2022 New Jersey International Film Festival

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Vertigo – Haruo Inoue (Shinjuku, Japan)

Gozo Yoshimasu, a pioneer of Japanese contemporary poetry, pursued the vision of his ally, the late Jonas Mekas in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The time is the end of January 2020, just before the coronavirus strikes NYC, and the trip is just in time. This film depicts the dramatic birth of a poem that could be called a requiem on the first anniversary of the death of Mekas, who was considered a giant of experimental cinema. “Why are your poems and films so shaky?” Someone asked this question to Jonas Mekas, the poet deemed the godfather of American avant-garde cinema. Mekas replied “My life is shaky.” In English and Japanese, subtitled. 2022; 118 min.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    118 minutes
  • Language
    English, Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Director
    Haruo Inoue
  • Producer
    Haruo Inoue, Reiji Yamamoto
  • Filmmaker
    Haruo Inoue
  • Cast
    Gozo Yoshimasu, Jonas Mekas, Sebastian Mekas