<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">I programmed the Japan Society of New York's current film series, which commemorates the 70th anniversary of WWII. It contrasts the wartime work of Hara Setsuko and Yamaguchi Toshiko, as well as their postwar relationship to their wartime activities. If you are in New York, please check it out. </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/globus-film-series-2015-the-most-beautiful">http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film/globus-film-series-2015-the-most-beautiful</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">I couldn't make it, but they asked for a video introduction. It's on their site, the best I could do with an afternoon and an iPad. Thankfully, there will be great introductions by Darrell Davis and Ian Buruma. And Yomota Inuhiko will do a lecture about Yamaguchi; I saw this at Uplink a couple months ago, and it's very fascinating. </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">There have been a couple great write-ups. Nick Pinkerton came up with an amazing headline, "Pretty Hurts": </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://artforum.com/film/id=50948">http://artforum.com/film/id=50948</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">And Mike Hale from the Times has an excellent piece that concentrates on Yamaguchi: </div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://nyti.ms/1CDI1nw" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://nyti.ms/1CDI1nw</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">One of the spectators dropped me a line. He has a quite amazing website on Yamaguchi that is reprinting all sorts of things. Fascinating stuff. You can get lost in there for a considerable time!</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.yoshikoyamaguchi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">www.yoshikoyamaguchi.blogspot.com</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Markus</div><div style="font-size:small">
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