(2001.07.07)
Lounge Program
Did you miss the Friday matinee screening of "Korean Random," our collectio n of queer Korean shorts? Catch them on Saturday, when they'll be screened in two parts to commemorate the Japanese premiere of Korean feature Memento Mori.
Hungry for more Japanese films? Help fill your appetite with our special lounge-only presentation "Japan Now: Video For Modern Girls" before the Saturday afternoon screening of Japanese lesbian feature Sugar Sweet.
"Korean Random Re: Boys" Sandwiches are yet another triangle in the surreal relationship between a man, his boyfriend and his ex-girlfriend in Sandwitches. After his boyfrien d is pressured to get married, a man introduces him to his sister and must deal with the ramifications in Sugar Hill, and two classmates cross a line and can't go back in Pink.
"Korean Random Re: Girls" Kissing couples never know the effect they'll have on passers-by in Funny Guy. A woman (So Jun, acclaimed at last year's Venice Film Festival for her role in The Isle) sees her feelings blossom onscreen in Lachrymal. And Coming Out, the story of a girl who decides to declare her feelings for her classmate, isn't just about junior high school students-- it's by them! "
Japan Now: Video For Modern Girls" "Do you like talking on the phone?" A woman spends her days at home on the telephone. Her endless one-sided conversations drown out all but the smallest of silences, and make for an unsettlingly infinite flatness in Grey Silence. Next, 3-Second Melancholy's meditation on what it means to be "more than friends, but less than lovers." A realism-steeped fable about love, desire and friendship between five women in Tokyo, circa now.
All lounge programs will be shown on video.
Please be advised that some lounge programs may not have Japanese/Englis h subtitles.
2001.07.20 - 15:00
Korean Random Re: Boys ("Sandwitch", "Sugar Hill", "Pink" / 52 min.)
Sandwitch Lim Woo-Jung & Yoo Sun-dong (1998/Korea/16mm/16 min.)
Sugar Hill Lee-Song Hee-il (2000/Korea/16mm/23 min.)
Pink Ryu Hyun-Sook (1999/Korea/16mm/13 min.)
2001.07.20 - 19:30
Korean Random Re: Girls ("Funny Guy", "Coming Out", "Lachrymal" / 41 min.)
Funny Guy Kim Sung-Joong & Kim Hee (2000/Korea/Video/6 min.)
Lachrymal Lim Chang-Jae (1998/Korea/16mm/20 min.)
Coming Out Young-Pa Women's Middle School Brodcasting Circle 17th Year (1999/Korea/Video/15 min.)
2001.07.21 - 14:30
Japan Now : Video For Modern Girls ("grey SILENCE", "3-Second Melancholy" / 47 min.)
grey SILENCE HIROKI iwasa (2001/Japan/Digital Video/17 min.)
3-Second Melancholy iri (2001/Japan/Video/30 min.)
