HARUKO’S PARANORMAL LABORATORY

Film Info
Director:Lisa Takeba
Film Category:Narrative
Far Out Flicks
Running Time:76 min
Country:Japan
Year of Release:2015
Premiere:California Premiere

Description

All her life, quirky Haruko has longed for a "real paranormal phenomenon." Bullied by others as an outsider, she vents her frustration by shouting at her television… until her television shouts back. Turning into a humanoid tele-man, the old analog set becomes Haruko’s friend, then lover, then star of his own television show. A bizarre satire on television-obsessed culture, Takeba’s anything-goes film plays in a Neo-Dada sandbox with the Pop Art toys of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. -Bears Fonte

Co-Presented by CAAM and New People Cinema