TOKYO! @ THE ROYAL (JUNE 5 - 11, 2009)

TOKYO!
a film by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-Ho
- starts Friday June 5th

"Mutants abound as each episode trips the light fantastic." - Village Voice

In TOKYO!, three of the world's greatest filmmakers come together for an omnibus triptych examining the nature of one unforgettable city as it's shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and even run amok!) inside one enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated Japanese megalopolis - the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo. Triptych, rhapsody, psychogeography, omnibus, urban valentine, freak show, mindwalk and many other things, TOKYO! is a fantasy in three movements that will make you see one of the world's greatest cities - if not any city - in unpredictable new ways.

Michel Gondry’s (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) segment, “Interior Design” tells the story about a couple of Japanese artists who move to Tokyo in order to make names for themselves. It works out for one better than it does the other, until a transformation takes place that changes everything.

Léos Carax’s (POLA X) hilarious segment, “Merde” reunites him with his Les Amants du Pont Neuf star, Denis Lavant, playing a man who emerges from the sewer system of Tokyo to play with a bunch of grenades that he’s found.

Bong Joon-ho’s (THE HOST) segment, “Shaking Tokyo” feels like it could have been written by Haruki Murakami. Teruyuki Kagawa (Tokyo Sonata) plays a recluse who hasn’t left his apt. in over a decade. Empty pizza boxes and read books are stacked perfectly around him. In all the years he’s hid himself away, he’s never looked a single delivery person in the eye. One day he accidentally exchanges glances with a pizza delivery girl, an earthquake strikes Tokyo, and he’s forced to consider the way he’s living.

"TOKYO! is a must-see for the Gondry segment, and a strange, diverting pleasure for the rest."
- Philadephia Inquirer

"A fun jaunt around the city and a quick tour of the preoccupations of three leading directors? Now there's a bargain." - L.A Times


Watch The Trailer:
http://www.tokyothemovie.com/index.html

co-presented with Over The Top Festival.

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