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SUMMARY:Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage (2024)
DTSTAMP:20260911T192501Z
DTSTART:20260321T200000Z
DESCRIPTION:In the second episode of the Mononoke film trilogy\, the myster
	ious ‘Medicine\nSeller’ has decided to hang around the women’s quarters of
	 feudal Japan’s Edo\nCastle. One never knows. And indeed\, one of the wome
	n appears to suffer from\nspontaneous combustion.\n\n‘Appears’\, because o
	f course this is the work of another mononoke. Acting as a\nsupernatural d
	etective\, our Medicine Seller again investigates\, trying to\ndiscover th
	e three things he needs to exorcise the mononoke with his magic\nsword: th
	eir shape\, their truth and their reason. In other words: which category\n
	do they belong to (a karakasa in the previous episode\, a hinezumi in this
	 one)\,\nwhat are the causal circumstances\, and which dark emotion motiva
	tes the\nmononoke? Empathy is the key here.\n\nWhile the first episode cen
	tred on the importance of (romantic) friendship in\nthe lower regions of t
	he hierarchy\, this episode concerns the value of pregnancy\nin the higher
	 strata. Especially when the child has been conceived by the castle\nlord.
	 What does that baby mean to the pregnant woman herself\, compared to all\
	nthe high-ranking families involved?\n\nAlthough slightly calmer than epis
	ode one (with Kenji Nakamura here ‘chief\ndirector’ and Suzuki directing)\
	, The Ashes of Rage is still a hyper-surrealist\ndopamine rush on acid. No
	te also the representation of smells\, spirits and even\npsychological sta
	tes by abstract imagery: the colour of spinning shapes\nsynaesthetically r
	epresents aromas and the white spirals on expressionless faces\nemphasise 
	the obedience to authority of most harem residents.\n\nThis screening incl
	udes an exclusive teaser of the third movie in the series\,\nwhich is to b
	e released this year!\n\nMelkweg often hosts different types of programmes
	 at the same time\, such as\nconcerts\, club nights and films. Please note
	 that there may occasionally be some\nnoise pollution from other programme
	s during the screening.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/mononoke-the-movie-the-ashes-of-rage-20
	24
GEO:52.3647777;4.881073026725959
LOCATION:Melkweg - Lijnbaansgracht 234A\, 1017 PH Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,anime,fantasy,film,horror,japan,leidseplein
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In the second episode of the Mononoke film 
	trilogy, the mysterious ‘Medicine Seller’ has decided to hang around the w
	omen’s quarters of feudal Japan’s Edo Castle. One never knows. And indeed,
	 one of the women appears to suffer from spontaneous combustion.</p><p>‘Ap
	pears’, because of course this is the work of another mononoke. Acting as 
	a supernatural detective, our Medicine Seller again investigates, trying t
	o discover the three things he needs to exorcise the mononoke with his mag
	ic sword: their shape, their truth and their reason. In other words: which
	 category do they belong to (a karakasa in the previous episode, a hinezum
	i in this one), what are the causal circumstances, and which dark emotion 
	motivates the mononoke? Empathy is the key here.</p><p>While the first epi
	sode centred on the importance of (romantic) friendship in the lower regio
	ns of the hierarchy, this episode concerns the value of pregnancy in the h
	igher strata. Especially when the child has been conceived by the castle l
	ord. What does that baby mean to the pregnant woman herself, compared to a
	ll the high-ranking families involved?</p><p>Although slightly calmer than
	 episode one (with Kenji Nakamura here ‘chief director’ and Suzuki directi
	ng), The Ashes of Rage is still a hyper-surrealist dopamine rush on acid. 
	Note also the representation of smells, spirits and even psychological sta
	tes by abstract imagery: the colour of spinning shapes synaesthetically re
	presents aromas and the white spirals on expressionless faces emphasise th
	e obedience to authority of most harem residents.</p><p><i>This screening 
	includes an exclusive teaser of the third movie in the series, which is to
	 be released this year!</i></p><p><i>Melkweg often hosts different types o
	f programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Pl
	ease note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other p
	rogrammes during the screening.</i></p>
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