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『異能の映像作家・中村雅信の世界』Vol.1
POST-UNDERGROUND CINEMA
STRANGE WORLD OF NAKAMURA MASANOBU

記念写真

政治と革命の季節が終焉を迎えつつある1969年に、8mmで映画を撮り始め、30年近いキャリアの中で、40以上の映像作品を作り上げた中村雅信。アンダーグラウンドの猥雑さを引き継ぎながら、より個人的な欲望と表現に耽溺する独自の世界は、まさに〝ポスト・アンダーグラウンド・シネマ〟と呼ぶにふさわしい自由と毒に満ちている。フェティシズム、SM、少女、監禁、犯罪などのイメージと、再撮影、ストロボ、コマ撮り、反復などの実験的な手法の融合が生み出す作品は、映画が欲望の装置であり、観ることは時に暴力的な体験であるという事実を観客に突きつけてくる。「日常と位相が違うところにある世界を作りださなければ面白くない」と言う中村雅信は、日本で最も危険な映像作家の一人である。

In 1969, as the political and revolutionary season was coming to an end, Nakamura Masanobu began making films on 8mm film. In a career spanning nearly 30 years, he has created more than 40 films. Inheriting the obscenity of the underground, Nakamura’s unique world, which indulges in more personal desires and expressions, is filled with freedom and venom worthy of being called “post-underground cinema.” His films, which combine images of fetishism, SM, young girls, confinement, and crime with experimental techniques such as reshooting, strobing, frame by frame shooting, and repetition, confront the viewer with the fact that cinema is a device of desire and suggests that watching it could be a violent experience from time to time. Nakamura Masanobu is one of Japan’s most dangerous filmmakers, who says, “If you don’t create a world that is out of phase with the ordinary, it won’t be interesting.”

『異能の映像作家・中村雅信の世界』Vol.1
1. 中村雅信・70年代傑作選 
Nakamura Masanobu・Selected films of the 70’s

国内外で広く上映された代表作のセレクション。独自のエロチィシズムとフェティシズム、そしてユーモアが実験映画的手法と融合した傑作集。

A selection of his classic works that have been widely screened in Japan and internationally. It is a collection of masterpieces that combine peculiar eroticism, fetishism, and humor with experimental film techniques.

(Original 16mm、No dialogue)【Total:56min】 HD

1.『奇病Ⅰ』Bizarre diseaseⅠ:1977/3min
2.『奇病Ⅱ』Bizarre disease Ⅱ:1977/5min
3.『A QUIET DAY』1977/15min
4.『SUMMER IS GONE』1978/30min
5.『記念写真』Commemorative Photo :1978/3min

A QUIET DAY
『A QUIET DAY』1977/15min

『異能の映像作家・中村雅信の世界』Vol.1
2.中村雅信・80年代傑作選
Nakamura Masanobu・Selected films of the 80’s

よりディープに、より複雑に…。多彩な表現方法を試み、進化し続ける80年代の実験的作品集。エロスとタナトスのイメージが渦巻く迷宮の世界。

Deeper and more complex. This is a collection of experimental works from the ’80s that continue to evolve and attempt various expression methods. A labyrinthine world where images of Eros and Thanatos swirl around.

(Original 16mm、No dialogue)【Total:46min】 HD

1.『原景の配当』Distribution of Unspoiled landscape 1984/22min
2.『兆』Omen 1988/13min
3.『飛画』Flying images 1989/11min

原景の配当
『原景の配当』Distribution of Unspoiled landscape 1984/22min

中村雅信プロフィール Profile Nakamura Masanobu

中村雅信NAKAMURA MASANOBU

1949年静岡生まれ。父親の事業失敗により、夜逃げして東京へ。
武蔵大学に入学し映画研究会に所属。突如8mmカメラを購入し、個人で映画撮影を始める。映画作りのノウハウもなく、実戦で学びながら処女作『猥雑』(’69)を完成。授業料未納により大学を除籍後も、映画研究会には出入り。独自の作品制作を続ける。
再撮影の技法を駆使した『ANOTHER LIFE』(’76)が高い評価を受け、特集上映が開催。実験映画の新鋭として注目を集める。16mm作品『奇病Ⅰ』(’77)、『記念写真』(’78)で100フィート・フィルムフェスティバルに参加。『SUMMER IS GONE』(’78)が海外で上映。実験的、挑発的な16mm作品をコンスタントに発表する。
’85年、家庭用ビデオを使った『PREVIEW』を制作。8mm、16mm、ビデオと多彩なフォーマットによる作品作りを開始。8mmと16mmをミックスした、142分の問題作『生き埋めにされるフィルム達に』(’89)を発表後、新たな風景論的作風を探求。8mmフィルム、Hi8による風景と記憶についての作品を制作する。

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1949. After the failure of his father’s business, his family fled at night and moved to Tokyo.
Nakamura entered Musashi University and joins its film society. He suddenly bought an 8mm camera and began filming on his own. Although having no filmmaking knowledge, Nakamura completed his first film DISORDER (’69), by learning in practice. Even after being expelled from the university for non-payment of tuition fees, he continued to show up at the film club and continued to make his own films.
ANOTHER LIFE (’76), which made full use of the re-shooting technique, was highly praised, leading to a special screening. He participated in the 100 Feet Film Festival with his 16mm films BIZARRE DISEASEⅠ (’77) and COMMEMORATIVE PHOTO(’78). SUMMER IS GONE (’78) was screened around the world. Since then, he has made a constant stream of experimental and provocative 16mm films.
In 1985, he made PREVIEW, and began making films in various formats including 8mm, 16mm, and video. After premiering the contraversal FOR THE FILMS THAT ARE TO BE BURIED ALIVE(’89), he began exploring a new style of landscape theory. He creates works on landscapes and memory using 8mm film and Hi8 video.

代表作 Selected filmography

『猥雑』Disorder 1969/16min/8mm、『句読点』Punctuation Mark 1975/17min/8mm、『ANOTER LIFE』1976/11min/8mm、『奇病Ⅰ』Bizarre Disease Ⅰ 1977/3min/16mm、『SUMMER IS GONE』1978/30min/16mm、『記念写真』Commemorative Photo 1978/3min/16mm、『兆』Omen 1988/13min/16mm、『飛画』Flying Images 1989/11min/16mm、『SO HARD FEELINGS』1991/18min/video、『わたしにひろがるくうきょ』The Emptiness that Spreads to Me 1995/20min/video、『記憶の亡霊』The Ghost of Memories 1997/27min/video