UTA MAKURA (Pillow Poems)

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit, Sound Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, François Sculier

Jet Lag Prod 1995
20′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: 16mm – Digital file

In 10th. Century Japan, Sei Shonagon, lady-in-waiting to the Empress, wrote of the goings-on at the Japanese court. Fearing vengeance, she hid these secret notes in her pillow. UTA MAKURA is also a collection of humorous observations on modern-day Japan ranging from waterfalls to shopping malls, from kids in kimonos to fresh makimonos, from ancient wisteria to teen- age hysteria, from homemade noodles to live painted poodles.

 

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Screenings

Uta Makura (Pillow Poems) – 1995

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, December 2006
Dokumentar lm Festival, München, May 2000
Traces de Vie, Clermont-Ferrand, November 1996
Curtas, São Paulo, Brazil, August 1996
Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan, April 1996
Festival du Réel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, March 1996
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 1996
London Film Festival, London, UK, November 1995
Toronto Film festival, Toronto, Canada, September 1995
MoMA, “Experimental shorts Dissolution/6 solutions 1990-1995”, New York, USA, April 1995
Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, April 1995