Venice awards

[Aaron Gerow]

The official awards at the Venice Film Festival were announced and the 
only Japanese film to be awarded seems to be Tsukamoto Shin'ya's 
Rokugatsu no hebi (A Snake of June), which won a special jury award from 
the Controcorrente (Upstream) Jury.

The Japanese papers reported that reaction to Takeshi's Dolls was quite 
mixed, with some calling it a masterpiece and some cheap orientalism.

Any news from the scene?

Aaron Gerow
Yokohama National University
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