Richie Beirach

In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

Tribute To John Coltrane: Select Live Under The Sky ’87 – 10th Special is a concert documentary / tribute filmed live at Yomiuri Land / Open Theatre East on July 26, 1987, featuring performances of Coltrane compositions by master jazz musicians including Wayne Shorter, David Liebman, Richie Beirach, Eddie Gomez, and Jack DeJohnette. The program celebrates Coltrane’s legacy via spirited renditions of “Mr. P.C.”, “After the Rain / Naima”, and “India / Impressions”, supplemented with interviews and behind-the-scenes context. The 1999 DVD release presents a pristine video transfer, PCM stereo soundtrack, and offers one of the definitive filmed tributes to Coltrane’s canon in a live festival environment.

Oki fuses documentary elements with narrative filmmaking to such a point that it's difficult to distinguish one from the other. The film is both the story of two men falling in love with each other on a beach, and a faithful document to the filmmaking process. In the film within a film titled "Gay Couple Trying to Connect on the Beach", the documentary footage of director Hiroyuki Oki will be double and triple transcribed. The documentary film explores the relationship between the director and the world, as well as interviews with friends. Soon the director realizes that "kokoro" is not what is inside of him, but the feeling that arises when confronted with something.