AW: Japanese Films In '99

[Keil Norbert]

Hi!

Apart from "Lost Paradise" which was absolutely wonderful and devastating at
the same time, both "The Ring" and "The Ring 2" are probably the most
effective scare movies I've seen in my life - you can just forget about the
"Blair Witch"!

Norbert

> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von:	SaltedCat at aol.com [SMTP:SaltedCat at aol.com]
> Gesendet am:	Sonntag, 12. September 1999 09:44
> An:	KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff:	Japanese Films In '99
> 
> 
>       Although it's not the end of the year yet, I would be interested in 
> hearing opinions from anyone/everyone on what they think are the most 
> interesting Japanese films of the year, so far. I'm speaking from a US 
> perspective, so the films this year I've liked: "After Life" is a
> favorite, 
> and "Kanzo Sensei" is quite good; are actually '98. Hopefully, chances to
> see 
> "Kikujiro" (which has a western distributor) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's two 
> latest "Charisma" and "Grand Illusion" (with all the Kurosawa
> retrospectives 
> at festivals, someone has to do one in the US...Canada has one in the
> Toronto 
> Film Festival, and Edinburgh had one) will come around soon.
>      Two of the most unique Asian films I saw this year were quite old: 
> Takeshi Kitano's brilliant and insane "Boiling Point" (10 years old) and a
> 
> cut, but still amazing version of Nagisa Oshima's "Ninja Bugeicho" (from 
> '67!). 
>       So my question basically is: what Japanese films, old or new, did 
> everyone see for the first time this year that they feel are especially 
> noteworthy and would recommend? I'm especially interested in opinions of 
> anyone in Japan (any thoughts, Aaron or Mark Schilling?) as well as Europe
> 
> and anywhere in Asia.
>       Looking forward to responses,
>       Chris.