Kappa

Опис

Deconstructing the myth of Oedipus within the framework of an ancient Japanese folk story, the Yonemotos craft a highly charged discourse of loss and desire. Quoting from Bunuel, Freud, pop media and art, they place the symbology of Western psychosexual analytical theory into a cross-cultural context, juxtaposing the Oedipal and Kappa myths in a delirious collusion of form and content. The Kappa, a malevolent Japanese water imp, is played with eerie intensity by artist Mike Kelley; actress Mary Woronov plays Jocasta as a vamp from a Hollywood exploitation film. Steeped in perversions and violent longings, both the Kappa and Oedipus legends are presented in highly stylized, purposefully "degraded" forms, reflecting their media-exploitative cultural contexts. In this ironic yet oddly poignant essay of psychosexual compulsion and catharsis, the Yonemotos demonstrate that even in debased forms, cultural archetypes hold the power to move and manipulate.

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Випущено

Дата виходу

17 червня 1986 р.

Мова оригіналу

англійська

Розмовні мови

англійська, японська

Виробництво

KYO-DAI

У ролях

Mike Kelley,Mary Woronov,Keye Luke,Edward Ruscha

Режисер

Bruce Yonemoto,Norman Yonemoto

Сценарій

Norman Yonemoto,Mike Kelley,Bruce Yonemoto

Продюсер

Bruce Yonemoto,Norman Yonemoto

Оператор

Nick Elliot

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IMDb

tt0219111