122 mins |
Rated
TBC
Chelsea Late Night - Staff Pick: Oliver
The first film in our Chelsea Late Night series, THE FACE OF ANOTHER is a direct influence on Aaron Schimberg's A DIFFERENT MAN. The 1966 Hiroshi Teshigahara film is his third collaboration with the acclaimed writer Kōbō Abe (PITFALL, WOMAN IN THE DUNES). The film explores the existential and physical dissection of identity when Okuyama, played by Yojimbo's Tatsuya Nakadai, receives reconstructive surgery. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara's film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.
Further Watching:
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931, 98min)
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Georges Fanju, 1960, 90min)
SECONDS (John Frankenheimer, 1966, 106min)
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011, 120min)
A DIFFERENT MAN (Aaron Schimberg, 2024, 112min)
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Chelsea Late Night - Staff Pick: Oliver
The first film in our Chelsea Late Night series, THE FACE OF ANOTHER is a direct influence on Aaron Schimberg's A DIFFERENT MAN. The 1966 Hiroshi Teshigahara film is his third collaboration with the acclaimed writer Kōbō Abe (PITFALL, WOMAN IN THE DUNES). The film explores the existential and physical dissection of identity when Okuyama, played by Yojimbo's Tatsuya Nakadai, receives reconstructive surgery. With unforgettable imagery, Teshigahara's film explores both the limits and freedom in acquiring a new persona, and questions the notion of individuality itself.
Further Watching:
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (Rouben Mamoulian, 1931, 98min)
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (Georges Fanju, 1960, 90min)
SECONDS (John Frankenheimer, 1966, 106min)
THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Pedro Almodóvar, 2011, 120min)
A DIFFERENT MAN (Aaron Schimberg, 2024, 112min)
