Monday, November 16 9:30PM
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Nitehawk’s LIVE SOUND CINEMA presents a rare screening of psychedelic anime MIND GAME with a live score by Lee Bannon.
Director Masaaki Yuasa’s masterful mash of visual styles, Mind Game is a psychedelic trip into the grave and beyond, following a down-on-his-luck loser named Nishi nursing a lifelong crush on his childhood girlfriend. On a particularly bad day, Nishi finds out that his dream girl’s engaged… and then he’s murdered by the Yakuza. Nishi’s death sets him off on a twist-turny, loop-dee-loop journey where he meets God, winds up in the belly of a whale and beyond. Told using an innovative blend of animation techniques, Mind Game hops from experimental photography to slapdash storyboards to beautifully rendered CG and back again.
Lee Bannon is an experimental artist from Northern California. His work spans a range of sonic realms and includes influences from hip-hop, D&B/jungle, ambient and drone.
Information and tickets at: http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/