<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div></div><div>Ah, I also spent many hours with PIA, for experimental theatre, butoh, and performance. The maps and pictures were so tiny, but one managed without GPS. And the dates for maeuri were essential for any avid shogekijo researcher. The question is are they forcing us into tiny online phone-machines? Thanks for the note. K<br> </div>Prof. Dr. Katherine Mezur<br>Research Fellow<br>International Research Center<br>"Interweaving Performance Cultures"<br>Freie University Berlin<br>Grunewaldstr. 34<br>12165 Berlin(-Steglitz), Germany<br>Tel.: +49 30 838 50448<br>Fax: +49 30 838 50449<br>kmezur@sbcglobal.net<br><div><br><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times,
serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow@yale.edu><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri, April 22, 2011 4:58:12 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Bye bye Pia<br></font><br>
The Asahi reports that the information magazine Pia will cease publication in July. Those of you who lived in Japan especially in the 80s and 90s know that Pia was the source for information not only on where commercial films were playing but also, since anyone could submit their own screenings, where experimental or jishu eiga screenings were taking place. I went to many an odd screening that I found in Pia, which for a while I bought weekly. A lot of that info is on the net, so you can understand why the magazine will stop (Pia will still run its website), but this does sound like the end of an era.<div><br></div><div>The Pia Film Festival, one of the most important showcases for new film talent in Japan, will continue, however. Pia apparently makes most of its money through its ticket sales bureau, so the company is still alive and well.</div><br><div>
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