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Mekhong Full Moon Party Jira Maligool, Thailand, 2002, Thai with English subtitles, 119 mins. Sat, 23 Oct | 3pm Every October, mysterious fireballs shoot up from the Mekong River near a village in northern Thailand, drawing huge crowds for festivities. Local village boy Kan returns from his university studies in Bangkok and meets an abbot and two doctors who are trying to unravel this phenomenon. Contrasting religion with science, this film depicts with lightness and humour the tussle between consumerism, tourism, tradition and superstition. Mekhong Full Moon Party won nine awards at the 2002 Thailand National Film Awards, and the 2003 FIPRESCI award in Hong Kong. Films from Japan In December, the Moving Image Gallery presents a visual feast of feature films and artist documentaries in conjunction with Trans-Cool TOKYO. The three feature films selected alternately portray legendary tales with a postmodern flourish, depict subcultural lifestyles in louche artist neighbourhoods, and transform the gritty city into a manic dream playground. Artists Yayoi Kusama and Yoshitomo Nara, whose works are featured in the exhibition, are captured in two documentaries that chart their artistic practice and offer a rare peek into their lives. This screening programme highlights directors and artists with a strong, unique visual sense. Their works all confidently mine the contemporary and the mythic in very personal ways. All the films will be shown for the first time in Singapore. Fri, 10 Dec - Sat, 18 Dec | Moving Image Gallery, SAM at 8Q $10. Limited seating. Tickets available for purchase at SAM at 8Q. Please visit www.singaporeartmuseum.sg for film ratings. Princess Raccoon Seijun Suzuki, Japan, 2005, Japanese and Mandarin with English subtitles, 111 minutes. Fri, 10 Dec | 7:30pm In Japanese folklore, tanuki are raccoon-like creatures known for their shape-shifting powers of deception. In this comedy-musical-operetta, Zhang Ziyi plays a tanuki princess who falls for exiled Prince Amechiyo, played by Joe Odagiri. The star-crossed lovers’ story takes backstage to the film’s astonishing design concepts, stage settings, CG environments, and raucous musical stylings. Known for his genre work and surreal visual style, Suzuki is a veteran cult filmmaker celebrated by the likes of Takeshi Kitano, Wong Kar-Wai and Quentin Tarantino. 28
Travelling with Yoshitomo Nara Koji Sakabe, Japan, 2007, Japanese with English subtitles, 93 minutes. Sat, 11 Dec | 3pm A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of a critically acclaimed artist, this film depicts an intimate portrait of Yoshitomo Nara, who garnered attention during Japan’s Pop Art movement in the 1990s. Known for his wistful and sardonic paintings and sculptures of children and youth culture, Nara’s work is emotionally complex, yet accessible. This film follows Nara on a 240-day journey as he works in and travels to disparate locations such as Bangkok, New York, Soul, Tokyo, and his hometown Hirosaki. Miyoko Yoshifumi Tsubota, Japan, 2009, Japanese with English subtitles, 86 minutes. Fri, 17 Dec | 7:30pm Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, this stylised biopic documents the life of Abe and his girlfriend and muse Miyoko, as well as the sensual, free-wheeling bohemian ways of downtown Tokyo in the 1970s. Mixing historical fact with pure fiction, the film stays true to its subject through its inventive screen compositions and expressive, manga-like imagery. This debut film by Tsubota has received awards at film festivals in Rotterdam and Yokohama. Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me Takako Matsumoto, Japan, 2008, Japanese with English subtitles, 102 mins. Sat, 18 Dec | 3pm Avant-garde sculptor, painter and novelist Yayoi Kusama first rose to prominence through the use of dots and repeated motifs drawn from the hallucinations of her mental illness. An influential and highly collected artist, this film documents her creative process as she works on a large series of monochrome drawings. Kusama’s eccentricities, self-obsession and complex psyche are revealed as she strives to fulfil her intense dedication to her art. The Primitchibu World Kasumi Hiraoka and Takeshi Shirai, Japan, 2009 - 2010, Japanese with English subtitles, 70 mins. Sat, 18 Dec | 5:30pm A girl selling flowers meets a piano-playing boy who believes that war will break out once they traverse the length of a shopping street. An unpredictable mood piece, this film eschews traditional narrative structure, creating a world that dissolves the boundaries between gods and humans, men and women, dreams and reality, and the street and the universe. The word ‘primitchibu’ is a play on ‘primitive’ and ‘private parts’, and The Primitchibu World was originally a stage show with performance and live music. This special film version is the first full-length feature by Osaka video and performance artist Kasumi Hiraoka, who has been making short films on 8mm and DV for the past decade. 29
Page 1 and 2: The Quarterly OCT DEC to 2010
Page 3 and 4: Contents About SAM Page 4 Director
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Page 42 and 43: MADE FOR SAM From mid-October 2010
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