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There was an entire sub-genre of melancholic nocturnal dramas made mostly by Toei and Nikkatsu from mid 60s through early 70s. These films typically followed hustlers, hostesses, hookers and other young people chasing their dreams in the neon lit night of vice, with story premises often taken from popular songs. Here is a superior late entry into the loosely defined genre: a stylish Tokyo red light district drama set to singer Kan Mikami’s rock ballads. Newcomer Emiko Yamauchi shines as an impulsive youth lost in the city of opportunities and seduction. She dumps her boyfriend and becomes a bar hostess after being tricked by sleazy/handsome photographer Ichiro Araki. This is a surprisingly good film that not only dials up the sex and nudity compared to the similar 60s films, but also comes with more nuanced than average characterization and a star making performance by Yamauchi, who personifies the passionate but ultimately clueless youth (sadly her active film career didn’t last even a year). The film’s biggest accomplishment, however, is how atmospherically it captures the time and location on film. This is an early 70s Tokyo time capsule of the highest order. One of director Makoto Naito’s best pictures alongside 13 Steps of Maki (1975). P.S. fan favourite Yumiko Katayama makes a one scene appearance as a nasty bitch at the beginning of the film.

A.Flower.in.a.Neon.Jungle.1973.1080i.HDTV.AAC2.0.MPEG2-DiHQS.mkv

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Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:None

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In his office covered with books where our centuries, philosophical and poetic millennia, are stacked up, at the height of his 88 years, Michel Deguy does not stop vituperating and “throwing firecrackers”. He challenges, adjures, gives clues, sounds the ecological alert, poetizes an alert thought, tirelessly turns a pensive tongue, sentinels words in their use, words and “things”.

Assuming its formal modesty, the film sets itself a great ambition: starting from a head-on conversation with the poet, to dive into the heart of poetic writing as he practices it, at the heart of his “eco-poeticological” thought.
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« J’ai rencontré Michel Deguy à Paris, et son élégance suprême, sa gestuelle très cinématographique, ce jeu constant, cette mise en scène du moindre mot m’avaient frappée. Je l’ai revu plus tard, et cette distinction m’a encore cueillie, impressionnée. Je lui ai parlé de l’éventualité de faire un film avec lui, il n’y était pas défavorable. Pendant 5 années, nous avons fait toutes sortes de tentatives infructueuses, ne trouvant pas un liard pour aller plus loin. J’ai lu, j’ai relu, j’ai mieux mesuré l’engagement, la générosité intellectuelle. Et puis le miracle est arrivé… En resserrant sur deux ouvrages, parmi les derniers publiés – Écologiques et La vie subite –, nous avions Deguy aux prises avec son temps. Comme souvent, c’est par la soustraction qu’on en arrive à l’essentiel. » (Marie-Claude Treilhou)

Extra: “Tchatche avec Marie-Claude Treilhou”, conversation session with the director and the producer Gaël Teicher during the Gindou Cinéma 2021 Marie-Claude Treilhou retrospective (43 mins, no subtitles included).

M.-C.Treilhou.Comme si comme ça.2019.DVDRip.x264.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 1 min
Size: 	324 MiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x406 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	529 kb/s
BPP: 	0.072
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#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s (Stereo)

https://nitro.download/view/50281813300EFAE/M.-C.Treilhou.Comme_si_comme_ca.2019.DVDRip.x264.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/E0F7D897A1654F8/_Bonus_Tchathe_avec_Marie-Claude_Treilhou,_Gindou_2021.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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