THE ARTS: Throne of Blood wraps up Shakespearean Focus on Film

The Mondavi Center’s Shakespearean-themed Focus on Film wraps up Nov. 17 with Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (1957), in which the legendary Japanese director sets Macbeth in medieval Japan, mixing Shakespearean drama and formal elements of Japanese Noh theater for a unique cinematic experience.

The film is in Japanese with English subtitles; it is 90 minutes long and unrated. Starting time is 6:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre. Audience members are invited to stay for a reception and open discussion after the film.

Tickets for #5 The Angry Red Drum and Focus on Film are available through the Mondavi Center box office: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.

 

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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu

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