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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

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May 20, 2009 7:00 PM
$7 students (tickets required)
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Described as a "thinking man's Bridge on the River Kwai," Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence is probably Oshima's best-known film in the United states.

Two rock icons star as arch-enemies in a WWII POW camp in Java. David Bowie plays an imprisoned major and Ryuichi Sakamoto is the fanatical commandant increasingly fixated on his blond prisoner. Sakamoto also created the film's hypnotically spare music track. (122 mins., 35mm)

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The following individuals and organizations made the retrospective possible: Nagisa Oshima, Tokyo; Marie Suzuki, The Japan Foundation, Tokyo; Masayo Okada, Yuka Sukano, Atsuko Fukuda, Kawakita Memorial Film Institute, Tokyo; Eiko Oshima, Oshima Productions, Tokyo; Peter Becker, Kim Hendrickson, Fumiko Takagi, Sarah Finklea, Janus Films, New York; Jonathan Howell, New Yorker Films.

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS
Rohauer Collection Foundation

PREFERRED AIRLINE
American Airlines/American Eagle

GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE WEXNER CENTER
Greater Columbus Arts Council
Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
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Past

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

May 20, 2009 7:00 PM EST
$7 students (tickets required)
$5 members
Become a Member