{"product_id":"blue-in-the-face-ブルー-イン-ザ-フェイス-original-japanese-movie-poster-1996-b2-size-51-73-cm-g291","title":"“Blue in the Face” \/ 「ブルー・イン・ザ・フェイス」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1996, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) G291","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"106\" data-end=\"308\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"159\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the 1996 Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"239\"\u003eBlue in the Face \/ 「ブルー・イン・ザ・フェイス」\u003c\/strong\u003e, Wayne Wang and Paul Auster’s freewheeling Brooklyn ensemble comedy.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"546\"\u003eCreated as an improvised companion piece to \u003cem data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"361\"\u003eSmoke\u003c\/em\u003e, the film returns to Auggie Wren’s neighbourhood tobacco shop and surrounds Harvey Keitel with an extraordinary collection of actors, musicians, filmmakers, and New York personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"567\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"548\" data-end=\"567\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"714\"\u003eThe film centres on \u003cstrong data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"604\"\u003eAuggie Wren\u003c\/strong\u003e, proprietor of a small Brooklyn smoke shop that functions as a gathering place for the surrounding community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"939\"\u003eWhen the shop’s owner considers selling the premises for redevelopment as a fashionable health-food business, Auggie and the neighbourhood regulars attempt to preserve the informal social world that has developed around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1132\"\u003eRather than following a conventional plot, the film unfolds through conversations, comic encounters, improvised monologues, musical interludes, and affectionate observations of Brooklyn life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1134\" data-end=\"1279\"\u003eThe production was assembled rapidly after the completion of \u003cem data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1202\"\u003eSmoke\u003c\/em\u003e, using improvisation and ideas contributed by its unusually varied ensemble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1309\"\u003eThe principal cast includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1487\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1487\"\u003eHarvey Keitel\u003cbr data-start=\"1326\" data-end=\"1329\"\u003eVictor Argo\u003cbr data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1343\"\u003eGiancarlo Esposito\u003cbr data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1364\"\u003eMichael J. 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The photograph is coloured with vivid washes of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2150\"\u003epink, yellow, turquoise, and violet\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the street scene an energetic, nocturnal atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2213\" data-end=\"2239\"\u003eThe central English title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2267\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2241\" data-end=\"2267\"\u003e“BLUE\u003cbr data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2251\"\u003eIN THE\u003cbr data-start=\"2257\" data-end=\"2260\"\u003eFACE”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2269\" data-end=\"2468\"\u003eis constructed entirely from illustrated matchsticks, each tipped with brightly coloured heads. 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