YJ01880596
UNDER SNOW (UNTER SCHNEE)
By Ulrike Ottinger

In the Echigo region of northwestern Japan, where heavy snow blankets entire landscapes and villages for more than half the year, a distinctive way of life has evolved. Time follows a different, slower rhythm, and everyday routines, along with religious rituals, wedding traditions, festivals, foods, songs, and games, are adapted to Echigo's austere living conditions and natural beauty. Ulrike Ottinger's latest film leads us into this mythical country, turning her lens on daily and communal life under the snowy mountains. Narrated in English by American literary and media theorist Lawrence A. Rickels, this stunning documentary sequences merge with the tale of students Takeo and Marko, played by Kabuki performers. Their journey through the past and repeated encounters with the present find them wondrously transformed with help from a beautiful vixen fox. Under Snow is clear evidence that Ottinger, whose career spans more than four decades, remains one of world cinema's most original artists.

Reviews
~ "Ottinger's world can hardly be confused with humdrum reality. Watching her films is like traveling through an undiscovered country of marvels." - Leslie Camhi Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice

~ "Maintains a gaze that demonstrates wonderment and fundamental sympathy for her surroundings." - Jerusalem Film Festival

~ "Visually and musically evocative . . . A film for all who wish to take a journey to a mysterious and slow world." - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Asia-Pacific Weeks
DVD (Color)
103 minutes
2011
USD 395.00
 
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