The Cinematheque spotlights the films of Naruse Mikio with Short Is the Life of a Flower, to February 21
Retrospective closes with the Japanese director’s melancholic final picture, Scattered Clouds
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Scattered Clouds
Short Is the Life of a Flower: The Films of Naruse Mikio, a retrospective dedicated to the titular Japanese director, is on at The Cinematheque until February 21.
A master chronicler of common life in the shōshimin-eiga tradition, Naruse is celebrated for his nuanced treatment of female characters made to suffer in a society wrought by patriarchy and capitalism. But the filmmaker never reached the international heights of his more renowned peers—a symptom, perhaps, of his romanceless approach to melodrama.
Spanning a dozen films from across the director’s iconic postwar period, Short Is the Life of a Flower will close on February 21 at 8 pm with 1967’s Scattered Clouds. The exquisite last testament of Naruse, who was dying of cancer during its production, is a sombre portrait of love’s futility in the inescapable shadow of tragedy.
To purchase tickets and learn more about the films in the series, visit The Cinematheque.
Post sponsored by The Cinematheque.
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