Teshigahara's The Face of Another screening in NYC
Jesse Richards
about 2 years ago
My pal Harris will be introducing THE FACE OF ANOTHER in NYC at the Rubin Museum of Art on Jan. 22- you folks in the city should check this out:
The Face of Another (1966)
With an introduction by Harris Smith
As part of Carl Jung’s “Red Book” series
A man disfigured in an industrial accident receives a prosthetic mask which allows him to re-enter society with an empowering sense of anonymity. Things go awry however, as he begins to abuse this power—we are left to wonder whether the mask is now controlling his actions. Teshigahara’s movie reflects some of the ramifications bearing on Jung’s concept of persona and the dangers of self-identifying with a social mask.
Introduced by Harris Smith, a filmmaker, media critic and essayist. In 2004, he co-founded the “Remodernist” film movement with Jesse Richards, with the aim of promoting a “new spirituality in cinema”. Also in 2004, Smith contributed to the book Captured: A Film and Video History of the Lower East Side, edited by Clayton Patterson and published by Seven Stories Press. The book documented the No Wave Cinema movement of the 1970s. Since 2004, Smith has been the host of the radio program “Modern Products” on East Village Radio. His directing credits include the punk films Youngblood (1995), featuring music and poetry by Billy Childish; Modern Young Man (1999), which starred Tom Jarmusch, Kid Congo Powers and William “Bill” Rice; You Can’t See Me When I Hide (2003); and I Can’t Look at You (2004).
Jesse Richards
My pal Harris will be introducing THE FACE OF ANOTHER in NYC at the Rubin Museum of Art on Jan. 22- you folks in the city should check this out:
The Face of Another (1966)
With an introduction by Harris Smith
As part of Carl Jung’s “Red Book” series
A man disfigured in an industrial accident receives a prosthetic mask which allows him to re-enter society with an empowering sense of anonymity. Things go awry however, as he begins to abuse this power—we are left to wonder whether the mask is now controlling his actions. Teshigahara’s movie reflects some of the ramifications bearing on Jung’s concept of persona and the dangers of self-identifying with a social mask.
Introduced by Harris Smith, a filmmaker, media critic and essayist. In 2004, he co-founded the “Remodernist” film movement with Jesse Richards, with the aim of promoting a “new spirituality in cinema”. Also in 2004, Smith contributed to the book Captured: A Film and Video History of the Lower East Side, edited by Clayton Patterson and published by Seven Stories Press. The book documented the No Wave Cinema movement of the 1970s. Since 2004, Smith has been the host of the radio program “Modern Products” on East Village Radio. His directing credits include the punk films Youngblood (1995), featuring music and poetry by Billy Childish; Modern Young Man (1999), which starred Tom Jarmusch, Kid Congo Powers and William “Bill” Rice; You Can’t See Me When I Hide (2003); and I Can’t Look at You (2004).
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1966
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Hisashi Igawa, Eiji Okada
Duration: 124 minutes
Box Office: (212) 620-5000 ex. 344
http://www.nyas.org/Events/SCDetail.aspx?cid=89c96735-9a3a-463f-8bbe-ebdbc6f0af5e