#7. Cut
Director: Amir Naderi
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa,Takashi Sasano, Shun Sugata, Denden
Distributor: Rights Available
Buzz: Opening Venice’s Orizzonti section before shipping out to Toronto, this marks a noteworthy new direction for one of the most important figures in New Iranian cinema of the 70’s and 80’s. After working as an American filmmaker for a pair of decade, Amir Naderi has gone all “The Five Obstructions” on his career by ordering his latest work to be all things Japanese. With collaborations from Shinji Aoyama (2000’s Eureka) who helped co-write the film and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2003’s Bright Future) who served as special consultant, this should be a standout item in Naderi’s filmography.
The Gist: Described by the festival “as a visual love poem for the cinema set in the world of the yakuza,” I’m a huge fan of filmmakers making films about the filmmaking process – in this case the film’s protagonist is ten fold the whipping boy than Marcello in Fellini’s 8 1/2 and as a fiercely independent filmmaker with four decades worth of films under his belt — I’m sure that there is a lot more of Naderi embedded in actor Hidetoshi Nishijima’s suffering for cinema character than we might otherwise think.
TIFF Schedule: Sunday September 11 AMC 6 10:15pm
Tuesday September 13 AMC 1 5:00pm
Thursday September 15 TIFF Bell Lightbox 2 6:15pm
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