Suna no onna 1964

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: In stunningly composed images by Teshigahara and cinematographer Hiroshi Segawa, that eroticism becomes overwhelming. Read more

Mark Chalon Smith, Los Angeles Times: Teshigahara's direction and Segawa's camera-work often render the mundane startling and new, a claim that only good films can make. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Woman in the Dunes remains a masterpiece, a timeless contemplation of life's essential mystery and a triumph of bold, innovative style. Read more

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: A strongly allegorical, strangely engrossing film. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: A bizarre film, distinguished not so much by Kobo Abe's rather obvious screenplay as by Teshigahara's arresting visual style of extreme depth of focus, immaculate detail, and graceful eroticism. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: More than almost any other film I can think of, Woman in the Dunes' uses visuals to create a tangible texture -- of sand, of skin, of water seeping into sand and changing its nature. Read more

Time Out: Filmed with a palpable physicality that remains extraordinary. Read more

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