Love Cinema question

[Jochen Bitterlich]

Hi Jasper,

two weeks ago, there was the "Berlin Beta 2001", here in Berlin, a "Festival
for Digital Media, Business and Culture". All six films of the project were
shown several times, and the whole project was described as

"a digital film project with six different films, all dealing with the
subject of 'love'. The production was developed by Trustech Japan and the
producer Ms. Reiko Arakawa, working with an open concept, where different
directors and scriptwriters were integrated to demonstrate throughout all
film genres the variety and possibilities of digital filmmaking. The 'love'
theme in the films finds a free interpretation and the spectrum of the films
offers a good chance to discuss digital contents and aesthetics."

Unfortunately I have seen only one of them (V. Q).

Yoga

P.S. I'm new in the list, so I'll give a short self-introduction: I used to
study Japanese and I lived in Japan for one year. At the moment I live in
Berlin, Germany, and work for the "Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin 2001". Needless
to say that I'm very interested in Japanese movies.




> Von: "Jasper Sharp" <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com>
> Antworten an: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Datum: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:51:21 +0000
> An: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Betreff: Love Cinema question
> 
> Hi fellow KineJapanners,
> 
> I have a few questions regarding last year?s cycle of DV shot films that
> came out under the Love Cinema banner.
> The best known of these outside of Japan has obviously been MIIKE Takashi?s
> VISITOR Q, in no small measure to the director?s growing esteem outside of
> the country, and aided by the English subbed Korean DVD release. The series
> of 6 films also included SHIOTA Akihiko?s GIPS and HIROKI Ryuichi?s TOKYO
> GOMI ONNA (TOKYO TRASH BABY).
> 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.
> Was Miike?s film singled out partularly for praise by the Japanese critics,
> or was it ignored? Which one was the best received? Who on this list has
> even seen any of them? What was the idea behind the series, and will it
> happen again? Have all of these films subsequently made it onto video in
> Japan? Who are CineRocket anyway?
> Any information or opinions on any of these films would be greatly
> appreciated,
> 
> Thanks!
> Jasper Sharp
> 
> Ps) Are any London-dwellers on this list planning to be at the ICA over the
> next week to catch the Fukasaku season?
> 
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> 
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