The Bijou Screens RASHOMON as Part of 'Reel Law' Series Tonight
The Bijou Theatre and Koskoff, Koskoff, & Bieder present Rashomon, as a part of the Reel Law Series. The film is showing tonight, January 8th at 7:00pm. Tickets are $12 general admission and $10 for students/seniors, price includes one drink and pastry. Please join us for this special screening of Rashomon, the critically-acclaimed Japanese drama; followed by a Q&A with a guest speaker from Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder.
A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Both were summoned to testify at the murder trial, the priest who ran into the samurai and his wife traveling through the forest just before the murder occurred. Three other people who testified at the trial are supposedly the only direct witnesses: a notorious bandit named Tajômaru, who allegedly murdered the samurai and raped his wife; the white veil cloaked wife of the samurai; and the samurai himself who testifies through the use of a medium. The three tell a similarly structured story - that Tajômaru kidnapped and bound the samurai so that he could rape the wife - but which ultimately contradict each other, the motivations and the actual killing being what differ. (via IMDB.com)THE BIJOU EXPERIENCE - The nation's oldest movie house reopened its box office in 2011 to bring performing arts back to center stage in historic Bridgeport. The Bijou Theatre, with its intimate 200-seat supper club atmosphere, curates live entertainment from all over the country and includes a sensational repertoire of music, theatre, comedy, art and film. For more information visit thebijoutheatre.com.
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