Cure, etc. + the ring

[Ar C]

I have seen _The ring_ in HK  1 month and 1/2 agao now. Surprisingly, there 
were no english subtitles. There was so much hype around this film here! It 
was hailed as one of the scariest movies here. I guess it topped the foreign 
film bnox office for several weeks (ahead of all hollyqood releases)
I did not find it that scary (but perhaps a lot is in the dialogues and my 
japanese is non-existent).
They now release the Ring2 (with english subtitles)
There are also VCD releases of _The Ring/the spiral_ and while in Korea I 
saw posters for _The Ring/the virus_.

All this starts to be a little bit confusing! Anyone has insights on this 
Ring saga and why it became such a huge hit (at least in HK). Didi it do 
that well in Japan???

Thanks/ArC


>From: Stephen Cremin <asianfilmlibrary at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: Cure, etc.
>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 04:43:25 GMT
>
>Speaking of scary films, does anyone have contact details for the HK
>distributor of "Ring".  Presumably there are now English-language prints in
>existence for the first time.  (I recently screened the HK print of Iwai's
>"PiCNiC" in London in cooperation with Pony Canyon and Shu Kei.)
>
>Regarding "Asian Blue".  Its best to contact the producer, ITO Masaaki,
>directly.  When Japanese-Indian dancer/curator Shakti brought the film to
>Edinburgh a couple of years ago, he was very cooperative.  For the
>producer's contact details email Shakti:
>
>	shakti at tka.att.ne.jp
>
>I believe he was even happy with her sending the print back to Tokyo by
>regular airmail delivery!
>
>Stephen Cremin
>
>
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