Community Corner
DOCUMENTARY FILM: Cutie and the Boxer
WHEN: Nov.
8-9, 11 at 7:30; 2:30 matinee Saturday, Nov. 9.
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ADMISSION: $10, $7 with student ID.
ADDITIONAL
INFO: A reflection on love, sacrifice, and the creative spirit, this
candid New York story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of renowned
“boxing” painter Ushio Shinohara and his artist wife, Noriko. As a rowdy,
confrontational young artist in Tokyo, Ushio seemed destined for fame, but met
with little commercial success after he moved to New York City in 1969, seeking
international recognition. When 19-year-old Noriko moved to New York to study
art, she fell in love with Ushio—abandoning her education to become the wife
and assistant to an unruly, husband. Over the course of their marriage, the
roles have shifted. Now 80, Ushio struggles to establish his artistic legacy,
while Noriko is at last being recognized for her own art—a series of drawings
entitled “Cutie,” depicting her challenging past with Ushio. Spanning four
decades, the film is a moving portrait of a couple wrestling with the eternal
themes of sacrifice, disappointment and aging, against a background of lives
dedicated to art.
