BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.1085@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20080528T000000Z DTEND:20080528T000000Z DESCRIPTION:The Crank Film Society Proudly Presents\na tribute to the passi ng of Director Kon Ichikawa\n\nKon Ichikawa&rsquo\;s ODD OBSESSION (1959\, 96 min)\nScreening followed by a Q&amp\;A\; with Shunji Iwai (TBA)\n\n&ld quo\;He possesses tremendous compositional skill\, rivaled only by Kurosaw a Akira. His talent allows him to create first-rate images that easily esc ape realism and result in superior films.&rdquo\;\n-Yasuzo Masumura on Kon Ichikawa\n\n&ldquo\;The finest Japanese film on a contemporary theme that I have seen&rdquo\;\n-Paul Beckley in a Review of Odd Obsession in New Yo rk Herald Tribune\,\nDecember 27\,1961\n\n&ldquo\;Moving in its disturbing beauty&hellip\;erotic obsession reaches claustrophobic intensity\, and th e spectator is made a participant&rdquo\;\n-Donald Richie in "A Hundred Ye ars of Japanese Film"\n\nFree and open to the public \nMay 28\, Wed\, 5-7p m \nJames Bridges Theater at UCLA\n\nEvent co-Sponsored by the UCLA Terasa ki Center For Japanese Studies DTSTAMP:20240419T171630Z SUMMARY:"Odd Obsession" screening\, May 28 URL:/en/events/2008/05/28/odd-obsession-screening-may-28/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR