Hi there,<br><br>There was a gray-market 4 DVD set that was made from, I believe, a TV2 France broadcast of "Les films Lumière" in the mid-90s. There was also a Japanese laserdisc made from the same source (which may have also been broadcast of Japanese television). Both disc versions include French and Japanese subtitles and narration.<br>
<br>Just a quick scan of the menus show the following Japanese films (the number in brackets is the catalog number):<br><br>Acteurs Japonais : Exercice de la perruque [977]<br>Japonaise faisant sa toilette [1027]<br>Danse Japonaise III. Gueichas en Jinrikicha [1023]<br>
Escrime au sabre japonaise [926]<br><br>If you know the name of any other specific titles you are looking for I can check the menus to see if the film is included.<br><br>... there are *cough cough* other ways of procuring the 4 DVD set. Please contact me off-list.<br>
<br>R.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dburall1@rochester.rr.com">dburall1@rochester.rr.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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There was a Kino dvd, "Lumiere Brothers' First Films" (1996) that is now out of print. I am not sure the Japan films were included, though, or what the rights for use of the footage from the DVD entail.<br>
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Joanne Bernardi<br>
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-- "Jonathan M. Hall" <<a href="mailto:jmhall@pomona.edu">jmhall@pomona.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear All,<br>
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> If someone has an answer, I hope they might be willing to share the source more generally.<br>
> I'd also love to know if this footage is on DVD.<br>
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> Jonathan M Hall<br>
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> 送信日時: 2010年8月30日 20:02<br>
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> 件名: Lumiere Brothers Japan Footage<br>
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> Dear KineJapaners,<br>
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> I was wondering if anyone on the list knew where I could obtain a DVD version of the Lumiere Brothers Japan footage from 1895? I was looking for something in the public domain that I could loop and project during an event that I am organizing in November. Please contact me off-list if you know where I can obtain a copy of this footage.<br>
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> Best regards,<br>
> Rob Buscher<br>
> MA Candidate Japanese Film Studies SOAS<br>
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