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Featuring Festival Fellow Jonathan Hall
and Guest Filmmaker Matsue Tetsuaki
Ringing in Their Ears
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apanese film scholar and Cinema Pacific
2012 Festival Fellow Jonathan Hall has
curated a selection of films addressing
music and sound in contemporary
Japanese film. The series looks to rock, rap,
metal, noise, and cinematic sound effects
themselves to hear the dynamic range of
cultural expression and social debate within
Japan today. Hall will be joined on April
19 by Japanese director Matsue Tetsuaki.
Tetsuaki’s 2011 Tokyo Drifter follows street
musician Kenta Maeno as he serenades the
dark streets of Tokyo following the recent
earthquake and nuclear disaster.
Filmmaker Matsue Tetsuaki
In the Din: Lecture by Jonathan Hall: Wednesday, April 18, 3:00 p.m., JSMA Lecture Room
Tokyo Drifter: Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m., Bijou
Midori-ko: Thursday, April 19, 9:30 p.m., Bijou
Annyong Kimchi: Friday, April 20, 1:00 p.m., Knight Library Proctor 42
The Echo of Astro Boy’s Footsteps: Friday, April 20, 9:30 p.m., Bijou
KanZeOn: Saturday, April 21, 1:00 p.m., Bijou
Ringing in their Ears: Saturday, April 21, 4:00 p.m., Bijou
Abraxas: Saturday, April 21, 9:45 p.m., Bijou
Cosponsored with UO Center for Asian and Pacific Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures.
FRINGE FESTIVAL 2012:
Festival Fellow Jonathan Hall
with a
DINNER PARTY
at Kamitori
A PAGE OF MADNESS
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inema Pacific’s Fringe Festival returns for the third year with
a gallery exhibition in the Broadway Commerce Building,
featuring media installations and video remixes addressing the
Japanese silent film classic A Page of Madness (1926).
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
FRINGE FESTIVAL GALLERY
iro Dreams of Sushi looks at the hardworking, perfectionist ways of a man who is as
passionate as he is obsessive about what he does. Vanity Fair calls Jiro Dreams of
Sushi a “paean to the art of seafood slicing,” while Variety calls the film an “intrinsically
compelling hymn to craftsmanship and taste in every sense.”
Location: Broadway Commerce Building, 44 W. Broadway
Dates: April 6–22 (Thursdays through Saturdays, plus Sunday,
April 22) 5:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Cinema Pacific will offer viewers the option of accompanying the 4:00 p.m. screening
with a delicious sushi meal at Kamitori, Eugene’s newest Japanese sushi restaurant.
SPECIAL NIGHTTIME EVENTS!
Jiro Dreams of Sushi: Sunday, April 22, 4:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi & Dinner at Kamitori: April 22, 4:00 p.m. screening, 5:45 p.m.
dinner ($35 incl movie ticket)
April 6: First Friday Opening Reception: 5:30–9:00 p.m.
April 13: A Page of Madness screening and mask party! 5:30–9:30 p.m.
April 19: Media Mashers (Re)Mixer: 9:00–11:00 p.m.
April 22: Closing Party: 7:30–10:00 p.m.
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Cosponsored with Kamitori Japanese Restaurant
Cosponsored with Beam Development and Pacific Real Estate Services
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
UO Arts and Administration Program
UO Academic Extension
University Relations
School of Journalism and Communication
UO Cinema Studies Program
Oregon Arts Commission
UO Libraries
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
UO Confucius Institute
International Affairs Office
EMU Cultural Forum
Oregon Humanities Center
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
TICKETS AND LOCATIONS
Cinema Pacific events will take place downtown at The
Shedd Institute, 868 High Street; at Regal Valley River
Center, 500 Valley River Center; various locations on the
University of Oregon campus; and at Bijou Art Cinemas,
492 E. 13th Ave.
cinemapacific.
uoregon.edu
Tickets for Adrenaline Film Project and After-party are available
at the Shedd Institute Box Office at 541-434-7000.
All other ticketed events are on sale through the UO Ticket
Office, 541-346-4363, also located in the EMU on the UO
campus.
Day-of-sales: tickets go on sale at the venue one half-
hour before the published event start time. Cash, Visa, and
Mastercard are accepted.
Tickets for all shows available online through April 17 at
http://cinemapacific.uoregon.edu/tickets
@CINEMAPACIFIC