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<br><div><div>On Jan 14, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Steven C Harrison wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Hiragino Maru Gothic Pro'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">It's a shame no one has tapped his Ozu documentary for a DVD special feature (where I imagine it would get the most audience).</span></blockquote></div><br><div>It's a shame that apparently none of the new Japanese DVDs have subtitles (although there are teaser titles in French on the front of each). That would certainly help his work to reach a larger audience.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>It would be nice if somebody in France could get rights to the new subs being prepared for this retrospective and put some DVDs out. I've heard that Philippe Jacquier, Yoshida's former producer in France, has moved into doing work on design and photography, so perhaps a company like Zootrope Films?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>M</div></body></html>