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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks for posting Markus.<div>This is an extension of a broader interest of mine, about how local economics shape production and exhibition practices.I actually wrote this before the BFI released its own UK statistics for 2015, which bizarrely claimed the new Star Wars film as "British". But also, I would really love to pursue this kind of research further, on how newly built or newly refurbished flagship individual venues completely change the cinematic landscape and represent a definitive rupture in film history. In London in 2014, a swathe of independent exhibition venues closed down, while in 2015 there were a number of quite significant destination venues opened up. It looks like a similar pattern in Japan, all due to the digitial revolution/transition/switchover, but the economics with regards to attracting audiences are very different. I know academics in the UK have very little interest in looking at this area from an international standpoint, but I think it's fascinating, and would really welcome any feedback on this - after all, Kinejapan has been a little quiet of late compared with the kind of discussions we used to have about ten years ago.</div><div><br><div><br id="FontBreak"><br><br><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Tahoma"><b><font size="4">The <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__asiahouse.org_events_category_asia-2Dhouse-2Dfilm-2Dfestival-2D2016_&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=A05_AatqyBKPy4i7KTJ_ZwdFYT2lsFd6LoAC1tRTbHc&e=" target="_blank"><i>8th</i></a></font></b></font></span><font size="4"><font face="Tahoma" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__asiahouse.org_events_category_asia-2Dhouse-2Dfilm-2Dfestival-2D2016_&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=A05_AatqyBKPy4i7KTJ_ZwdFYT2lsFd6LoAC1tRTbHc&e=" target="_blank"><i> Asia House Film Festival</i></a></b></font><b style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Tahoma;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"> will take place from 22 February to 5 March 2016, with a line-up that includes 11 feature films, three documentaries and five short films coming from countries including Japan, China, Kazakhstan, Myanmar and Afghanistan.</b></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><font face="Tahoma"><b><i><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.creepinggarden.com_&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=F50TLH28dgYkKL0Js0jUiM2IFsx8S7THZHOxW5hUwMY&e=" target="_blank">The Creeping Garden</a> </i>- A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, </b></font></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b>directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. </b></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><br></i></b></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><br></b></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><div style="font-family:Tahoma;"><font size="3">The book, <i>The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds </i>out now from <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.alchimiapublishing.com_creeping-2Dgarden_&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=E9e9IRHSmuLmLPs5R3CgUqs3cq1W3Yu8Nzqr7R9LfrA&e=" target="_blank">Alchimia Publishing</a>.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Tahoma;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;"><font face="arial black, sans-serif">“An improbably delightful documentary about slime molds.... good-humored but not campy in its regard of some genuinely fascinating research, and full of trippy visuals",</font><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;"><div style="display:inline !important;"><div style="display:inline !important;"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"> Dennis Harvey, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__variety.com_2015_film_reviews_film-2Dreview-2Dthe-2Dcreeping-2Dgarden-2D1201485006_&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=gwcQ93OUB_pNZmAqWAqyAFDTh8XEGeBK5X0xEhvjyCI&e=" target="_blank">Variety</a></font></div></div></b></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Tahoma;"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:Tahoma;"><b style="font-family:'arial black', sans-serif;font-size:small;">"A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicholas Rapold, <i><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nytimes.com_2015_09_30_movies_review-2Dthe-2Dcreeping-2Dgarden-2Don-2Dthe-2Dwonders-2Dof-2Dthe-2Dslime-2Dmold.html&d=CwMF-g&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=e7qMG9KFq7WNnPQWULWHJA&m=_39Q_DKzHxPAaElIOkd3BMDF2EErBeqgOf-2tvYr3GA&s=im9o1L4qIprsvzO4r53wGFiYUOSNGu8DhYz9etcmpig&e=" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></i></b></div></b></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div></div><font face="Tahoma" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial, sans-serif;" color="#222222"></font></span><br><br><div>> From: amnornes@umich.edu<br>> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:28:18 -0500<br>> To: kinejapan@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<br>> Subject: [KineJapan] 2015 Boxoffice<br>> <br>> Jasper's excellent analysis of the new Boxoffice figures released by Eiren. <br>> <br>> http://blog.alltheanime.com/japan-box-office-report-2015/<br>> <br>> Markus<br>> <br>> Sent from my iPhone<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> KineJapan mailing list<br>> KineJapan@lists.osu.edu<br>> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan<br></div></div></div> </div></body>
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