<div dir="ltr">Hi Aaron:<div><br></div><div>I forwarded your note on to Yamagami Tetsujiro at Siglo (who, as you know, got his start working with Tsuchimoto and Eugene Smith in Minamata). I can't tell if his response showed up in the thread, so I'll copy it here. Somewhat reassuring. </div><div><br></div><div>この映画化の話は、以前から知っていました。<br>アイリーン・スミスが深く関わっていて、先月には監督とプロデューサーが水俣<br>に行き、上村智子さんの両親にも会っています。<br>土本典昭監督作品のDVDは全て見ています。<br>僕も東京で会って話し、一部手伝っています。<br><br>しかし、本当に製作まで進むかどうかは、分からないと思います。<br>今の時点でシナリオがまだ上がっていません。<div><div class="gmail-adm" style="margin:5px 0px"><div id="gmail-q_194" class="gmail-ajR gmail-h4" style="background-color:rgb(232,234,237);border:none;clear:both;line-height:6px;outline:none;width:24px;color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:11px;border-radius:5.5px"><div class="gmail-ajT" style="background:url("https://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/material/system/1x/more_horiz_black_20dp.png") 50% 50%/20px no-repeat;height:11px;opacity:0.54;width:24px"></div></div></div></div>山上 徹二郎<br>***********************************************<br>株式会社 シグロ<br>〒164-0001東京都中野区中野5-24-16-210<br>TEL：03-5343-3101　FAX：03-5343-3102<br>携帯：090-4747-7600<br><a href="mailto:yamagami@cine.co.jp" target="_blank">yamagami@cine.co.jp</a><br>HP：<a href="http://www.cine.co.jp/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.cine.co.jp</a>   <br>**********************************************<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 11:15 PM Gerow Aaron <<a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I was surprised to see reports in the US entertainment press that Johnny Depp will be playing W. Eugene Smith in an adaptation of the book Minamata written by Smith and his wife Aileen Miyoko Smith. <div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-depp-play-war-photographer-w-eugene-smith-minamata-1154396" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-depp-play-war-photographer-w-eugene-smith-minamata-1154396</a></div><div><br></div><div>It is being developed by Depp’s production company. Filming is supposed to start in January, and will take place in Japan and Serbia (?!).</div><div><br></div><div>There’s a lot to worry about with this. Depp has had some good roles in the past but seems to have mostly fallen into self-parody. But more than that, I worry this will be another of Hollywood’s “white man comes to non-white nation to save the day” films. And I worry about how the victims will be presented. Remember for instance that we are not supposed to use Smith’s most famous photograph of Minamata because the family of Tomoko don’t want us to anymore.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope they at least reference Tsuchimoto Noriaki’s films on Minamata, which thought a lot about how to depict the “kanja-san.”</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.zakkafilms.com/product/minamata-the-victims-and-their-world/" target="_blank">https://www.zakkafilms.com/product/minamata-the-victims-and-their-world/</a></div><div><a href="https://www.zakkafilms.com/product/the-shiranui-sea-minamata-series-part-2/" target="_blank">https://www.zakkafilms.com/product/the-shiranui-sea-minamata-series-part-2/</a></div><div><br></div><div>
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raduate Studies, Film and Media Studies</div><div><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">Yale University</span></div><div>143 Elm Street, Room 210<br>PO Box 208324<br>New Haven, CT 06520-<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">8324</span><br>USA<br>Phone: 1-203-432-7082<br>Fax: 1-203-432-6729<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:aaron.gerow@yale.edu" target="_blank">aaron.gerow@yale.edu</a></div><div>website: <a href="http://www.aarongerow.com" target="_blank">www.aarongerow.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="m_-3596956974990213180Apple-interchange-newline">
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