Midi Onodera Movie Trailers

I Have No Memory of My Direction Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

Ostensibly searching for an emotional connection with her aging father, the woman contemplates her own inherited culture and familial touchstones.

A Performance by Jack Smith Trailer (1992)

26 January 1992

In October 1984, peformance artist/filmmaker extraordinaire, Jack Smith was coaxed out of his New York apartment for a five night run of performances held at the Funnel Experimental Film Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

Ville - quelle ville? Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

“Ville Quelle Ville?” reflects a satirical view of city life, commonplace and redundant. Urban life is portrayed as a series of rituals: coming of age in an environment shaped by generations, obscured by the constant barrage of everyday life.

SLIGHTSEER Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

A work exploring the nature of vision, framed within two circular ‘windows’ that mimic the apparatus of binocular vision.

Home Was Never Like This Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Step-printed images of a “home” - a suburban house, no people in sight - combine with a children's story, told in saccarine tones, about the country mouse who discovers that "there's no place like home.

The Displaced View Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

The Displaced View traces a personal search for identity and pride, within the unique and suppressed history of the Japanese in Canada.

Skin Deep Trailer (1995)

13 June 1995

A filmmaker initiates a dangerous and threatening game when a woman responds to her ad in a tattoo magazine.

Nobody Knows Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

Nobody Knows is a short poetic video that eloquently hints at a few inner thoughts of a solitary young woman.

Ten Cents a Dance: Parallax Trailer (1985)

02 January 1985

Confusion, underlying meaning and unspoken truths are often associated with the dialectic of sexual communication.

idiot's delight Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

Black-and-white images of waves dissolving over stills of gravestones, old fences, boats on the shore, and a voice meditating on the joys of celibacy.

The Bird that Chirped on Bathurst Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

The intermittently heard voice-over talks about a woman's self-awareness - being unable to know if she has really changed or not.

Made in Japan Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

North American portrayals of Japan perpetuate the myths of Americanized culture, distorting and misrepresenting traditional values.

The Dead Zone Trailer (1985)