Things Left Behind / HIROSHIMA Ishiuchi Miyako Nokosaretamonotachi
Japan, USA / 2012 / 80 min.
Director: Linda HOAGLUND
[Introduction]
"Things Left Behind" is a film about the transformative power of the first major international art exhibit hiroshima: strings of time" devoted to Hiroshima. The protagonists are the 48 photographs. They are the keys to liberate Hiroshima from the monochromic past and bring it into the vivid present. Through the film, the camera repeatedly returns to the photographs Ñ individually and grouped, exhibited in the museum and not, in slow motion tracking shots, and in close-ups that reveal Ñ along with their subjects' fine stitching and intricate patterns Ñ bloodstains and scorches. The intent is to transport viewers into the subjective experience of encountering the photographs, which fuse the beauty of the garments, still radiant and stylish, with the haunting absence of those who wore them. This experience elicits a full range of narratives and memories unique to each individual.
Linda HOAGLUND
Linda HOAGLUND was born and raised in Japan. She previously directed "ANP O Art X Wa ", which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by Vancouver, DOC NYC, and Hong Kong, and was screened at the Guggenheim NY throughout the summer of 2011. Before that she produced and wrote "Wings of Defeat (TOKKO)", which premiered at Hot Docs in 2007 and was broadcast in the US, Japan and throughout the world. Hoaglund has also subtitled over 200 Japanese films, by directors such as KUROSAWA Akira, OSHIMA Nagisa and MIYAZAKI Hayao.
11/25『ひろしま 石内都・遺されたものたち』Q&A
from ブロードキャスト 2012/11/25
