Cinemania Kalk - Filmreihe Hexen hexen #12
Vorführung am Sa 22.06.24 um 22.30 Uhr !

"It's compulsively watchable, even at its most disturbing: The imagery is frequently graphic, and still, after over 40 years, it has the power to shock. The narrative, however implausible, is seductive. And the meticulously executed visual freakouts are awe-inspiring. The variety of graphic modes – with references to fashion magazines, pop art, psychedelia, underground comics, arty pornography and much more – is dizzying." (--- Glenn Kenny, The New York Times (2016))

"La Sorciére": Die (vermutete) Hexerei wird in beiden Arbeiten als eine taugliche und beliebte Rebellion gegen Unterdrückung durch Feudalherrscher und die Kirche beschrieben. BELLADONNA OF SADNESS ist eine radikalfeministische, subversive Fantasie, deren ungeheuerliche Kombination von expliziter Sexualität mit Gewalt bis heute nichts von ihrem transgressiven Potenzial verloren hat. Die häufig mit Wasserfarben gemalten Bilder, von Kamerafahrten lebendig gemacht, münden immer wieder in frenetisch rhythmisierten, exzessiv beladenen Farb- und-Form-Orgien, mit denen sich die Emanzipation von Jeanne von allen Unterdrückern nicht nur begreifen, sondern erspüren lässt.
Ein unendlich faszinierendes, pulsierendes Kleinod und eines der ganz großen Meisterwerke des Animationskinos und des Fantastischen Films." (--- Slash Filmfestival 2016)

"One of the great lost masterpieces of Japanese animation BELLADONNA OF SADNESS is a mad, swirling, psychedelic light-show of medieval tarot-card imagery with horned demons, haunted forests and La Belle Dame Sans Merci, equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and gorgeous, explicit Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism. The last film in the adult-themed Animerama trilogy produced by the godfather of Japanese anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto, BELLADONNA unfolds as a series of spectacular still watercolor paintings that bleed and twist together. An innocent young woman, Jeanne is violently raped by the local lord on her wedding night. To take revenge, she makes a pact with the Devil himself who appears as an erotic sprite and transforms her into a black-robed vision of madness and desire.
Extremely transgressive and not for the easily offended, BELLADONNA is fueled by a mindblowing Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh. On par with Rene Laloux's "Fantastic Planet" and Ralph Bakshi's "Wizards" as an LSD-stoked 1970s head trip, BELLADONNA marks a major rediscovery for animation fans. If Led Zeppelin had a favorite film, this would be it. In other words, Stairway to Hell." (--- Dennis Bartok, Cinelicious)

Die Filmprogramme von "something weird cinema" finden mit freundlicher Unterstützung des Kulturamts der Stadt Köln statt!