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[Pete Larson]

Who care what americans like or do not like? It really does not seem
productive to pass judgement on what one person likes or does not like. 

Sure, there are a lot of bad American movies but there are also tons of
good ones. But realistically, for every good Japanese or Chinese movie
made there are like 10 bad ones. I really don't think the ratio is much
different. 

I personally could care less if American's open their minds or not. I
don't feel that most film snobs have a very open mind either. 

So there.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Duncan [mailto:neku78 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 3:01 PM
To: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: ...


Short but Sweet,
     First off, I need to state that I am American and have been
watching 
subtitled fliks since I was about thirteen.  Thanks to Bruce Lee.  Not
all 
Americans have aversion to actual reading in a film, nor should all 
Americans be grouped with the fanboys of droll like Armagedden or
Godzilla.  
Having stated that, "most" Americans DO NOT like subtitles.  There is a 
certain conceitedness that some Americans have about foreign films.
SOME 
Americans believe that all good film comes out of the US.  They are
quite 
wrong.  Some of the worst cinema comes out of the Hollywood formula.  I
also 
realize I am preaching to the choir here.  Any Americans recieving this
mail 
have already subscribed to a list involving and about Japanese cinema,
and 
so apparently have no problems with the subtitle thing.  I personally
love 
subtitles compared to the always terrible dubbing thing.  Of course
there is 
no anger here.  The comments about what stereotypical Americans like and

dislike is correct.
     On another note, some people have seen upset about the typical
response 
on CTHD from American audiences.  Whatever the response, the idea that
any 
asian film besides Jackie Chan would recieve such high comendation is 
wonderful.  Who cares how its being recieved, all that matters to me is
the 
possibility Americans will open their minds a bit more to foreign film,
and 
Asian film in particular.  Who cares about intial reaction.
     Lastly, I am in dire need of finding some Japanese Samurai type
movies. 
  I looked these up on Amazon, but found no hits.  Kokushi muso, mito
komon, 
joi uchi, seppuku, mito komon, jikokumon, ansatsu, and tange sazen 
hyakuman-ryo no tsubo.  I have some important research to finish and
need 
these films (or others) to finish it.  If anyone has ANY suggestion on
where 
I can find some of these it would be much appreciated.  VHS if possible
or 
DVD if thats the only thing I can find.  My sister has the DVD so its
still 
possible for me to see them that way.  Thank ya's, and happy days.
--it's great to see new subscribers! Write and contribute..
Neku...
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