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Kore-eda Hirokazu on Adapting Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Manga for Venice Competition Film ‘Look Back’ (opens the original)
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“Look Back” is Kore-eda Hirokazu’s third time working from manga source material, but never before has the arthouse filmmaker drawn from such a commercially popular and internationally beloved work.A one-volume story from “Chainsaw Man” mangaka Fujimoto Tatsuki, “Look Back” follows the converging, then diverging, fates of two classmates, Fujino and Kyomoto, who achieve their professional manga-making dreams while still in school. The film premieres in Venice competiton.“I was drawn to the image
Miike Takashi Shines an Intimate Spotlight on a Kabuki Legend in Debut Documentary ‘Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki’ (opens the original)
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The most remarkable thing about Miike Takashi — whose filmography spans well over a hundred features in a smorgasbord of different genres and styles — is that he has never made a documentary. But now he’s at Venice with doc “Shumei: The Living Legacy of Kabuki.” The films screen out of competition. “I take on a variety of work,” reflects Miike. “It’s all film — I don’t really differentiate between modes. I wasn’t particularly conscious of taking on documentary film, but I would say it’s a natura
In Venice Competition Film ‘Mr Nelson, Did You Kill People?’ Director Tsukamoto Shinya Asks Vital Questions (opens the original)
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Independent filmmaker Tsukamoto Shinya was born 15 years after the end of World War II. “Neither my parents nor my grandparents ever spoke about the war, so I grew up believing, without question, that the world was a bright and peaceful place,” says Tsukamoto. “But beneath the surface, many people were suffering from the dark effects of the war.” Those effects have weighed heavily on Tsukamoto’s mind over the past decade. Beginning with “Fires on the Plain” in 2014, the filmmaker shifted his foc
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