開催終了THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI ニューヨーク劇場公開
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2007年02月24日 01:38 更新
知り合いのプロデューサが共同制作した映画がCinema Villageで公開される事になったので、時間の都合が付く方は是非見に行ってください。
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THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
トライベッカ映画祭 観客賞受賞
東京国際映画祭「日本映画・ある視点」部門 最優秀作品賞受賞
バンクーバー国際映画祭 観客賞次点
ロッテルダム国際映画祭 観客賞次点
トロムソ国際映画祭 ノルウェー平和映画賞受賞
シリアスなテーマ（ＮＹのホームレス、高齢者、日系人、アート、強制収容所、戦争、原爆、９／１１、市民権剥奪・・・）を扱いながら笑って見られて、そして最後に泣く（？）話です。
An intimate documentary portrait of a Japanese-American artist, blending beauty and humour with tragedy and loss, and an intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing power of art. A heart-warming affirmation of humanity that will appeal to all lovers of peace, art, and cats.
Jimmy Mirikitani is an 80-year-old Japanese-American artist, born in California and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York. He sits alone on a windy corner in Soho drawing whimsical cats, bleak internment camps, and the angry red flames of the atomic bomb. When neighboring filmmaker Linda Hattendorf stops to ask about Mirikitani's art, a friendship begins that will change both their lives. Tales of his life emerge: childhood picnics in Hiroshima, ancient samurai ancestors, lost citizenship, Jackson Pollock, Pearl Harbor, Americans imprisoned in WWII desert camps... Slowly she begins to piece together the puzzle of Mirikitani's past. One thing is clear from his prolific sidewalk displays: he has survived terrible traumas and is determined to make his history visible through his art.September 11 thrusts Mirikitani once again into a world at war and challenges the filmmaker to move from witness to advocate. In the chaos following the collapse of the World Trade Center, she finds herself unable to passively photograph this elderly man coughing in the toxic smoke, and invites him into her small apartment. In this uncharted landscape, the two navigate the maze of social welfare, seek out family and friends, and research Jimmy's painful past. Jimmy's story comes full circle when he travels back to the West Coast to reconnect with a community of former internees at a healing pilgrimage to the site of his former internment camp.
映画の公式サイト（英語）
www.thecatsofmirikitani.com
Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
212-924-3363 (between University Place & Fifth Avenue) Subway - Union Square
http://
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THE CATS OF MIRIKITANI
トライベッカ映画祭 観客賞受賞
東京国際映画祭「日本映画・ある視点」部門 最優秀作品賞受賞
バンクーバー国際映画祭 観客賞次点
ロッテルダム国際映画祭 観客賞次点
トロムソ国際映画祭 ノルウェー平和映画賞受賞
シリアスなテーマ（ＮＹのホームレス、高齢者、日系人、アート、強制収容所、戦争、原爆、９／１１、市民権剥奪・・・）を扱いながら笑って見られて、そして最後に泣く（？）話です。
An intimate documentary portrait of a Japanese-American artist, blending beauty and humour with tragedy and loss, and an intimate exploration of the lingering wounds of war and the healing power of art. A heart-warming affirmation of humanity that will appeal to all lovers of peace, art, and cats.
Jimmy Mirikitani is an 80-year-old Japanese-American artist, born in California and raised in Hiroshima, but by 2001 he is living on the streets of New York. He sits alone on a windy corner in Soho drawing whimsical cats, bleak internment camps, and the angry red flames of the atomic bomb. When neighboring filmmaker Linda Hattendorf stops to ask about Mirikitani's art, a friendship begins that will change both their lives. Tales of his life emerge: childhood picnics in Hiroshima, ancient samurai ancestors, lost citizenship, Jackson Pollock, Pearl Harbor, Americans imprisoned in WWII desert camps... Slowly she begins to piece together the puzzle of Mirikitani's past. One thing is clear from his prolific sidewalk displays: he has survived terrible traumas and is determined to make his history visible through his art.September 11 thrusts Mirikitani once again into a world at war and challenges the filmmaker to move from witness to advocate. In the chaos following the collapse of the World Trade Center, she finds herself unable to passively photograph this elderly man coughing in the toxic smoke, and invites him into her small apartment. In this uncharted landscape, the two navigate the maze of social welfare, seek out family and friends, and research Jimmy's painful past. Jimmy's story comes full circle when he travels back to the West Coast to reconnect with a community of former internees at a healing pilgrimage to the site of his former internment camp.
映画の公式サイト（英語）
www.thecatsofmirikitani.com
Cinema Village
22 East 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
212-924-3363 (between University Place & Fifth Avenue) Subway - Union Square
http://
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