yodajazz
07-24-2010, 08:09 AM
I saw some YouTube vids of a most extraordinary movie. It was a Japanese movie that came out in 1969. It was considered an experimental movie. It is called “Bara No soretsu” or Funeral Parade of Roses”. There was a lot of experimental art going on all over the world at that time. The review said that it was an adaptation of the ancient play Oedipus Rex. Set in contemporary Tokyo. But the most daring aspect of the production was to set the main cast a drag performers, including the star, and that ‘she’ worked at a drag club, but I today she would have been called transgender. They actually did this in real life and were not professional actors. But from what I could see the lead was not so much a drag queen, the part of a woman, including tender love scenes with men, with her responses were that of any regular women. Maybe that was why Peter, (the stage name of the lead), was reported to be very popular with women.
YouTube- ピーター 「愛の美」 －インタビュー付－ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_RqBx-L9s)
Part of the experimental nature of the movie, was to back out of the drama. You see the camera back to show the set with staff, etc.., and interview the performers as you see at the end of this clip. Peter was born with a Japanese name. The name Peter, was reported to come from "Peter Pan", the character liked when young.
YouTube- ピーター 「愛の美」 －インタビュー付－ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_RqBx-L9s)
Part of the experimental nature of the movie, was to back out of the drama. You see the camera back to show the set with staff, etc.., and interview the performers as you see at the end of this clip. Peter was born with a Japanese name. The name Peter, was reported to come from "Peter Pan", the character liked when young.