with the help of their slimy manager Ronnie, but they also sink into a cesspool of decadence. "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" is soft-core auteur Russ Meyer's drug-drenched, sex-soaked parody of "Valley of the Dolls", but also his sharp commentary on the Love Generation. Its got the best script, best cinematography, best editing of any Russ Meyer film....and its a film that must absolutely be seen in a cinema with an audience!
This will be a widescreen, high-definition projection.
Cinema Dérive @ Mixtree
Overtoom 301
(doors open at 19:00)
3 euros for one film, 4 euros for both
Organiser
Venue
MixTree, Overtoom 301 (2 floor), 1054 hw Amsterdam
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