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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Resident in Fukuoka for the past seven years I have collaborated with colleagues at the Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive on several occasions, it has been a very rewarding experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Last month’s edition of the <a href="https://www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/0009185402f9f755f96fc">
FIAF BULLETIN ONLINE</a> contains this news from the Archive:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">“</span><span style="color:#211D1E">Eijun Sugihara is a newly-appointed curator of Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive and Movie Hall Cine-la. After working in programming at Auditorium Shibuya in Tokyo, he served
as a film curator at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media and Aichi Triennale 2019. His latest work as a producer is
<i>Gama </i>(2023), directed by Kaori Oda. Sugihara was involved in various projects and exhibition curations, including the filmmaking group Kuzoku’s “ILHA FORMOSA” (2023) at Sapporo Cultural Arts Community Center (SCARTS).”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For those interested in knowing more about the archive’s Asian film collection, details can be found
<a href="https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/files/FilmDetail/FilmDetail_509_file.pdf">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Adrian Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> KineJapan <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 23 January 2024 18:07<br>
<b>To:</b> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alexander Jacoby <alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk>; shayne bowden <swb8@gol.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, I found it pretty tough to adjust to Avengers: Endgame and Avatar: The Way of Water myself!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek response... Thanks for the write-up! I haven't seen the Ogawa for many years, but I remember it being captivating.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">ALEX<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 07:31, shayne bowden via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#414141">I was recently in Fukuoka and visited the Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cine-La. The library movie hall has a 242 seat cinema that runs monthly programs of Japanese and world cinema.
The January program was curated according to the theme of people and nature. I've included some links below. The library has a film archive and film collections of local and international cinema. I managed to see a screening of Imamura Shohei’s Narayama Bushiko
and also Ogawa Shinsuke’s 223-minute film, 1000-nen kizami no hidokei: Maginomura monogatari (1987), which was one of the most remarkable cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while. On January 20th there was a full day screening of Hara Kazuo’s Minamata Mandara
(2021) in three parts, which concluded with a talk by Hara himself. Unfortunately, I had to leave after the screening of the first part of the 372-minute documentary, but what I saw of it was enthralling and, like Ogawa’s film, challenges one’s understanding
of cinema and duration. Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience. Anyway, I’m not sure to what extent the Movie Hall is of benefit to researchers, but the
monthly film schedule is interesting and at only 500 yen per film, it is worth the visit when in Fukuoka. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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PhD Candidate<br>
School of Languages and Cultures<br>
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences <br>
The University of Sydney <br>
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