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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jasper:<br>
<i>There's something interesting worth mentioning here, which is that the
studios themselves are intentionally trying to create 'cult' films, which for
me goes against the implied definition of a cult film, i.e. one that finds its
own audience.<br>
<br>
<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually
I don’t see any cult potential in Tokyo Gore Police & Co. Cult is
rather something that is created by the audience and fanboys over a certain
time period. Often films that are banned or aren’t available in whatever
format (“Horrors of the Malformed Man” or Vibenius’s
“They Call her One Eye” are just two examples… also Jacopetti
and his sleaze films in the late 70’s). Miike’s “Fudoh”
is one of the few Japanese films of the recent years that has cult potential –
at least to me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I see
a big difference between cult and cheesy films. There is def. a market for both,
but the biggest difference is that cult films are often good films and cheesy
films are often bad films. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Stefan<br>
<br>
<br>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:22:20 +0100<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:berndstandhaft@gmx.de">berndstandhaft@gmx.de</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>
> Subject: Re: Japan and Cult<br>
> <br>
> Hi,<br>
> <br>
> Mark Mays wrote:<br>
> <br>
> > Interesting. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I
think the notion speaks to how Japanese films make it to<br>
> > the West (the US in my case) and how they play to certain
expectations/<br>
> > notions of Japanese cinema especially in the 18 to 34 demographic.<br>
> <br>
> I think an interesting example of transnational film marketing can be
experienced in the way some film producers in Japan tried to hop on the wave of
Japanese Cult Cinema in the West and produce films with an international Cult
Film Market in mind. I think of Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Chanbara
Beauty, Samurai Princess, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl... . Maybe the
success of these films can explain why a film of the type of Hausu can appeal
to certain audiences even more than 30 years after the original release in
Japan and become Cult.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Greetings<br>
> Bernd<br>
> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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