1Apr09

Press Notes: Getting to Know Shimizu

More cheers for the rediscovery of Hiroshi Shimizu, in Eclipse Series 15, come from IFC.com’s Michael Atkinson (“Criterion does it again, rescuing a major filmmaker from the quicksand of neglect, happenstance, and/or canonical prejudice, and shoving them into the spotlight”), the L Magazine’s blog (“not only an exciting, long-overdue release but also a historically redefining moment”), and UCLA’s Asia Pacific Arts (“Thanks to this new Eclipse box set, people can now ‘find’ [again] Shimizu—and that’s poetic, period”).

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