CINEDOOM: "YOJIMBO" BY AKIRA KUROSAWA
Curated by Awardee Blackhorse Lowe
In partnership with Circle Cinema & Tulsa Artist Fellowship
IMAGE: poster image for film.
YOJIMBO (1961, 110m, B&W, Japan)
Thursday, August 31, 2023 | 7:30 pm | Tickets
Circle Cinema
10 S Lewis Ave, Tulsa, OK 74104
Blackhorse Lowe's curated film series CINEDOOM returns on 35mm to Circle Cinema. The series features two classic features that provide distinct narrative responses to societal greed and consumerism through artful storytelling, Japan's end-of-the-samurai era, YOJIMBO, by cinema master Akira Kurosawa on August 31 and the American subculture cult film "Repo Man" by Alex Cox on October 26.
Directed and Edited by Akira Kurosawa. Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Ryûzô Kikushima. Cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa. Music by Masaru Satō. Starring Toshirô Mifune, Eijirō Tōno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa and Isuzu Yamada.
Set in the waning days of the samurai during the 1860s, Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic film serves as his response to a post-war Japanese society, where the rising influences of consumerism and modernity threaten the nation's spirit and culture. The movie stars Toshirō Mifune as Sanjūrō, a wandering ronin-for-hire who stumbles into a divided town controlled by rival criminal gangs. Upon realizing that neither gang is worthy of his allegiance, the cunning mercenary skillfully manipulates both sides in a strategic game of violence. However, as suspicion grows, his orchestrated plan brinks on collapse, leaving him entangled in a precarious web of danger. Kurosawa's adaptation of "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett is a cinematic expressive marvel, and the film's influence can be seen in subsequent works, including Sergio Leone's "A Fistful of Dollars" starring Clint Eastwood. "Yojimbo" remains a pivotal and entertaining masterpiece of global cinema.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship is committed to arts accessibility and ticket subsidy is available for audience members experiencing hardship. Please get in touch with info@tulsaartistfellowship.org for more information by noon, on Monday, August 28, 2023.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
IMAGE: Tulsa Artist Fellow Blackhorse Lowe. Photograph by Shane Brown.
Blackhorse Lowe is a filmmaker from the Navajo Nation whose non-traditional films focus on stories through a Native lens. He has written and directed multiple episodes for the Hulu/FX series RESERVATION DOGS and has directed several episodes for Paramount (Joe Pickett), ABC (Big Sky), Starz (Blindspotting) and most recently for Prime Video (Outer Range). His 2019 feature film, FUKRY won BEST FILM at the Terres en Vues/Land InSights Montreal First Peoples Festival in 2020. He is a 2012 Sundance Institute Time Warner Native Producing Fellow. Lowe’s feature directorial debut 5th WORLD premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and screened at film festivals around the world. He received the New Mexico New Visions Contract Award and Panavision Award for his short, SHIMÁSÁNI. The film premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and went on to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. A recipient of a New Media Award, Lowe is an alumni of the Sundance Institute’s NativeLab, Producers Lab and Screenwriters Writers Lab. A current recipient of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Lowe resides in Oklahoma and is frequently working on independent and collaborative film projects within the global Indigenous film and arts community. He is currently in development for the epic feature “Lords of the Earth,” which made the 2020 Blacklist, an industry annual spotlight featuring the most promising scripts in film and television.
ABOUT CIRCLE CINEMA
Circle Cinema's mission is to use film to foster understanding and appreciation of the diversity of the human experience and create community among the viewers in the restored historic Circle Cinema. As a part of meeting that mission, Circle Cinema seeks to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment where community members with diverse views and experiences can come together to enjoy films, events, and other programming. Circle Cinema values a safe experience for everyone, regardless of race or ethnicity, national origin, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, age, religion, or disability. Your guest experience is our priority. If you see anyone engaging in harassment or unsafe behavior, please contact a member of our team.
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