BABFA presents: Dragnet GIrl by Yasujiro Ozu 1033

BABFA presents: Dragnet GIrl by Yasujiro Ozu 1033

2023sun10dec4:30 pmsun6:20 pmBABFA presents: Dragnet GIrl by Yasujiro Ozu 1033

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Sunday, December 10, 4:30pm

Copresented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

In Yasujiro Ozu’s atmospheric American-style crime melodrama, Kinuyo Tanaka brings a wide range of moods and emotions to the role of a gangster’s moll trying to get herself and her lover/accomplice out of their murky world and into “a decent life.” This film is full of fascinating detail, an atmospheric lighting style, and some nicely observed small roles. Most interesting of all, though, is the presentation of the protagonist’s character. Kinuyo Tanaka tackled an extraordinary variety of parts in the 1930s, and she brings a wide range of moods and emotions to this role (especially in the tense, slightly quirky scenes with the other, rival girl), giving the film a center and force that it might not have possessed otherwise.

On Piano: Judith Rosenberg

BAMFA (Berkeley Art Museum & Picnic Film Archive) is located at 2155 Center Street in Berkeley

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