Episode Description
It’s almost trite to say Kazuo Hara’s second documentary ‘crosses boundaries,’ since every documentary is on some level about the fact that it’s a documentary — forcing you to consider the author, the subject, and yourself as participants in the documentation.
That said, EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 is remarkably intimate, covering the years following the director’s breakup with Miyuki Takeda as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. As they both chart new courses in life — him with his new girlfriend and fellow filmmaker, Sachiko Kobayashi; her exploring sexuality, taboo relationships, parenthood, and many forms of self-expression — they remain the shared subject of a film so personal, so volatile, that it’s almost violent.
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“Okinawa, Baby: Exploration, Exes, & Extreme Private Eros” by Chelli Riddiough for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro: “I Gotcha” by Joe Tex as heard in EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974.
Timestamps
0:00 - Episode 366: EXTREME PRIVATE EROS: LOVE SONG 1974 (1974)
2:28 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary
3:35 - Aaron doesn’t like documentaries
12:51 - The work of Kazuo Hara
19:43 - The “point” of documentaries
24:07 - “Narrativerite” and a sense of “antagonism”
34:25 - Miyuki Takeda
41:35 - “Violence” and the “peaks” that end up on film
48:37 - LOVE SONG 1974 as a breakup movie
56:57 - How Miyuki is presented to the audience
1:05:07 - The Junk Drawer
1:12:23 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1974
1:24:22 - Cody’s Noteys: The House of Champions: 1974 (a bracket to choose the best film of 1974)