Screening of the 2005 film 'Linda Linda Linda' in its 20th-anniversary 4K restoration, with an introduction by the Japanese Film Club.
Linda Linda Linda is coming to the Electric Palace on Saturday 14 November, presented by the Japanese Film Club. It's a 4K restoration of Nobuhiro Yamashita's 2005 comic-drama, which has been regarded by many as one of the finest Japanese films of the 21st century. The screening is hosted by the Japanese Film Club, which brings together modern and classic Japanese cinema.
The story follows three high school girls whose band breaks up just three days before their school's annual festival in Tokyo. In a rush to get back on track, they recruit a Korean exchange student, played by Bae Doona, and race to learn two songs by their favourite punk group, navigating old and new allegiances along the way. The soundtrack fuses music by the Japanese pop-punk band The Blue Hearts with original work by James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins.
Yamashita drew on his own high school experience of making a film and cited Shinji Somai as an influence, with the ending of Somai's Typhoon Club serving as inspiration. To mark the film's 20th anniversary, it returns in an all-new 4K restoration. The Japanese Film Club will introduce the screening before the film starts.
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It runs from 18:30 to 20:30 at the Electric Palace, 39a High Street, Hastings TN34 3ER.
