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DESCRIPTION:Ring\nDir. Hideo Nakata\, 1998 \nCo-sponsored by Carolina Asia 
 Center and presented at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium\, FedEx Global Educa
 tion Center\, 301 Pittsboro St\, Chapel Hill \nIntroduced by Chapel Hill F
 ilm Society \nThis small\, modestly budgeted Japanese film caused an inter
 national sensation and inspired countless sequels\, remakes\, and rip-offs
 . Produced before “viral video” was a concept in our digital era\, Rin
 g concerns a VHS tape that enchants and curses anyone who watches it\, mar
 king them for death. As a spectator\, one feels almost physically exposed 
 to the contagious media within the film by virtue of our perceptual relati
 onship to the screen. Far more interesting than its over-the-top American 
 remakes\, Ring makes use of low-key atmospheric stimuli\, slowing the pace
  and thinning out the expressive field so that the mere sound of wind or t
 he crack of a doorway from offscreen raises the hair on your neck. Taking 
 inspiration not only from Japanese ghost story traditions but also from We
 stern films such as The Innocents\, The Haunting\, and Poltergeist\, this 
 film is one of the standouts of the decade\, a must-see that launched “J
 -horror” as a global phenomenon. \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum seri
 es\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the U
 NC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Englis
 h and Comparative Literature. Tonight’s screening is sponsored by the Ca
 rolina Asia Center. \nDoors open at 6:45 p.m. \nAll Ackland Film Forum scr
 eenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Sc
 an the QR code at the event for CLE credit.
LOCATION:Nelson Mandela Auditorium\, FedEx Global Ed Center\, 301 Pittsboro
  St.\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Ring" (Hideo Nakata\, 1998)
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