Ugetsu on 16mm

Pittsburgh Sound + Image and SCREENSHOT: Asia reteam for a special 16mm screening of Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.

Criterion writes, "By the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit of fame and fortune leads them far astray from their loyal wives. Moving between the terrestrial and the otherworldly, Ugetsu reveals essential truths about the ravages of war, the plight of women, and the pride of men."

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Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts hosts us at the legendary Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Doors at 6:30, movie starts at 7

Tickets are $10 for the general public; FREE for Pittsburgh Sound + Image members and CMU or Pitt students, staff and faculty (use the code GHOST at checkout).