Mar 17: Satoshi Kon: Virtual Lecture: Doubles and Composites with Prof. Thomas Lamarre

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© Film Stills Courtesy of Madhouse, GKIDS, Eleven Arts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, PhotoFest, & Carlotta Films. The Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan and the National Museum of Asian Art have teamed up to present a retrospective of the influential anime director Satoshi Kon, including a new documentary about his life and work! To commemorate this special series, we have invited Dr. Thomas Lamarre for a special JICC film lecture. Registration is required. A recording will be made available afterwards and shared with The Legacy of Satoshi Kon events' attendees only. Instructions on how to access the lecture are at the bottom of this email. You will be able to access the Zoom lecture on Thursday, March 17 at 7:00 PM EDT. A Q&A with the presenter will also take place in the livestream directly following the talk. All participants may submit questions, and the presenter will answer as many as time will allow. Doubles and Composites: How Satoshi Kon Animates the Self with Dr. Thomas Lamarre The animated films of Satoshi Kon are often praised for the depth of psychological portrayals. But how is a sense of psychological depth produced in animation? To answer this question, noted anime expert Dr. Thomas Lamarre proposes a closer look at the production of doubles in Kon's 2006 film Paprika in order to situate the distinctiveness of his animation style. Dr. Lamarre will focus particularly on Kon's use of techniques of compositing to generate doubles of characters, in conjunction with techniques of framing inspired by the art of manga. A closer look at these animation techniques will provide insight into Kon's use of doubles to "animate the self" in a manner that makes him a pioneer of the mind-game film. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER About the Speaker Dr. Thomas Lamarre (he/him/his) teaches in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. Publications on media, thought, and material history include work on communication networks in 9th century Japan (Uncovering Heian Japan, 2000); silent cinema and the global imaginary (Shadows on the Screen, 2005); animation technologies (The Anime Machine, 2009) and infrastructure ecologies (The Anime Ecology, 2018). All retrospective series' virtual events, including this lecture, are free and open to online attendees. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to receive the Zoom link the day of the evening. You do not need to download or sign up for anything, and the livestream should work in any web browser that displays video. The Q&A will take place at the end of the lecture. Until then, only the speaker will be seen and heard. Please click here to view the full retrospective schedule for The Legacy of Satoshi Kon. In the event of a cancellation or if you require further assistance,  please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Thank you! 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1981-2022 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan