Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Face of Another

Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara 1966, 124 minutes, Black and White
From October 22, 2008 7:00 PM
Until October 22, 2008 10:00 PM

A staggering work of existential science fiction, The Face of Anotherdissects identity with the sure hand of a surgeon. Okuyama (Yojimbo'sTatsuya Nakadai), after being burned and disfigured in an industrialaccident and estranged from his family and friends, agrees to hispsychiatrist's radical new experiment: a face transplant, created fromthe mold of a stranger. As Okuyama is thus further alienated from thestrange world around him, he finds himself giving in to his darkertemptations. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara's film exploresboth the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questionsthe notion of individuality itself.

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