Funeral Parade of Roses
Art of the Real 2019
April 18 - 28, 2019
Visceral and discordant in style and politics, Matsumoto’s monumental work of queer cinema loosely adapts Oedipus Rex to the radical subcultures of 1960s Tokyo, from its gay-bar demimonde to its revolutionary student movement, with a breathlessly inventive queer aesthetic.
A monumental work of queer cinema that loosely adapts Oedipus Rex to the radical subcultures of 1960s Japan, Funeral Parade of Roses follows Eddy, a trans woman (the debut role of famed entertainer Peter) as she navigates both Tokyo’s gay-bar demimonde and its revolutionary student movement. Visceral and discordant in style and politics, Matsumoto’s masterpiece takes on a breathlessly inventive queer aesthetic, hybridizing Sirkian melodrama, sexploitation movie luridness, talking-head testimonials, bratty New Wave–isms, and a barrage of experimental film techniques into a dizzying, stroboscopic dreamscape.
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