J films on video w/ E subtitles

[Gerry Malir (Artsmagic Ltd)]

Jasper,

Sorry I haven't been in touch, and I'm off for a week on Thursday, but when
I get back, I'll prioritise a way of getting you the equipment.

I think the first director might be Toshiharu Ikeda.

Regards,

Gerry Malir
Artsmagic Ltd
http://www.artsmagic.co.uk
Tel. 01495 307341
Fax. 01495 307343


Gerry Malir
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jasper Sharp" <jasper at midnighteye.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: J films on video w/ E subtitles


> I think if any Japanese distributors could take a look at the website
stats
> for Midnight Eye, they'd be stunned by just how many potential sales they
> are missing out on. How many people do you think picked up the subtitled
> Hong Kong release of The Ring for example, before the UK release by
Tartan?
> There is an absolutely huge market for these films, and its getting quite
> tedious fending off requests to Midnight Eye asking whether the Japanese
DVD
> of "such a such a release" has got subs or not. Until Japanese
distributors
> finally wake up to themselves, Hong Kong is the best place to go for these
> films, but I'm dismayed that in the meantime such worthy offerings as Not
> Forgotten, Firefly Dreams and Tokyo Trash Baby and so many others are
> destined to dissappeared into little more than the collective memories of
> those who were lucky enough to catch them at festival screenings.
> Even if the returns on these films from foreign sales at first are
> negligable, it'll pay off in the long term when word of mouth gets around
> that Japan actually does have a film industry beyond the three or four
> titles that get international distribution every year - and lets face it,
> subtitles are already available for these films from the festival
> screenings. This head in the sand attitude in Japan is quite infuriating!
>
> Jasper Sharp
>
> ps) Just like to mention what a jolly fun time I had watching Ping Pong
> today. Whop knows, if they subtitle it, I might even buy the DVD when it
> comes out.
>
> Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema
> www.midnighteye.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boum Productions" <pete at boumproductions.com>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: J films on video w/ E subtitles
>
>
> > There's been a discussion recently about this on another board, with
some
> > correspondants getting quite ridiculously worked up over the issue.
> Remarks
> > about Japanese companies "not owing" the rest of the world subtitles and
> > "why don't American producers sub their disks in Japanese" etc. Never
> > realised this was such an emotive issue.
> >
> > Anyone involved in selling marginal titles on disk these days knows
> they're
> > going to sell a fair number overseas. It's what the internet was
invented
> > for! And if you add subs (and English is one of the widest spoken
> languages)
> > you WILL increase your sales.
> >
>
>
>