hi/Charlie Chaplin

[antoine kilian]

Charlie Chaplin came on the same ship as Jean Cocteau,
(a famous french poet/writer/filmmaker/artist...) and they spent a night discussing on the ship before they landed in japan ; cocteau relates it in his book "Le tour du monde en 80 jours" which is the collection of papers he sent periodically to the french newspaper who sponsored the trip, as an homage to Victor Hugo's centenary...

Feel free to ask more details if necessary, I don't have the book with me but can find out more about it.

yours, antoine kilian from kyoto

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>Kathryn Millard wrote:
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>> I have just hoined kinejapan and would like to introduce myself. I am a@
>> screenwriter and director and teach screenwriting and film/video
>> production at Macquarie University in Sydney. My films to date include
>> arts documentaries and a feature film.
>>
>> I have a longstanding interest in Japanese film and culture and
>> currently have a screenplay in progress "Nine Shades of Shadow",
>> concerning the lives of Japanese charcaters resident in Sydney.
>>
>> I am also in the early stages of researching and writing a book about
>> Chaplin's visit to Japan in the 1930's. Consequently, I am particularly
>> interested in Japanese cineam of this era, the response to Chaplin's
>> films in Japan, the benshi narrators who interpreted his work, the
>> Chaplin imperso0nators of the era and the background and life story of
>> Kono.
>>
>> Asd a filmmaker, I have found much Japanese cineam inspirational; from
>> the work of Ozu through to 'Shall We Dance" and 'Afterlife".
>>
>> I look forward to following and contributing to the discussion in
>> kinejapan.
>>
>> Regards, Kathryn
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