Appropriating Art Nouveau, Part Two | Unframed
As part of my quest to collect intriguing appropriations of Art Nouveau, I found myself once again at the art house theater Cinefamily, this time to see the 1973 full-length animated film Belladonna of Sadness. Originally titled Kanashimi no Belladonna, the film, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, was recently restored and re-released, debuting in Los Angeles and New York more than 40 years after its commercial failure in Japan.
Still from Belladonna of Sadness (Kanashimi no Belladonna), 1973, restored by Cinelicious Pics, image courtesy of Cinelicious Pics As part of my quest to collect intriguing appropriations of Art Nouveau, I found myself once again at the art house theater Cinefamily, this time to see the 1973 full-length animated film Belladonna of Sadness. Originally titled Kanashimi no Belladonna, the film, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, was recently restored and re-released, debuting in Los Angeles and New York more than 40 years after its commercial failure in Japan. It’s a difficult film to stomach: the…
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