<div dir="ltr">Aaron just uploaded the second part of his take on Tokyo Film Festival: <div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.aarongerow.com/news/tokyo-international-film-2.html">http://www.aarongerow.com/news/tokyo-international-film-2.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.15999984741211px">the average level of the Japanese product I saw was disappointingly not that high." </span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px">But....</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><i>Hanagatami </i>"</span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.15999984741211px">is, at first glance, a glorious mess, but it is one that gains much power from that mess. It is visually and narratively all over the place, with practically every shot featuring some process work, and editing that is more poetic and rhetorical than narrative. .....</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:12.15999984741211px">Obayashi might have been battling cancer as he filmed this, but he is more alive than ever."</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px">Markus</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.15999984741211px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">--- </span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/umich.edu/uc?id=1i0izwlsrcSvQgU4nMCzTLiOhmdDMm-xZ&export=download" width="56" height="96"><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#274e13"><b>Markus Nornes</b></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace"><font color="#38761d"><b>Professor of Asian Cinema</b></font></span></div><div><font size="1" color="#38761d"><font face="courier new, monospace">Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</font><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps </span><span style="font-family:"courier new",monospace">School of Art & Design</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:small"><font face="courier new, monospace" color="#6aa84f"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Department of Screen Arts and Cultures</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>6348 North Quad</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>105 S. State Street</b></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace" size="1" color="#93c47d"><b>Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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