CINSSU Free Friday Films: Liz and the Blue Bird
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The Cinema Studies Student Union (CINSSU) have planned a program of Free Friday Films over the summer, though not all of the films will screen on a Friday.
Liz and the Blue Bird (Yamada 2018) screens on Friday, July 22 at 7pm in Innis Town Hall. This film will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Yoroizuka Mizore plays the oboe, and Kasaki Nozomi plays the flute in Kita Uji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece “Liz and the Blue Bird” features a duet for the oboe and flute. “This piece reminds me of us.” Nozomi says cheerfully, enjoying the solo, while Mizore’s usual happiness to play with Nozomi is tinged with the dread of their inevitable parting. By all accounts the girls are best friends, but the oboe and flute duet sounds disjointed, as if underscoring a growing distance between them. Talk of college creates a small rift in their relationship, as the story evolves to reveal a shocking and emotional conclusion.
This screening is free and open to the general public.