“Oh Dear”-ism II & Non-Linear War / Before We Vanish
“Oh Dear”-ism II & Non-Linear War
United Kingdom, 2014, 6 minutes, Color, English; Turkish captioned, Turkish dubbed
Director: Adam Curtis
Screenplay: Adam Curtis
Editing: Adam Curtis
Producer: Adam Curtis
Production: BBC
Short film examining the global events of 2014 to reveal a chaotic morass, the reporting of which is increasingly difficult to comprehend in the context of the 24-hour news cycle and the internet.
Before We Vanish
Japan, 2017, 125 minutes, Color, Japanese; Turkish captioned, Turkish dubbed, English subtitled
2018 Mainichi Film Concours; Best Actress, 2017 Tama Cinema Forum; Best Actress
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Screenplay: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sachiko Tanaka
Cinematography: Akiko Ashizawa
Editing: Kōichi Takahashi
Sound: Shinji Wataneb
Music: Yûsuke Hayashi
Production: Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Yuri Tsunematsu, Masahiro Higashide
Narumi and her husband Shinji are going through a rocky patch when Shinji suddenly vanishes, returning several days later, utterly transformed. He seems to have become another man entirely, loving and attentive. At the same time, a family is brutally murdered, and the town beset by strange phenomena. Journalist Sakurai begins to investigate the mystery.