Love Cinema question

[Aaron Gerow]

>However, I was wondering how these films were received in Japan, and would 
>also be very interested in any details on the individual films themselves, 
>because very few of them have been screened outside of Japan and hence very 
>little information is available on them.

You have to realize that the works were shown in a tiny theater in 
Shimokitazawa which fits about 70 people.  Not only is the series not 
going to create much of a hubbub with the theater-going audience, but 
with the major media in general ignoring independent cinema, there was 
not going to be much support there. This, and the lack of government 
support, makes it completely different from the DOGMA project.

Still, some critics did write about it.  In general, my impression is 
that Tokyo Trash Baby was the one written about the most, with Visitor Q 
and Gipps behind it.  TTB was eligible for best 10 voting last year and 
did quite well in the Eiga geijutsu poll.  Still, it was my impression 
that most people were discussing the individual texts and not the 
potential of the project itself.

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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