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Night And Fog In Japan DVD

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Nagisa Oshima's most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950's and the failure of political radicalism. Taking it's title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais' pivotal 1956 documentary Night and Fog the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings rivalaries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated.... Cutting between times past and the present and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. Controversial upon release - the film's producers pulled the film from distribution after only a few days in cinemas - Night & Fog in Japan retains both its power to shock and its ability to engage the viewer in it's radical form and themes. [show more]

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Released
23 June 2008
Directors
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Format
DVD 
Publisher
Yume Pictures 
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Runtime
107 minutes 
Features
PAL 
Barcode
5060103790753 
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Nagisa Oshima's most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950's and the failure of political radicalism. Taking it's title (as a reference, or homage) from Alain Resnais' pivotal 1956 documentary Night and Fog, the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings, rivalaries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present, and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints, Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. Controversial upon release - the film's producers pulled the film from distribution after only a few days in cinemas - Night & Fog in Japan retains both its power to shock and its ability to engage the viewer in it s radical form and themes.

Director Nagisa Oshima's reflections on the failure of Japanese left-wing radicalism during the 1950s. Having let go of their activist pasts years before, a group of former revolutionaries are reunited at the wedding of one of their own. Everything passes off quietly until the last arrival begins accusing his former comrades of betraying the movement for personal gain. With all vestiges of civility pushed aside, the wedding rapidly degenerates into a brawl, as old wounds and rivalries resurface.

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