In new documentary A Whale of a Tale, film-maker Megumi Sasaki revisits the Japanese town of Taiji and examines the damage left behind
The 2009 documentary The Cove, which depicted the practice of corralling and slaughtering dolphins in a small bay tinged crimson from the blood, has visited a bewildering past decade upon the small Japanese town of Taiji.
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The 2009 documentary The Cove, which depicted the practice of corralling and slaughtering dolphins in a small bay tinged crimson from the blood, has visited a bewildering past decade upon the small Japanese town of Taiji.
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- 8/14/2018
- by Oliver Milman
- The Guardian - Film News
A Whale Of A Tale Fine Line Media Reviewed by: Harvey Karten Director: Megumi Sasaki Screenwriter: Megumi Sasaki Cast: Jay Alabaster, residents of the Japanese town of Taiji Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 8/7/18 Opens: August 17, 2018 It’s easy for moralists to sit back, sipping their bourbon, smoking their Cuban cigars, and waxing poetic […]
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- 8/12/2018
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Louie Psihoyos’s “The Cove” was a shuttering documentary, which painted the whaling practices of the Taiji village in the bleakest of colors, particularly through one of the scenes close to the ending, that showed the fishermen butchering tens of dolphins after having trapped them in a small cove. Its impact was so enormous, that the documentary received an Oscar and turned world interest towards the fishing village and its inhabitants. However, it was also a source of great controversy, particularly regarding the portrayal of the Japanese people. Megumi Sasaki’s purpose was to mend this “injustice” by portraying the historic and material conditions that contributed to local whaling practice and in general, to present the other side in this matter.
“A Whale of A Tale” will open theatrically in New York on Friday, August 17 (The Quad) and Los Angeles on Friday, August 24 (Laemmle Music Hall) with a nationwide release to follow.
“A Whale of A Tale” will open theatrically in New York on Friday, August 17 (The Quad) and Los Angeles on Friday, August 24 (Laemmle Music Hall) with a nationwide release to follow.
- 6/27/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
With a week of Doc NYC kicking off tonight, Indiewire's latest curated selections for Hulu's Documentaries page spotlights past films with indelible New York characters. Watch these and other docs now for free!Aviva Kempner introduced a new generation to Gertrude Berg in "Yoo Hoo, Mrs Goldberg," whose popular programs made a mark in early radio and TV programming, and brought a positive representation of Jewish family life to broad audiences. For a look at another acclaimed, multi-talented Jewish celebrity, check out Dori Berinstein's "Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love" at Doc NYC. Though unassuming, the subject of Richard Press' "Bill Cunningham New York," has been documenting street fashion for The New York Times for decades. There are several photographer focused films at Doc NYC, including John Maloof and Charlie Siskel's "Finding Vivian Maier" and Tomas Leach's Saul Leiter portrait, "In No Great Hurry.""Herb and Dorothy" by Megumi Sasaki famously.
- 11/14/2013
- by Basil Tsiokos
- Indiewire
Title: Herb & Dorothy 50×50 Director: Megumi Sasaki Documentaries rarely spawn sequels. And yet five years after “Herb & Dorothy,” a fascinating look at an elderly New York couple who over several decades amassed a massive, world-class collection of minimalist and conceptual art despite their modest means, here’s a follow-up to director Megumi Sasaki’s nonfiction film about both the place of art in modern life and its broader relationship to the proletariat. It’s too cruel to call the pleasant, milquetoast “Herb & Dorothy 50×50″ pointless or boring, but in truth it does feel defined more by its inessential nature than any of the updates it provides. For years, married Brooklynites Herb and Dorothy [ Read More ]
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- 10/5/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Artists aspire to immortality in strange ways. The struggle to locate one tiny bit of infinity within a creation of a human mind can be a funny, bizarre and occasionally tedious experience to watch. Thankfully, Herb and Dorothy Vogel have no such aspirations. They understand people and pieces of art have different lifespans. After fifty years of cramming their tiny apartment with all the contemporary art that could fit, Megumi Sasaki's Herb and Dorothy 50x50 documents the couple's declining health and their decision to get rid of it all. Herb and Dorothy 50x50 is more of a companion piece to Sasaki's earlier Herb and Dorothy than a sequel. Both films are about art and accessibility. The Vogels' entrance into the annals of art history (detailed...
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- 9/27/2013
- Screen Anarchy
While living in a rent-controlled Manhattan one-bedroom from the 1960s onward, Herbert & Dorothy Vogel assembled one of this country's most comprehensive collections of minimalist modern art, funding their purchases from Herbert's wages as a postal clerk while living off Dorothy's salary as a librarian. They donated most of their collection to the National Gallery of Art in 1992—relieving them of the burden of protecting it from their cats. Megumi Sasaki covered all this in her 2008 documentary Herb & Dorothy. Her follow-up is about the couple's controversial decision to divide their collection, giving 50 pieces to a museum in each U.S. state. The result was at least 50 dramas, only a few of which Sasaki can cover in 85 minutes. The Las Vegas Art Museum permanently closed ...
