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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This trailer was screened this month at the BFI by Tony
Rains as part of his introductory talk, where he trailed the trailer as being
'extremely rare' (I think we got the 35mm print, so perhaps I can't sue under
the Trade Descriptions Act).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Tony Rayns' point was that it rehearsed a series of genre
depictions that were never to reappear in Oshima's later work.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The film, which seems of a kind with other
company-promotional films, is listed in the 'complete works' by Turim, Jacoby
and others, so I'll stop there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=baird@asianlan.umass.edu href="mailto:baird@asianlan.umass.edu">Bruce
Baird</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 19, 2009 11:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fake Trailer</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Aaron,
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<DIV>Your comment brings up two questions:</DIV>
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<DIV>Would Shochiku have sent this out along with a feature film with the
intent that the theater owner would screen it?</DIV>
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<DIV>Were any of the scenes in this short(/trailer?) ever made by Oshima into
films later or used in later films?</DIV>
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<DIV>Bruce</DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 19, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Aaron Gerow wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">On Sep 18, 2009, at 11:38 PM, <A
href="mailto:eigagogo@free.fr">eigagogo@free.fr</A> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Tomorrow's Sun - Nagisa Oshima (1959)</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">One could debate whether this fits the category of
a fake trailer. When I saw it at the Bungeiza as part of an Oshima retro, it
was labelled as being one of the many self-promotional shorts studios made,
assignments which were often given to ADs to get them to hone their
directorial skills. This one advertises Shochiku's new actors in their
various roles without pretending any of this is one movie.</DIV>
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