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Sakamoto Tribute – Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda [In-Person Only]
This event took place May 25 - May 27, 2023
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Members
Stephen Nomura Schible
Japan & US
2017
1h 40m
About
(Stephen Nomura Schible, Japan & US, 2017, 100 min, in English & Japanese with English subtitles)
For the final film in our brief tribute to the works of Ryuichi Sakamoto, we jump forward a full three decades, to a profile of an artist at work as intimate as anything that cinema has ever produced.
Coda conveys a quiet, reflective period in Sakamoto’s life following his cancer diagnosis. Much more than a simple retrospective of his work, the film plumbs the depths of Sakamoto’s exploratory, hyper-perceptive relationship with sound itself. We follow him on various deep-listening expeditions – dangling a hydrophone into an icecap, playing a piano that survived the Fukushima nuclear disaster – as he shapes his late-career masterpiece async, and are given a rare glimpse into a delicate, often endearingly mundane creative process.
Throughout a lifetime of sonic experimentation, Sakamoto sought out new tones, rhythms, and textures – unique aural articulations of singular aspects of the world. His disposition to life, like this film, invites us to really contemplate sound; to listen closely for subtle complexities, and tune in to how they might speak to us, and what they might say.
Stills courtesy of MUBI. Synopsis by Chris Day.
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
Made possible due to a grant from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Sensory Access, our Sensory Access document presents a visual and descriptive walk-through of the NWFF space. View it in advance of attending an in-person event at bit.ly/nwffsocialnarrativepdf, in order to prepare yourself for the experience.
⚠️ Covid-19 Policies ⚠️
NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of COVID-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
Read more about NWFF’s policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
