Opium War

[Michael Raine]

well, I guess I should have drunk lots and lots of water _before_ I sent
that message, and taken out my frustrations elsewhere.... I apologize to
David Desser and to anyone else who might have been upset by this.

Michael 

At 01:22 97/12/13 +0900, you wrote:
>could you look up a copy of Desser's article for me please? Can you believe
>his gall? He's studied a couple of semesters of japanese and relies on
>various graduate students to translate bits for him, then he claims the
>below. 
>
>By the way, I'm going to call you in a few minutes, while I drink lots and
>lots, and lots of water...
>
>Love,
>
>Michael
>
>At 10:04 97/12/12 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Janine Hansen asked,
>>>
>>>>could anybody tell me how to get a copy of AHEN SENSO (Opium War, 1943,
>>>>dir. Makino Masahiro)? And has anything been written on this particular
>>>>film?
>>
>>For a look at AHEN SENSO from a variety of perspectives, please see my
>>essay "From the Opium War to the Pacific War:  Japanese Propaganda 	Films
>>of World War II"   _Film History_ 7, 1 (1995). The essay is centrally about
>>AHEN SENSO, the first and only such article in English.
>>
>>For my discussion of the film and on Makino Masahiro, I relied on a video
>>copy (without subtitles) and I also utilized the special issue on Makino
>>that Aaron refers to (below).
>>
>>David
>>
>>>
>>>The film is in the collections of the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art Film 
>>>Center and the US Library of Congress.  Neither, as far as I know, has 
>>>subtitles.  It is not easy to get films from the Film Center, but for a 
>>>big museum exhibition, that might be possible.  The LC copy might also be 
>>>used, but if I remember, it has reels out of order and needs to be 
>>>checked before screening.
>>>
>>>For one piece in Japanese, there is an essay by Hasegawa Akira called 
>>>"Eiga _Ahen senso_ to goraku seishin" in Cineaste 3 (the Japanese: 
>>>Shineasuto) (1985): pp. 148-157.  Issue 3 is a special issue on Makino 
>>>Masahiro.
>> 
>>
>>_____________________________________
>>David Desser,UIUC Cinema Studies
>>2109 FLB/707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL  61801
>>217/244-2705
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