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<DIV><SPAN class=992322223-11012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><EM>Audition</EM> has shown on SBS television in Australia, SBS is the
free-to-air multicultural broadcaster in Australia. Their charter is to show
foreign films catering to the many different language groups
prevalent here - while also attracting more viewers in general; they regularly
show Japanese films. I agree with Jim, next to Hideo Nakata's films, most
people seem to know the film "where the girl saws off the guys
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<DIV><SPAN class=992322223-11012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Miike
appears to have a strong fan base here. His films either sell out or are
well attended at the Melbourne Film Festival - which unfortunately is usually
the only time you get to see a film print version. We usually get two
films a year. 2005 - it was Izo and Three Extremes, 2004
- Graveyard of Honour and One Missed Call.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jim Harper
[mailto:jimharper666@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 12 January 2006
1:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: looking for articles on Miike<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>In the UK over the past 3-4 years it's been shown on digital/satellite
subscription channels (Sky Movies, FilmFour), 'free' digital/satellite
channels (Sci-Fi) and one of the five basic terrestrial channels. Next to
Ring, it's probably the most widely shown of all the 'extreme' Asian films
that have made it to television (and there are quite a few now). The fact that
three separate 'networks' have picked it up is a testament to its popularity
over here.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim.<BR><BR><B><I>drainer@mpinet.net</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">In
the U.S. it has been shown on subscription movie channels; I've been back
<BR>here for the past 3 months and I've noticed quite a few Japanese movies
<BR>being played lately, mostly on Starz.<BR><BR>-d<BR><BR>----- Original
Message ----- <BR>From: "Jim Harper" <JIMHARPER666@YAHOO.CO.UK><BR>To:
<KINEJAPAN@LISTS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU><!
BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:20 AM<BR>Subject: Re: looking for
articles on Miike<BR><BR><BR>> Just out of interest, aside from the UK,
where has Audition been shown on <BR>> television?<BR>><BR>>
Jim.<BR>><BR>> Mark Nornes <AMNORNES@UMICH.EDU>wrote:<BR>><BR>>
On Jan 10, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Aaron Gerow wrote:<BR>><BR>>> I don't
know if it "proves" his violence is not gratuitous, but I do<BR>>>
have an old article that makes a case for his thematic
importance:<BR>>><BR>><BR>> OK, so what I was obliquely trying
to suggest is that standard<BR>> definitions of "gratuitous" won't work
so well for Miike. Thanks to the<BR>> irony and self-conscious, "light"
approach to everything he does, the<BR>> very "gratuitousness" of the
violence is in its own way "thematic." I'd<BR>> be very impressed if you
could get Audition on television without<BR>> censorship, though. Go for
it.<BR>><BR>> Markus<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
http://www.flipsidemovies.com<BR>>
http://jimharper.blogspot.com<BR>><BR>>
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