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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I can't spot quickly any mention of <EM>Ekisutora
gaaru</EM> in Kinugasa's autobiography, but this might be more the work of the
other credited director, YAMANE Mikito [?], who, according to JMDb, also
made something called <FONT size=3><SPAN
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- is that 'A compilation of Matsuda out-takes in the snow' ?? Could
these have been PR trailers, rather than full features ? But who.or which
Matsuda was famous at this time?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>From: "Michael Raine" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mjraine@uchicago.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>mjraine@uchicago.edu</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</FONT></A><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:34 PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Subject: prewar Japanese films set in film studios
</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial>> Since I seem to be
spamming the mailing list anyway ... I should thank Faith<BR>> Bach for
answering my question about why there seem to be so few films set<BR>> in
film studios. I certainly agree that there are competing performance<BR>>
traditions in Japan that might attract this kind of reflexivity. There
are<BR>> indeed many very interesting films set in the theatre. But other
countries<BR>> also have backstage musicals, films about the theatre, dance,
vaudeville,<BR>> etc and still have space for the "operational aesthetic"
of<BR>> films-about-filming (Show People, Movie Mad, Shooting Stars, etc
etc). In<BR>> the light of this discussion of how actively Japanese films
relied on<BR>> audience awareness of other films in the 1930s (certainly a
common feature<BR>> of, for example, Hollywood film -- the vitaphone parody
of Grand Hotel is<BR>> hilarious!) I'm even more surprised that I can't think
of any examples. <BR>> <BR>> I do have one lead, which is also an example
of a citational film title:<BR>> shortly after Deanna Durbin's One Hundred
Men and a Girl was released in<BR>> Japan (the title was too racy so it was
changed to Orchestra Girl -<BR>> Okesutora no shojo) Shinko released the film
Extra Girl (Ekisutora no<BR>> shojo). There's also an earlier film, Ekisutora
gaaru ... does anyone know<BR>> if these are indeed films about films? Do
they have sequences set in the<BR>> film studio? Roland, do you have any more
amazing nuggets of information?!<BR>> <BR>> Michael<BR>> <BR>>
Michael Raine<BR>> Assistant Professor in Japanese Cinema<BR>> The
University of Chicago<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:mjraine@uchicago.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>mjraine@uchicago.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>>
<BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: </FONT><A
href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial>> [mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf
Of<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:06 PM<BR>> To: To
leave<BR>> Subject: KINEJAPAN digest 2532<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
KINEJAPAN Digest 2532<BR>> <BR>> Topics covered in this
issue include:<BR>> <BR>> 1) Kiyoshi Kurosawa's TOKYO SONATA
Theatrical Release in Tokyo with<BR>> English Subtitles<BR>> by "Marie
Iida" <</FONT><A href="mailto:nyc.marie@gmail.com"><FONT
face=Arial>nyc.marie@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>><BR>> 2)
RE: AW: Lost Japanese Films<BR>> by Jasper Sharp <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jasper_sharp@hotmail.com"><FONT
face=Arial>jasper_sharp@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>><BR>> 3) RE: About the so-called 'pinky
violence'<BR>> by Jasper Sharp <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jasper_sharp@hotmail.com"><FONT
face=Arial>jasper_sharp@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>><BR>> 4) re: About the so-called 'pinky
violence'<BR>> by Ken Shima <</FONT><A
href="mailto:nihoneiga1960@gmail.com"><FONT
face=Arial>nihoneiga1960@gmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>><BR>>
5) ATG poster gallery<BR>> by </FONT><A href="mailto:eigagogo@free.fr"><FONT
face=Arial>eigagogo@free.fr</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial>> 6) Re: ATG
poster gallery<BR>> by Sarah Teasley <</FONT><A
href="mailto:s-teasley@northwestern.edu"><FONT
face=Arial>s-teasley@northwestern.edu</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial>><BR>> 7) Re: ATG poster gallery<BR>> by Mark Nornes
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face=Arial>amnornes@umich.edu</FONT></A><FONT
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