The Humanities Center International Film Series continues tonight with the showing of Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other and the supreme cinematic achievement of the Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, Ugetsu is a haunting tale of love and loss, with an exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real, it is said to be one of the most beautiful films ever made. Set during a period of bloody civil war in 16th-century Japan, Ugetsu focuses on common people swept up in a flood tide of social upheaval. Centered on a recurring theme for Mizoguchi, a woman is pitted against a money-oriented, male-dominated world. The opening shot is one of several of Mizoguchis famous scroll shots, so named for the way the camera pans across the landscape like a Japanese scroll painting. The film, free and open to the public, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in the Building G Spartan Auditorium. youtu.be/0dUwz9j4oGM
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:55:26 +0000
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