hi/Charlie Chaplin

Sybil Thornton sybil.thornton
Wed Nov 24 13:23:15 EST 1999


Have you seen the book on Chaplin's trip abroad:
http://www.yushodo.co.jp/SHOWROOM/SHOWCASE/INDEX.htm

SAT

Kathryn Millard wrote:

> 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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