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The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.
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- TriviaFuneral Parade of Roses (1969) gave Stanley Kubrick several visual and aural inspirations for his adaptation of A Clockwork Orange (1971).
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Odd, interesting Japanese avant-garde film
I am not a fan of avent-garde films, which I find are often pretentious and silly, but I enjoyed "Funeral Parade of Roses", primarily because I found the main character "Eddie" (played by Shinnosuke Ikehata aka "Peter") fascinating. The film is a non-linear composite of drama and documentary like vérité punctuated by abstract inclusions (jump cuts to stills, substitution splices, etc), some of which are more effective than others. Supposedly, Kubrick drew inspiration for "A Clockwork Orange" (1971) from this film and there are certainly some similarities (at one point Eddie looks straight at the camera through up cast eyes in a scene that reminded me of the iconic opening shot of "Alex" in Kubrick's film). Lacking much of a plot, "Funeral Parade of Roses" primarily peers into Tokyo's gay scene and follows Eddie, a transvestite 'bar girl' as he moves amoungst his friends (including pretentious auteur 'Guevara') in hopes of luring boss Gonda (Yoshio Tsuchiya) from rival, and bar 'Madame', Leda (Osamu Ogasawara), perhaps becoming 'Madame' himself. The black-and white cinematography is lovely, the characters intriguing and photogenic and the direction, for the most part, excellent (the interminable toking scene not withstanding). While the film is nonlinear, there is a traditional 'climatic' sequence at the end that is well worth waiting for and explains many of the references to the film being an Oedipal myth. Not to everybody's tastes but well worth trying out.
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- May 20, 2018
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- Funeral Procession of Roses
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- $1,114
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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By what name was Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) officially released in India in English?
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