Die nackte Insel (1960)
9KDie nackte Insel: Directed by Kaneto Shindô. With Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto. A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
“Amazing! Let me join the happy few who saw this film when it first came out. It was in Paris. I was a student. It was Lu0026#39;Ile Nu I think. And I have never forgotten it and never seen it again. Thatu0026#39;s over 40 years ago! And now it is coming out on DVD and most people will never have heard of it. So my dear golden oldies who were young in 1961, rejoice and tell everyone. This is pure cinema with no frills, worthy of comparison with Dreyer, Bresson and Ou0026#39;Flaherty and a lovely companion piece to Shindou0026#39;s ONIBABA. That onibaba grass stayed with us over the years as did that naked island. Talking of films lost but not forgotten, I can draw a comparison with MERE JEANNE DES ANGES (same subject matter as Ken Russellu0026#39;s THE DEVILS)which I saw in Leipzig in about 1962 and which I have never seen since. What a coincidence! That Polish film (MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS)is also coming out on DVD. Real poetic cinema is trickling through the mishmash.”
