Sento (was Kawase)

[Aaron Gerow]

Mark,

Thanks a lot for posting the Sento interview. 

I did, however, find a mistake which, if you still have the time, might 
want to correct.

>A: My documentary Tsutsumarete was shown at the 1992 Image Forum Festival. 

The correct title is:

Ni tsutsumarete

In English:

Embracing

>Q:  Young filmmakers appear to be going into two different directions.
>Some, such as Shunji Iwai and Shinji Aoyama, are making films that seem to
>be influenced by MTV, that place more emphasis on style than substance,
>while others such as Nobuhiro Suwa, Hidekazu Kore'eda and you, are making
>quieter, more contemplative films that place more stress on human
>relationships. Do you see yourself as belonging to any group?  

Not a correction, but do you really think Aoyama is influenced by MTV and 
that his film are more style than substance?  I never posed the question 
to him myself, but in the week I spent with him in the US, I was amazed 
at how much he knows just about movies.  He's seen far more than I've 
ever seen.  He cited his main influence as American film noir, which I 
think really comes out in Wild Life.  I also am hesitant to put him in 
the same category as Iwai, whom I do not think knows as much about movie 
history.  As for style versus substance, one can argue about that, but if 
you read Aoyama's interviews, he is one of the few very philosophical 
young directors around.  It's his Hasumi training.

Aaron Gerow
YNU