OFS LOST & FOUND: First-Ever U.S. Theatrical Release BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

OFS LOST & FOUND
FRIDAY JULY 15 & SUNDAY 17
NEW 4K RESTORATION
First-Ever U.S. Theatrical Release
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS
FRI: 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film
SUN: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm film
$9 general admission / $6 OFS members
Tickets available at box office night of show

Dir: Eiichi Yamamoto / 1973 / Japan / 86 min / DCP
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 and haunted forests, equal parts J.R.R. Tolkien and gorgeous, explicit Gustav Klimt-influenced eroticism. Produced by the godfather of anime & manga, Osamu Tezuka and directed by his long time collaborator Eiichi Yamamoto, Belladonna is extremely transgressive and not for the easily offended. Fueled by a mind-blowing Japanese psych rock soundtrack by noted avant-garde jazz composer Masahiko Satoh, Belladonna is on par with Rene Laloux’s Fantastic Planet and Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards as an LSD-stoked 1970s head trip, A major rediscovery for animation fans. Glenn Kenny of the New York Times calls it “A bewitching masterpiece.”