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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are writing on behalf of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">On Film</span></strong>, a student-run organization at the University
of Rochester dedicated to presenting important and rarely screened films on 8mm, 16mm, and 35mm. Our mission is to facilitate meaningful encounters with cinema as both material objects and aesthetic experiences, with a focus on how films resonate across formal,
narrative, and historical contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Currently, we are curating a two-part series on<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Japanese experimental cinema</span></strong>.
The first half will spotlight the avant-garde short films and documentaries of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Ito</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xapple-converted-space">Takashi</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Matsumoto
Toshio</span></strong>, while the second half will culminate in a centennial screening of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Kinugasa Teinosuke’s</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="xapple-converted-space">experimental
1926 feature</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em>A Page of Madness</em><span class="xapple-converted-space">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are already coordinating with the<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">George Eastman Museum</span></strong>, which will provide
a 35mm print of<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><em>A Page of Madness</em>, but we are currently seeking information on where to acquire<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">film prints</span></strong><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>of
the following works by Ito and Matsumoto:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Âtman</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1975, Matsumoto)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Spacy</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1981, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Box</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1982, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Shift </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1982, Matsumoto)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thunder </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1982, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ghost </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1985, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Grim</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1985, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Engram</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1987, Matsumoto)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wall</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1987, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xmsolistparagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Apparatus M</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (1996, Ito)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We would be grateful for any guidance or contacts related to archives, institutions, or distributors—whether in the U.S., Japan, or elsewhere—through which we might rent and obtain
screening rights for these films. We are aware of the logistical challenges involved, and we understand that we might have to project some of these digitally, but our priority is to present as many of these works<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">on
film</span></strong><span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>as possible, in keeping with our organization’s ethos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thank you in advance for any recommendations or direction you may be able to offer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Steven Kielich and Liam Kilby, event programmers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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