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<p>Thank you, Alex, for sharing this sad news with the group.</p>
<p>I had the pleasure of knowing Roger over several years in London, where we shared many screenings, conferences, and travels, as well as film and book club meetings at The Japan Society. He was a truly enthusiastic and committed cinephile, and it was always refreshing to talk with him about Japanese cinema as Earl mentioned.</p>
<p>By coincidence, we lived quite close to each other and often met in the neighbourhood, frequently chatting about our childcare duties—especially his care for his grandchild. I hadn’t seen him for a while and wondered if he might have been in Japan.</p>
<p>I’m very sorry and shocked to hear of his passing. He will be missed.<br>
May he rest in peace.</p>
<p>Warm regards,<br></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Alejandra Armendariz-Hernandez<br>University Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid)</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Japan Society, London</div></div><br><div><br></div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Send KineJapan mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:kinejapan-request@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan-request@mailman.yale.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="mailto:kinejapan-owner@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan-owner@mailman.yale.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of KineJapan digest..."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1. RIP Roger Macy (Alexander Jacoby)<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 2. Re: RIP Roger Macy (Earl Jackson)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:01:58 +0100<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Alexander Jacoby <<a href="mailto:alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: [KineJapan] RIP Roger Macy<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CANN9ZtS09tF7C-e4OB9MkRdQOy1N=CkSFA8k-pqhJP-Ku-nLAQ@mail.gmail.com><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dear all,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I thought members of KineJapan might wish to be informed of the death of<br></div><div dir="ltr">Roger Macy, who often posed queries and engaged in discussion about<br></div><div dir="ltr">Japanese film via this mailing list. His son, who I don't know personally,<br></div><div dir="ltr">contacted me the other day by text to share the news.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Roger was a true enthusiast, whose interest in Japanese film and Japan in<br></div><div dir="ltr">general stemmed in part from family matters; his daughter had settled and<br></div><div dir="ltr">married in the country. He took his enthusiasm seriously and engaged in his<br></div><div dir="ltr">own private research into Japanese cinema. His opinions about the films he<br></div><div dir="ltr">watched and discussed were sometimes eccentric, even at times infuriating,<br></div><div dir="ltr">but always stimulating, and he was a source of entertaining and<br></div><div dir="ltr">knowledgeable conversation.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Although he had no academic post, he regularly travelled to conferences and<br></div><div dir="ltr">lectures on film and Japan-related themes, and voyaged across Britain, to<br></div><div dir="ltr">Paris and to the Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna to see rare movies.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Alas, this year he was not able to go to Bologna. When I visited him last<br></div><div dir="ltr">month in the nursing home to which his final illness confined him, he was<br></div><div dir="ltr">still lamenting that fact, as well as the failing eyesight which now<br></div><div dir="ltr">prevented him from watching films.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To many people on this list he will have been a name rather than a face,<br></div><div dir="ltr">and others will have known him only slightly. For anybody who knew him<br></div><div dir="ltr">well, the funeral will be on Saturday 8th November in London; I'm happy to<br></div><div dir="ltr">share details if messaged off-list.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best wishes,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Alexander Jacoby<br></div><div dir="ltr">(Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20251024/632519d8/attachment-0001.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20251024/632519d8/attachment-0001.html</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 2<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:10:31 +0800<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Earl Jackson <<a href="mailto:earljac@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">earljac@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [KineJapan] RIP Roger Macy<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CABhbz8MVF-OQ5c9339vf2PCnrp5yds3DB6tnDUqYaNy+TmL=pQ@mail.gmail.com><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Dear Alexander,<br></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you for letting us know the sad news of Roger Macy's death. His love<br></div><div dir="ltr">of Japanese cinema was as boundless as his enthusiasm. He threw himself<br></div><div dir="ltr">into the appreciation of these films with a fervor rarely seen and<br></div><div dir="ltr">certainly underappreciated. A wonderful eccentric whose sincerity was as<br></div><div dir="ltr">disarming as it was refreshing. May his memory be a blessing.<br></div><div dir="ltr">ej<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Earl Jackson<br></div><div dir="ltr">Professor, Emeritus<br></div><div dir="ltr">National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan<br></div><div dir="ltr">Associate Professor, Emeritus<br></div><div dir="ltr">University of California, Santa Cruz, the US<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 7:02?PM Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan <<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Dear all,<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> I thought members of KineJapan might wish to be informed of the death of<br></div><div dir="ltr">> Roger Macy, who often posed queries and engaged in discussion about<br></div><div dir="ltr">> Japanese film via this mailing list. His son, who I don't know personally,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> contacted me the other day by text to share the news.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Roger was a true enthusiast, whose interest in Japanese film and Japan in<br></div><div dir="ltr">> general stemmed in part from family matters; his daughter had settled and<br></div><div dir="ltr">> married in the country. He took his enthusiasm seriously and engaged in his<br></div><div dir="ltr">> own private research into Japanese cinema. His opinions about the films he<br></div><div dir="ltr">> watched and discussed were sometimes eccentric, even at times infuriating,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> but always stimulating, and he was a source of entertaining and<br></div><div dir="ltr">> knowledgeable conversation.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Although he had no academic post, he regularly travelled to conferences<br></div><div dir="ltr">> and lectures on film and Japan-related themes, and voyaged across Britain,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> to Paris and to the Cinema Ritrovato Festival in Bologna to see rare<br></div><div dir="ltr">> movies. Alas, this year he was not able to go to Bologna. When I visited<br></div><div dir="ltr">> him last month in the nursing home to which his final illness confined him,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> he was still lamenting that fact, as well as the failing eyesight which now<br></div><div dir="ltr">> prevented him from watching films.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> To many people on this list he will have been a name rather than a face,<br></div><div dir="ltr">> and others will have known him only slightly. For anybody who knew him<br></div><div dir="ltr">> well, the funeral will be on Saturday 8th November in London; I'm happy to<br></div><div dir="ltr">> share details if messaged off-list.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Best wishes,<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Alexander Jacoby<br></div><div dir="ltr">> (Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University)<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="mailto:alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alexanderjacoby@brookes.ac.uk</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> _______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">> KineJapan mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="mailto:KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20251024/917c1ca5/attachment.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20251024/917c1ca5/attachment.html</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Digest Footer<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">KineJapan mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KineJapan@mailman.yale.edu</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">End of KineJapan Digest, Vol 89, Issue 11<br></div><div dir="ltr">*****************************************<br></div></div>
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