Montreal: There is a search engine

[martin picard]

Yesterday was the closing ceremony of the Montreal WFF. Twelve japanese
movies were presented(without counting the co-production), including
Colorful from Nakahara Shun in the official competition, which received
rather bad reviews. Unfortunately, I didn't see it, so I can't make my own
judgement. However, I saw Pickpocket and I liked it very much. This film
brings a stream of fresh air on this theme, different from his predecessors,
Bresson's Pickpocket or Jia Zhangke's Xiao Wu.

Despite the fact that no japanese movies seemed to attract public
attention(even if they paid a tribute to Shindo Kaneto and presented his
last movie for world premiere), the asian movies haven't lost everything
since Gong Li won the best female performance(ex-aequo with Isabelle Hupert)
for her role in Sun Zhou's Breaking the silence.

If you have any questions regarding the festival, please don't be afraid to
ask.

Martin Picard


----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Roger Fischer" <roger.fischer at active.ch>
A : <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Envoye : 3 septembre, 2000 06:17
Objet : AW: Montreal: There is a search engine


> Just when sent the email away, I found the search engine. Sorry.
> Roger
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]Im Auftrag von Roger
> Fischer
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 3. September 2000 12:09
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: AW: Montreal: Direct link to KUROKI Kazuo's "Pickpocket"
>
>
>
http://www.ffm-montreal.org/fr/prog/prog.phtml?func=detail&par=1387&lang=en
>
> I tried to check out the film description and it took me some 15 minutes.
It
> seems that there isn't a search engine to find films easily.
> The above link goes directly to PICKPOCKET.
> Best regards
> Roger
>
>
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]Im Auftrag von David
Lewis
> Gesendet: Samstag, 2. September 2000 13:46
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Re: KUROKI Kazuo's "Pickpocket"
>
>
> Seen it last weekend at the Montreal WFF,
> and liked it a lot. It is fairly strong and very effective.
> It is the portrait of a professional team of pickpockets
> and the people around: policemen, thugs, women.
> I liked the fact that it was as if the profession
> was like any other profession, even maybe like a
> traditional Japanese craft, especially in view of
> the Japanese authorities constant downplaying
> of this growing social phenomenon.
> I am not sure the director intended any such second-degree
> reading, but it works very well and is very enjoyeable.
>
> David Lewis
>
> A.M. Nornes wrote:
>
> > I notice in the Asian Film Library Bulliten that Kuroki Kazuo has a new
> > film. Has anyone seen it?
> >
> > Markus
>
>
>
> --
> David Lionel Lewis      david.lionel.lewis at sympatico.ca
>
>