1988 | United States | Short

Off Limits

  • English - 8 mins
  • Director | Rea Tajiri
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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Juxtaposing the text of Off Limits, a film made in 1987 about Saigon circa 1968, with the soundtrack and image of the last five minutes of Easy Rider, made in 1968, Tajiri parallel edits these representations to play with the evocation and emptiness of the image. Tajiri blacks out the screen image of Easy Rider while the words of a Vietnamese assassin crawl up the screen, building a structure of selective memory. Tajiri’s Off Limits points to the similarities and contradictions between 1960s hippie iconography and memories of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War Thriller Suspense Cop Drama 1980s Film Historical Reflection Memory Remake Violence
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