Asian Invasion, an aside - Shall We Dance

[Jasper Sharp]

As a brief digression, I heard SHALL WE DANCE was glossed over from a
Academy Award Best Foreign Language Picture nomination (in a year when it
went to the Dutch film KARAKTER, of all things) as it had been shown on
Japanese TV prior to the awards ceremony, thus invalidating it from
nomination. No doubt this made a lot of difference as to how the film was
subsequently marketted in the States and in Europe (it came out in the UK in
1998 to a very muted reception, surprising given its Stateside success). 
Further investigations reveal that it has yet to receive a DVD release in
the US and not even a VHS release in the UK, and I haven't seen any other
releases mentioned elsewhere in Europe. 
No wonder its had such little bearing on recent discussions about Asian
Cinema

Jasper Sharp

(sorry for my belated response to this thread, but I've just got back from
holiday!)


-----Original Message-----
From: wlt4 at mindspring.com [mailto:wlt4 at mindspring.com]
Sent: 18 January 2001 15:05
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Asian Invasion


> Lang said that "Godzilla 2000" outgrossed both "Shall We Dance?" and
>"Pokemon: The First Movie." Right on the first count, wrong on 

No, it might have been worded ineptly but what I said was "In the US
"Godzilla 2000" outgrossed "Shall We Dance" and "Pokemon the 
First Movies" far more than those two combined" meaning that Pokemon
outgrossed the two previous movies combined.