Interesting question.<br> I wonder if Kurosawa had seen any version of PETER PAN (the scene where the audience is asked to shout out if they believe in fairies, to save a dying Tinker Bell)? I believe this request for audience response happens one more time in the novel as well. Just a thought...<br>
Linda Ehrlich<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Rob Buscher <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robbuscher@hotmail.com">robbuscher@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I was watching Kurosawa Akira's 1947 <i>Subarashiki nichiyobi</i> (<i>One Wonderful Sunday</i>) as part of a research project I am doing on Occupation period film, and I had a question about the audience reception at that time. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The second to last scene in the film, when Masako pleads into the camera for applause 'for the young lovers everywhere', how did audiences perceive this at the time?</div><div><br></div><div>Surely there cannot have been many films at that time to break the fourth wall so blatantly? Does anyone on the list know if the audiences actually responded with applause? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Rob Buscher</div><font color="#888888"><div>SOAS MA Candidate Japanese Film Studies</div> </font></div>
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