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Kimono

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27min
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2000
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Synopsis: Adding to his list of less-than-feature-length experimental films, director Hal Hartley offers up this mildly erotic, non-narrative fantasy starring his wife, Miho Nikaido. Presumably abandoned by her husband-to-be after an argument, Nikaido's nameless character wanders through a lush forest in her wedding gown, sullying herself in the dirt, tree branches, and rivers of the landscape. As the ornate clothing eventually tears away from her body, she observes two nymphs spying on her; she comes upon ... Full Synopsis
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After casting his wife, Miho Nikaido, in a few small roles, writer-director Hal Hartley crafted this elliptical, almost fetishistic short feature, devoted to her in almost every sense of the word. Deliberately opaque, surreal, and sensual, the nearly wordless Kimono may at first seem a major departure for a filmmaker who made his name as a wry chronicler of talky Long Islanders, and it's true that ... Full Review
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