- 9/11/2013
- Village Voice
Watch the trailer and check out the poster for Megumi Sasaki's Herb & Dorothy 50X50 documentary which FIne Line Features sends to theaters in New York on September 13, 2013. This is a follow-up to Sasaki's award-winning 2008 documentary Herb & Dorothy and captures the last chapter of the Vogel’s extraordinary life and their gift to the nation, raising various questions on art, and what it takes to support art in today’s society. In 2008, legendary art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel made an announcement that stunned the art world. Known and loved as a retired postal worker (Herb) and librarian (Dorothy) who built a world-class art collection on their humble salaries, the Vogels launched a national gift project with the National Gallery of Art (Nga) in Washington DC that would constitute one of the largest gifts in the history of American art: to give a total of 2,500 artworks to museums in all fifty states.
- 8/7/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In 2008, filmmaker Megumi Sasaki unspooled "Herb & Dorothy," the tale of a postal clerk and librarian who became two of the most unlikely figures in the contemporary art world, thanks to their extensive collection which they gifted to The National Gallery of Art. Now, five years later, Sasaki returns with "Herb & Dorothy 50x50," which follows up on the journey of Herb and Dorothy Vogel and what impact their 1992 present to the nation has had. 16 years after their initial gift to the Nga, the Vogels' collection had expanded from over 2000 works to well over 4000 pieces, and with the museum unable to house them all, a program was launched to gift 50 works to each state. "Herb & Dorothy 50x50" follows that story and how it has resonated. Following the passing of Herb Vogel in July 2012, the collecting has stopped on behalf of Dorothy, but as you'll see in the exclusive trailer for this documentary,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Herbert Vogel, who developed a stunning collection of contemporary and minimalist art with his wife Dorothy and was the subject of Megumi Sasaki's documentaries "Herb & Dorothy" and "Herb & Dorothy 50x50," passed away Sunday at age 89. The Vogels started collecting contemporary art before it was popular, buying pieces from then-unknown artists with Herb's meager salary as a postal clerk. As Sasaki recounted to Indiewire during the release of "Herb & Dorothy" in 2009, she first found out about the Vogels when she was working on a program about the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and their works were in the Herb and Dorothy Vogel collection. On her website, Sasaki wrote the following message: It is with our deepest sadness and sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear friend, Herbert Vogel. On July 22, 2012, Herbert Vogel passed away in New York City. He was 89 years old. His health had begun to decline rapidly.
- 7/23/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Megumi Sasaki’s doc “Herb & Dorothy’ tells the story of Herbert Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960’s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, Herb and Dorothy Vogel quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb’s salary to …...
- 6/1/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Raving about the city's downtown restoration to a glammed up crowd at the Clinton Library Gala, Phil Donahue gave the keynote address for the Little Rock Film Festival declaring "You look like you bought a pretty prom dress." The legendary talk show host had screened his documentary Body of War earlier in the day. Also, awards were distributed for best documentary The Way We Get By and best narrative That Evening Sun.
Festival Organizers Craig and Brent Renaud with Phil Donahue
The Way We Get ByDirector Aron Gaudet follows three senior citizens who voluntarily spend their days, with others, greeting American troops as they arrive at Bangor, Maine's airport on their way home from Iraq or on their way there. With close framed, emotional interviews Gaudet evokes a multitude of thoughts and opnions from his subjects. For example, 86 year old Bill at first appears to be winding his life down...
Festival Organizers Craig and Brent Renaud with Phil Donahue
The Way We Get ByDirector Aron Gaudet follows three senior citizens who voluntarily spend their days, with others, greeting American troops as they arrive at Bangor, Maine's airport on their way home from Iraq or on their way there. With close framed, emotional interviews Gaudet evokes a multitude of thoughts and opnions from his subjects. For example, 86 year old Bill at first appears to be winding his life down...
- 5/17/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Arthouse films has nabbed worldwide rights to "Herb and Dorothy," winner of the Hamptons International Film Festival's two top documentary prizes.
Producer-director Megumi Sasaki's feature follows post office clerk Herbert Vogel and his librarian wife, Dorothy. In the early '60s, the pair began pooling their modest incomes to amass one of the most important minimalist and conceptual art collections of the 20th century.
"Dorothy" won the audience award after its premiere at this year's AFI SilverDocs Festival before nabbing the best docu and Golden Starfish Award in the Hamptons in October. Arthouse will release the film in theaters in early 2009.
Producer-director Megumi Sasaki's feature follows post office clerk Herbert Vogel and his librarian wife, Dorothy. In the early '60s, the pair began pooling their modest incomes to amass one of the most important minimalist and conceptual art collections of the 20th century.
"Dorothy" won the audience award after its premiere at this year's AFI SilverDocs Festival before nabbing the best docu and Golden Starfish Award in the Hamptons in October. Arthouse will release the film in theaters in early 2009.
- 11/3/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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