The best documentary film director, Frederic Wiseman

Wiseman's two valuable films shown for the first time in Japan. He influenced many film directors!

Program

"Basic Training"

basic training1971/America/80min./Black and White/DVD/
English/Japanese subtittle
Director:Frederic Wiseman

How the new soldiers will become professional soldiers? This documentary film is a masterpiece that recorded the training scenes of marines realisticaly and humorously. It greatly influenced Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket".

"Missile"

missile1987/America/115min./color/DVD/
English/Japanese subtittles
Director:Frederic Wiseman

How are ICBM, weapons of mass destruction managed? This film recorded the training scenes at a strategic air force missile base and showed nuclear wars, defence from terrorism attacks, trainings for choosing targets of missile attacks and discussions.