Japanese selection @ FEF

Mon Apr 29 18:24:33 EDT 2002

 Hello Kinejapaners, 

as Davide pointed out yet, Japanese selection at Fef
in Udine has been quite disappointing.
"Transparent" by Motohiro Katsuyuki is a commercial
and winking product that totally wastes a really
interesting idea. The first half is perhaps bearable,
but then the movie flows into really dubious narrative
developments. In an interview on MidnightEye.com,
director Motohiro explaines the totally commercial
spirit of the movie (see
http://www.midnighteye.com/features/feff2002.shtml).
At the same web address you can find also an interview
with Zeze Takahisa, who points out: "...today you see
that festivals look towards more
entertainment-oriented films too, like the films of
mr. Katsuyuki Motohiro".

I completely agree with Davide about "A Woman's Work"
(which I liked a lot only because I can play shogi) by
Otani Kentaro and "All About Our House" by Mitani
Koki. Different atmosphere but not much better result
for "The Yin-Yang Master" by Takita Yojiro. The
reconstruction of the ancient Japanese capital Heian
is really impressive, as long as costumes, sets and
locations. The plot is really really boring and
stereotyped.

I didn't see "Laundry" by Mori Junichi.

Moreover, 10 pinku eiga have been screened, starting
late at night, a couple per day, as a section labelled
"Udine P-1 Grand Prix".
"Rustling in bed" by Tajiri Yuji won easily the
audience award. Another good one has been Zeze's
"Tokyo Erotica".
Miike Takashi's "Ichi The Killer" went screened after
the closing ceremony, without any kind of advertising:
no movie poster in the hall, no mention of Ichi in the
Festival Daily Informer. I was really disappointed
about that.
Absolutely the best film of the Festival, ex-equo with
the disturbing "Bad guy" by Korean director Kim-Ki
Duk.

Bye

Guillermo

--- Davide Gualandi <embrace at italica.com> ha scritto:
> Hello,
> 
> I just came out from the screening of "A Woman's
> Work" by director Otani
> Kentaro. I really can't see the point in selecting
> such a film for a
> Festival (Far East Film Fest, ending today in Udine,
> Italy) that actually
> has the role to present the best of the japanese
> film production to a wide
> range of professionals and fans. The Fest is not
> about world premieres and
> Press screenings, they can choose simply anything
> from last year season...
> So, again, why do this movie (along with "All About
> Our House") made it to
> Udine?!?
> 
> Goin' home,
> 
> Davide
> 
> P.S.: I'd like to point that Ichi The Killer is
> being screened tonight at
> two o'clock AM after the closing ceremony. They say
> "too violent"...
>  

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