Doman Seman

VANCOUVER PREMIERE! ► The Powell Street Festival Society kicks off its Kibatsu Cinema series with Doman Seman, a playfully fantastic non-sequitur non-narrative film from Gô Shibata. “Gô Shibata outdoes his 2004 creepfest, Late Bloomer, by jettisoning narrative altogether and going for a stream-of-consciousness assault: Slackers and yakuza bigwigs battle witches, pretty-boy students beat up homeless bums, and Hello Kitty-cute media pundits regurgitate white noise. Entire scenes are replayed with different actors, and everything falls apart” (Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York). “Shibata doesn't want to make a cult movie, he wants to start an actual cult. Imagine A Hard Day’s Night if it was about Aleister Crowley instead of the Beatles, and you've got a glimpse of the Magikal Mystery Tour he's undertaking here. It's a movie that'll kick down your doors of perception like a psychedelic SWAT team” (New York Asian Film Festival). This one should not be missed! Colour, HDCAM, in Japanese with English subtitles, 124 mins.