Alternative Histories of Japanese Film

• Alternative Histories of Japanese Film: How the 1970s Changed Everything
  A lecture by Dr. Alexander Zahlten
• Friday, May 31, 18:30 Mousonturm Studio 1
• Duration: approx. 1,5 hours
• Lecture in English
• Free admission

The 1970s were an important decade for Japanese cinema. Many important works that triggered a change in the film industry, in the understanding of the very medium, and in cinematic sensitivity are almost completely unheard of nowadays. In his lecture, Dr. Alexander Zahlten (Harvard University) honors an underestimated decade in Japanese film history.