WiLd LIFe

WiLd LIFe

Saturday, April 9, 2005 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Whitney Humanities Center See map
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 6510

Aoyama’s Film Screening

WiLd LIFe (1997, English subtitles). Aoyama’s third theatrical film about a punctilious ex-boxer in search of his missing boss. Combining genre cinema with a rigorous critique of postwar Japanese society, Aoyama Shinji is one of the leading figures of contemporary Japanese culture, directing award-winning films such as Eureka (which the Los Angeles Times said “will become one of the landmarks of the world cinema of the first decade of the 21st century”), writing prize-winning novels, and becoming an intellectual force with his criticism and theory. Yale University is pleased to have Aoyama visit for nearly two weeks to show four of his films, direct two weekend workshops, and participate in several discussions on Japanese film and culture. Print courtesy of the Japan Foundation.

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In conjunction with The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures and The Films Studies Program of Yale University
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Japan