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[Livia Monnet]

Another interesting HK movie on gangsters is Sister Thirteen,in which
lesbianism is also problematized,though only marginally.Video with English
subtitles available.In terms of pop Japanophile references Jim Jarmusch's
latest movie on the Way of the Samurai might be interesting,with the
protagonist citing Hagakure and carrying Rashomon (the book) as ultimate
reference all around him.The parody of the tough guy mafia/yakuza gangster
(Kitano is obviously in the background too) is interesting here.
At 08:40 99-11-13 EST, you wrote:
>I post to KineJapan with two entirely different purposes.
>First, let me (again) reintroduce myself: I am the consultant editor for the 
>film section of an encyclopedia on contemporary Japanese culture,
forthcoming 
>from Routledge, edited by Sandra Buckley. The individual who was to write
the 
>2000 word ?film history overview? (the most fundamental, and in a sense 
>important, entry) wants to withdraw (and this is after the deadline). I?m 
>looking for someone both qualified, and willing, to take it over with as 
>short a turn around time as possible. There is some minimal compensation. 
>Please, anyone interested, email me directly at:
>PercySun at aol.com
>Second, next semester (at Gallatin School-New York University)  I will be 
>teaching for the first time a course called Beyond Good and Evil: Gangsters, 
>Violence and the Urban Landscape. It?s an undergraduate class  - 
>[interdisciplinary/intercultural] that introduces the Hong Kong gangster
film 
>phenomenon and tracks the aftermath, so to speak, (I?m trying to avoid the 
>simplistic notion of ?influence? - especially thinking about the recent post 
>in which it was reported that John Woo spoke of being inspired by a Japanese 
>60s film.....)  in Japanese and American gangster films, while asking 
>questions about relative ethics, porous boundaries between good and evil, 
>urban anomie and alienation, etc. Representative filmmakers of Hong Kong and 
>Japan that I?m thinking of include: John Woo, Wang Kar-Wai, Suzuki Seijun, 
>Kitano Takeshi. (Films must be available with English subtitles, obviously.) 
>My question is: does anybody know of good, thought provoking essays on these 
>Asian filmmaker/this ?genre? in English suitable for undergraduate readings? 
>(Or, if there?s something really special on American filmmakers such as 
>Tarantino - although obviously I?ve found much more on this on my own.)
>Of course I?m doing the library journal search, but have not turned up much 
>(on Hong Kong/Japan) to date.
>Oh, one more question - does anyone know if there is a videotape of Butoh 
>performance? (for another class) Prefereably with English subtitles or 
>narration, but ANYTHING would do.
>Thanks to all,
>Nina Cornyetz
>
Livia Monnet

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