self-introduction

[xena starr]

Hello! My name is Xena Starr. Hajimemashite. Dozo yoroshiku onegaishimasu. 
That was the beginning of my basic self-introduction for the two years I was 
in Japan. I was working as an assistant English teacher in a small town in 
northern Japan. I would often watch Japanese movies on tv, in spite of the 
fact that they had no subtitles, and my Japanese language skills are very 
basic. I would be fascinated to watch some of them again now, with 
subtitles. I suspect it would be like watching completely different films. 
In any case, I have loved movies for a long time. I took a few film studies 
courses when I was at university in England, although my degree was in 
politics and sociology. After that, I came back home to Florida and did 
volunteer work at a non-profit cinema for a few years. I also became a 
member of the film co-op that developed from it. There I studied super-8 
film-making, and helped to organize a few local film festivals. My interest 
in film combines a love of beauty and the magic of images with a fascination 
for the way in which society or culture is represented. The Japanese sense 
of aesthetics and the combination of western and traditional elements in 
their culture are some of the reasons I am interested in Japanese films. As 
for joining this mailing list, I am curious to learn of films I haven't 
heard of and to locate resources for finding films I want to see. That's all 
for now.


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