
Wednesday, August 20 | 7 PM
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Part of "Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema"
TICKETS
DIRECTOR
Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST
Tomorowo Taguchi,
Kei Fujiwara,
Shinya Tsukamoto
SYNOPSIS
Dubbed “a cyberpunk Eraserhead” in Michael J. Weldon’s 1983 book The Psychotronic Video Guide, this defining Japanese cyberpunk film melds Cronenbergian body horror and Lynchian surrealism for a manic, man-versus-machine Tilt-a-Whirl. In a tech-age update to Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis,” an office worker wakes up to find he’s becoming a machine, a reality that sends him on a tear of ultraviolence. Unavailable theatrically for over thirty years, this new digital restoration showcases the no-holds-barred cinematography of filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto and star Kei Fujiwara; it’s an in-your-face excess of underground ethics and DIY spirit.
LANGUAGE
Japanese with English subtitles
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Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema
The Paris Theater and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures co-present their final collaborative screening series for 2025
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