Evento

Seijun Suzuki: PASSPORT TO DARKNESS on 35mm

Sat Apr 9 | 5:30 pm

"Passport to Darkness tracks a trombone-playing bandleader (Ryoji Hayama) as he descends into an urban inferno while searching for the strangler of his murdered girlfriend. Trailed by the cops, Hayama falls into classic noir paranoia as he unravels the mystery, learning his lover had been involved with a heroin ring. Suzuki mesmerizes the viewer through the slow patches, meticulously orchestrating Hayama's hellish pilgrimage amongst hit men, junkies, transvestites, whores and corrupt diplomats." Chris D., Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film

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Co-presented with Northwest Film Forum
35mm prints!

Part of Action, Anarchy and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective

On the occasion of the publication of Time and Place are Nonsense: The Films of Seijun Suzuki by Tom Vick, the Grand Illusion Cinema and Northwest Film Forum are pleased to present a touring retrospective of Suzukis films. Series curated by Tom Vick, curator of film, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, and co-organized with the Japan Foundation.