Funeral Parade of Roses (Blu-ray) Directed by Toshio Matsumoto. Trans actor Peter gives an astonishing performance as Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet where she's ignited a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda. One of Japan's leading experimental filmmakers, Matsumoto bends and distorts time, and freely mixes documentary interviews, Brechtian film-within-a-film asides, Oedipal premonitions of disaster, his own avant-garde shorts, and even on-screen cartoon balloons. Funeral Parade of Roses is a celebration of youth and subcultures, a condemnation of intolerance, and a one-of-kind cinematic experience. A Kaleidoscopic masterpiece, and one of the most subversive, intoxicating films of the 60s. Special features: Audio commentary by author and film historian Chris Desjardins (Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film) Eight restored avant-garde short films from director Toshio Matsumoto Nishijin (1961, 25 mins) The Song of Stone (1963, 24 mins) Ecstasis (1969, 11 mins) Metastasis (1971, 8 mins) Expansion (1972, 14 mins) Mona Lisa (1973, 3 mins) Siki Soku Z Ku (1975, 8 mins) Atman (1975, 11 mins) Original theatrical trailer (1969) Restoration trailer (2017)
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