The Ceremony (Oshima, 1971): ICA Cinema, 6.30pm
This film, which is also screened on August 29th, is part of the Nagisa Oshima season at the ICA Cinema. You can find the full details here.Time Out review:
A thinly disguised commentary on Japan's post-war history, using
ceremonial family gatherings (mainly weddings and funerals) as a key to
the changes in Japanese society: individual characters represent
specific political factions, just as events in the narrative mirror the
twists and turns in the country's domestic and foreign policies. However
dense the allegory, though, Oshima keeps it very accessible to his
audience by stressing individuals' feelings as much as ceremonies; their
dreams, aspirations, frustrations and agonies are all too familiar. A
significant political film for the time.
Tony Rayns
Here (and above) is an extract.
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