The Source of Anime Examined
La Cinematheque Quebecoise is hosting the largest retrospective of early Japanese animation to ever take place outside of Japan.
Just last week that distinction went to the Japan Society's selection of films.
From February 27 to April 5, the special Montreal screenings of Japanese animation from 1924 to 1952 will feature 53 films in 16mm and 35mm, including one feature - Japan's first - Momotaru, The God Soldier of the Seas. National Film Center/Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo curator Akira Tochigi will be in town to inaugurate the event and will lead a conference on February 29 on early Japanese animation.
A full schedule is available on the CQ website (French only), and Facebook, with a sampling of the shorts. As of this week, a bilingual program for the retrospective is available at the Cinematheque.
Jim Littler
2/19/2008
Source: FPS
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