A PAGE OF MADNESS (Kurutta Ichipeiji)

with musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra

Showings

Castro Theatre Sat, Jun 3, 2017 9:30 PM
$16 general / $14 member - no service charge!
Film Info
Director:Teinosuke Kinugasa
Cast:Masuo Inoue
Ayako Iijima
Yoshie Nakagawa
Year:1926
Country:Japan
Total Run Time:70 min.

Description

A retired sailor volunteers to work odd jobs at the asylum where his wife has been confined since her attempt to drown their infant son many years before. Without intertitles, Page evokes a world as seen by the mentally disturbed—through shifting images and rapid editing—and creates a modernist tour-de-force as psychologically and aesthetically compelling as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Musical accompaniment by Alloy Orchestra

Copresented by the Asian Art MuseumCAAM, MiDNiTES for MANiACS, and San Francisco Cinematheque

 

Restoration by Lobster Films


Children under the age of 10 are admitted free.