"The Burmese Harp", directed by Kon Ichikawa.
Best Foreign Film, Academy
Award Nomination;
San Giorgio Award, Venice Film Festival.
A "strangely poetic saga of the transformation of a militaritic
consciousness into one of passionate dedication to humanity".
At the end
of World War II, as Japanese military forces pull out of Burma,
a popular
Japanese private becomes separated from his comrades. He disguises
himself
as a Theravada Buddhist monk to make his ay back to his troop, but
as he
travels through the devastated countryside, he becomes spiritually
transformed. An extraordinary film about military action,
colonialism,
sadness, guilt, and transformation.
18 February, Friday, 6:30-9PM,
LC-30
Contact person:
Prof. Lefferts *3384
lleffert@drew.edu