A double feature presenting "The Diary of an Unknown Soldier" and CULLODEN, Watkins’ first feature, which restages the disastrous battle for a newsreel-style camera crew.
In Japanese with English subtitles. With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
A screening of Peter Watkins' less-seen film EDVARD MUNCH, part of the American Cinematheque Retrospective.