Serpent's path dvd? // Kurosawa in Rotterdam?

[Tom Mes]

>could someone enlighten me on where to buy the dvd of Kiyoshi >Kurosawa?s 
>Serpenth's path that is reviewed on the lovely Midnight Eye->site (Jasper 
>or Tom maybe?). It says that the origin is USA but I fail >to find it at 
>amazon and other webstores.
>http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/serppath.shtml

Oops. Somewhere in the design process an error crept into the release info 
on our Serpent's Path review: the DVD I watched and reviewed is the Japanese 
release by Toshiba, not a US release (which doesn't exist).

My apologies to anyone who thought they'd struck gold after reading this 
erroneous bit of information. We'll correct it ASAP.

If you're still interested in the DVD (it's without subtitles, I'm afraid) 
you can order it from CD Japan. It's listed under the title Ja No Michi.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

>Furthermore I seem to recall that I read somewhere that there would be >a 
>Kiyoshi Kurosawa tribute the Rotterdam film festival 2002. Could >someone 
>confirm or deny this?

Can't confirm it, but I'll get in touch with the IFFR to see if there's any 
truth to this rumour, as well as the one about them selecting 5 Takashi 
Miike films.

This is the list of Japanese films which I received from the Rotterdam film 
festival publicist two weeks ago:

- 'Distance' by Hirokazu Kore-Eda
- 'Hush!' by Ryosuke Hashiguchi
- 'Ka?ro' by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- 'Blue Spring' by Toshiaki Toyoda
- 'Ichi the Killer' by Takashi Miike
- 'Visitor Q' by Takashi Miike
- 'All About Lily Chou Chou' by Shunji Iwai

They said these were "a number of Japanese films that will be playing at 
next year's festival", so there might well be more.

Also, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest project, entitled JELLYFISH ALERT, is taking 
part in the IFFR's Cinemart program, which helps filmmakers find additional 
funding for their films. Uplink is producing the film.

Tom

Midnight Eye
http://www.midnighteye.com
tom at midnighteye.com


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