<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I guess this depends on how you define cult cinema? I mean, from a certain perspective film scholars are nothing but fans! <div><br></div><div>So what's your def?</div><div><br></div><div>m<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 15, 2010, at 5:03 PM, Nathen Clerici wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px; ">Hello all,</span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px; ">My name is Nathen Clerici, and this is my first post. I am really enjoying all the threads on this list. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px; ">I am starting a research project that will examine how Japanese film travels and the channels by which it comes to be seen outside Japan. I want to frame the problem by looking at how different forms of distribution and exhibition (e.g. art house cinema, university courses, Internet fan sites, etc.) affect how a particular movie is received. Within this framework, I am interested in the idea of cult. It seems that Japanese cinema is often classified as cult cinema, but I am not sure that it could be received any other way. Even if we consider a particular Japanese film to be highbrow art, it is most likely still confined to a small-but-adoring audience of cinephiles-- or Japanophiles. Perhaps J-Horror is an exception?</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px; ">I am curious, KineJapaners, do you think Japanese films seen outside Japan are cult cinema? </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px; ">I realize the cultural context changes, but I also think that the modes of viewing (e.g. web-based, fan subs, art house) exert a strong influence. In addition, this is most likely not a question just for Japanese film, but for all film that crosses national/linguistic borders.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;">Thanks,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;">Nathen Clerici</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;">University of British Columbia</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;">PhD Program</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;">Asian Studies</span></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>