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Tokyo!, Fri April 24
2009, 7:00 & 9:15;
Sat April 25
2009, 7:00 & 9:15

Three Cult Directors' Vignettes Explore Facets of Japanese Culture

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Tokyo! shows at IFS on Fri April 24, 2009, 7:00 & 9:15;, Sat April 25, 2009, 7:00 & 9:15

Tokyo!
Three Cult Directors' Vignettes Explore Facets of Japanese Culture
Fri April 24
2009, 7:00 & 9:15;
Sat April 25
2009, 7:00 & 9:15

Tokyo! features the work of three directors with international cult followings, Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho. Each contributes to this film a story about modern-day urban Japan. Gondry's surreal “Interior Design” centers on a woman who moves to a cramped apartment in Tokyo with her increasingly successful filmmaker boyfriend. To support his goals, she begins to blend into their surroundings. Carax's “Merde” is about a creature who lives in the sewers and emerges to harass Tokyo's residents, eventually being brought to trial for his crimes. In “Shaking Tokyo,” Korean director Bong Joon-ho tells of a “hikikimori,” a shut-in, who falls in love with a delivery person who brings him food.

To see a trailer and read a review, visit InternationalFilmSeries.com.

Tickets

10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission. $7 w/UCB student ID, $7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.

Parking

Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.

RTD Bus

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International Film Series

(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.

First Person Cinema

(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.

C.U. Film Program

(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil Grillo.

Celebrating Stan

Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.

C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.

Thank you, sponsors!
Boulder International Film Festival
Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

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