A new restoration of Toshio Matsumoto’s experimental film “Funeral Parade of Roses” (1969, 107 minutes) is having its local premiere at The Cinefamily at Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave. in Los Angeles.
Long unavailable in the U.S., director Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art, and black mascara. No less than Stanley Kubrick cited the film as a direct influence on his own dystopian classic, “A Clockwork Orange.”
An unknown club dancer at the time, transgender actor Peter (from Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran”) gives an astonishing Edie Sedgwick/Warhol superstar-like performance as hot young thing Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet – where she’s ignited a violent love triangle with reigning drag queen Leda (Osamu Ogasawara) for the attentions of club owner Gonda (played by Kurosawa regular Yoshio Tsuchiya, from “Seven Samurai” and “Yojimbo”).
One of Japan’s leading experimental filmmakers, Matsumoto bends and distorts time here like Resnais in “Last Year at Marienbad,” freely mixing documentary interviews, Brechtian film-within-a-film asides, Oedipal premonitions of disaster, his own avant-garde shorts, and even on-screen cartoon balloons, into a dizzying whirl of image and sound.
Featuring breathtaking black-and-white cinematography by Tatsuo Suzuki that rivals the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe, “Funeral Parade” offers a frank, openly erotic, and unapologetic portrait of an underground community of drag queens.
A key work of the Japanese New Wave and of queer cinema, “Funeral Parade” has been beautifully restored in 4k from the original 35mm camera negative and sound elements for re-release by Cinelicious Pics and The Cinefamily.
Showtimes:
Saturday, June 17, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 18, at 5 p.m.
Monday, June 19, at 4 and 10 p.m.
Tuesday, June 20, at 10 p.m.
Wednesday, June 21, at 10 p.m.
Thursday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Admission: $12 general, free for members. For more information, call (323) 655-2510, email [email protected], or visit www.cinefamily.org/films/funeral-parade/.
Previous：Feeding Little Tokyo
Community Obon Festival at Sozenji
Стали известны подробности о ?Сборочном цехе?
Valve установила официальное название Deadlock в файлах игры — возможно, это намёк на скорый релиз
Free agents and transfer
IEM Dallas playoff bracket set as FaZe eliminate Cloud9
Стали известны товары из магазина в боевом пропуске ?Вокруг света? в ?Мире танков?
Aurora Gaming сыграла вничью с Nigma Galaxy в стартовой встрече на FISSURE Universe: Episode 5
?У меня из
Shaking Things Up
17 Gaming стала чемпионом PUBG Global Series 7 2025
2013 JCI Carnival This Weekend
В ?Мире танков? начался второй этап ?Полевых испытаний?
Team Liquid победила AVULUS на FISSURE Universe: Episode 5
LenaGol0vach показал свои детские фотографии
Restrictions Implemented at Nikkei Senior Gardens
Virtus.pro, Natus Vincere и Geekay Esports квалифицировались на Esports World Cup 2025 по PUBG
Tundra Esports против Edge — ставки на киберспорт
Happy, Soin, LawLiet и Sok прошли в плей
nitr0: "I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to try again"
Определились финалисты BetBoom Classic: Hearthstone Battleground
Cyber Monday Fitbit deals: Save on Sense 2 and moreShop deals on unlocked phones ahead of Black FridayBest Black Friday Apple Watch deal: Refurbished Apple Watch Ultra is $379.99Dyson Hot+Cool air purifier deal: $200 off at AmazonBest Black Friday Bose QuietComfort headphones deal: Save $150 at AmazonBest Black Friday Garmin deal: Save $100 on the Garmin Forerunner 965Porn viewers skyrocket during work hours, study findsBlack Friday 2024 SSD deals: Best picks for PS5, Xbox, and moreBlack Friday Sonos deals: Era 300, Ace, Beam at record lowsThe best Black Friday deals under $25: Lego, Echo devices, and more Best portable monitor deal: Get the 15.6 inch Asus ZenScreen portable USB monitor for under $120. Meet the smart mirror that doubles as a mindfulness coach The internet mourns 'Our Flag Means Death's cancellation Apple pulls latest iOS 17.3 beta after reports of 'boot loop' bug New Year's resolution deals: A dozen sales to help you kickstart your 2024 goals CES 2024: Sony just drove its concept car Afeela with a DualSense controller When does stalking a crush online go too far? 'Back to Black' international teaser trailer gives first glimpse of Amy Winehouse biopic 'Saltburn's Shakespeare references, explained iPhone that fell 16,000 feet from Alaska Airlines plane found intact
0.1441s , 9972.9921875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【東映ポルノ映画無修正】‘Funeral Parade of Roses’ at Cinefamily,Feature Flash
