If your looking for something to do for over 10 hours on Sunday consider seeing The Human Condition at The Detroit Film Theatre @ The DIA .......
Detroit Film Theatre
Sunday, November 9th 2008 - 12noon
(Japan/1959-1961/Directed by Masaki Kobayashi)
The rarely seen magnum opus of Masaki Kobayashi (Kwaidan, Samurai Rebellion) is a dramatically riveting, incomparably ambitious portrait of the brutalities of World War II and their effect on soldiers as well as Japanese society.
The story of a well-meaning labor boss (Tatsuya Nakadai) who tries against all odds to apply humane methods to his grueling military service, The Human Condition was filmed in three parts over three years with a total running time of nearly ten hours.
The chance to experience new 35mm prints of this legendary Venice Film Festival prizewinner, presented in a single, marathon, one-day-only screening, is likely to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for movie lovers.
Presented with two intermissions, including a one-hour dinner break. (587 min. total)