Naruse at the PFA, Berkeley:January 12-February 18

[Brian Darr]

Is this group still active?

I picked up a copy of the schedule for the Naruse retro's Berkeley stop
on Friday. The weekend was too busy for me to post it earlier, but
here we are. Full program notes should be on the PFA website by
Friday.

No "Whistling in Kotan" or "Kuchizuke" after all. Looks like "Hideko
the Bus Conductress" is one title that didn't play in New York. Are
there others?

January 12
7 PM Flunky, Work Hard! / Nightly Dreams (Bruce Loeb on Piano)
9 PM Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
January 14
7 PM Street Without End (Judith Rosenberg on Piano)
9:15 the Whole Family Works
January 15
5:30 Not Blood Relations (Judith Rosenberg on Piano)
7:25 Traveling Actors
January 19
7 PM Hideko the Bus Conductress
8:15 Ginza Cosmetics
January 21
7 PM the Song Lantern
8:55 a Tale of Archers at the Sanjusangendo
January 22
5:30 Repast
7:25 Mother
January 26
7:30 Lightning
January 28
7 PM Husband and Wife
8:45 Wife
January 29
4:30 Older Brother, Younger Sister
6:15 Late Chrysanthemums
February 2
7:30 Sound of the Mountain
February 4
7 PM Flowing
9:15 Floating Clouds
February 5
4:30 Sudden Rain
6:20 a Wife's Heart
February 9
7:30 Summer Clouds
February 11
7 PM Anzukko
9:10 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Febrauary 12
4:30 the Approach of Autumn
6:10 Daughters, Wives and a Mother
February 16
7:30 Her Lonely Lane
February 18
7 PM Yearning
9 PM Scattered Clouds

[Dan Sallitt]

> Is this group still active?

It is, though some of the members are probably not checking the site
anymore.

> No "Whistling in Kotan" or "Kuchizuke" after all. Looks like "Hideko
> the Bus Conductress" is one title that didn't play in New York. Are
> there others?

No, everything else was in NYC. (HER LONELY LANE is another name for A
WANDERER'S NOTEBOOK, in case that confused anyone.)

HIDEKO was part of the 1985 retro. It was an amiable film - I didn't
think it was major, though several people are more enthusiastic. Wish I
could see it again, but I don't feel as deprived as I would have had some
really juicy new titles been added.

Cinematheque Ontario says tickets for its winter schedule go on sale on
Friday, so we should see their program soon as well. - Dan

[Kevin Lee]

I'm present and accounted for -- if only to ask if anyone in NYC has
been checking out the Chinese series at MoMA? Sun Yu's Daybreak, Wed.
at 6:30. Be there!

[Michael Kerpan]

I stilll check,hoping that we get feedback as the films move into new
venues.

"Hideko" is just an amiable little film (a bit Shimizu-esque in tone)
-- until the last couple of minutes. After which, one needs to
seriously re-evaluate what has has been going on. ;~}

[keith...@hotmail.com]

Still here as well. Trying to work through my Slant magazine feature on
Naruse. Have gotten out several more titles (I think I have 15 left to
write about). Just put up "Flunky, Work Hard!" and "Song Lantern". Hope
you're all well.

Keith

[Dan Sallitt]

Cinematheque Ontario announced the second half of their schedule today,
and, once again, the only non-NYC title is HIDEKO (on Feb. 19). I
count 17 films on the winter schedule, one fewer than I'd expected. -
Dan