<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I had exactly that sense when I saw <i>Kokuhaku</i>. Still breathing.<div>J Murphy</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 8, 2010, at 11:20 AM, amy loa wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello Professor Gerow,</div> <div> </div> <div>As you said in your blog, "While I am not a big fan of the title, ..." I am wondering what's your opinion of this title, and how do you like the attitude or meaning behind the title.</div> <div> </div> <div>Honestly, "Nihon eiga wa ikite iru" is actually how I, a Chinese fan of Japanese movies, think of the situation of the Japanese movie industry and its influence in East Asia. It is not popular or strong as it was, but when we see a couple of good movies coming out every year, we will say,"Nihon eiga wa ikite iru."</div> <div> </div> <div>Thank you very much</div> <div> </div> <div>Amy</div> <div>CCI Program</div> <div>King's College London</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br><br> </div> <div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/8 Aaron Gerow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The first volumes in Nihon eiga wa ikite iru, the first "koza" on Japanese film to come out of Iwanami Shoten since the famous Koza Nihon eiga, have just been published. So far, volume 1, an overview of the issue of Japanese film, and volume 6, on anime, have been printed. I am on the editorial board and a number of KineJapan members have participated in other ways.<br> <br>I have more specifics on my site:<br><br><a href="http://www.aarongerow.com/news/japanese-cinema-is-alive-1.html" target="_blank">http://www.aarongerow.com/news/japanese-cinema-is-alive-1.html</a><br><br>Aaron Gerow<br> Associate Professor<br>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<br>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies<br>Yale University<br>53 Wall Street, Room 316<br>PO Box 208363<br>New Haven, CT 06520-8363<br> USA<br>Phone: 1-203-432-7082<br>Fax: 1-203-432-6764<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu" target="_blank">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a><br>site: <a href="http://www.aarongerow.com/" target="_blank">www.aarongerow.com</a><br> <br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.<br><br><br><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><>---<>----<>-----<>------<></div><div>Assoc. Professor and Assoc. Chair</div><div>Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Cultures</div><div>University of Florida</div><div>Gainesville, FL 32601-5565</div><div><a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/murphy7312">www.clas.ufl.edu/users/murphy7312</a></div></div></div></div></span> </div><br></div></body></html>