Ozu question

[David Fahy]

Ozu's TOKYO STORY will be issued on DVD by Criterion in October this 
year. Perhaps Criterion will be doing for Ozu now what they have also 
been doing with Kurosawa  recently -- producing high quality DVDs with 
helpful audio commentary.

- David Fahy
Japanese/UC Davis
dwfahy at ucdavis.edu



On Saturday, August 23, 2003, at 09:14  AM, Bill Thompson wrote:

>
> Michael and KineJapan,
>
> I can't answer this question, but I can pass along the following,
> which may be of interest to KineJapanners interested in Ozu:
>
> 1.  The Film Society of Lincoln Center/Walter Reade Theater
> will be presenting a retrospective entitled
> "Yasujiro Ozu: A Centenary Celebration" from October 4th
> thru November 6th.  I believe this will be in conjunction with
> the New York Film Festival, which begins October 3rd.
> Titles have not been announced, but this retrospective
> should be quite complete, as Lincoln Center did a small
> retrospective of Ozu's works several years ago and would
> want to do something different.  (The Walter Reade is also
> presenting Koji Yamamura's Mt. Head as part of an animation
> program on Thursday, Sept. 4th, at 6:30 PM.)
>
> 2.  I understand that the Italian television network RAI
> presented/is presenting the entire surviving works of Ozu
> over Italian tv with Italian subtitles.  Even without
> subtitles a number of Ozu films, including rarely shown early
> works like I Failed But... and I Graduated But....,
> are quite easy to understand.  Possibly some KineJapanners
> in Italy could contribute more concerning this event.
>
> 3.  A number of Ozu films previously distributed by New Yorker
> Films are no longer listed in their catalog.  New Yorker was
> instrumental in introducing Ozu's works in the US some thirty
> years ago.  This presumably means that rights on these titles
> have expired, and Shochiku is looking for a new American
> distributor.  If they do get one, more of his works should
> be released in the US on DVD.  I believe that
> Ohayo (Good Morning) is the only DVD Ozu title currently
> available.
>
>
> Bill Thompson
> siswt at cuvmc.ais.columbia.edu
>
>
> From: "Michael Raine" <mjraine at uchicago.edu>
> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: RE: self-introduction (subtitling technologies)
>>
>> Speaking of subtitles, does anyone know how many of
>> the complete works of
>> Ozu coming out on DVD in Japan (with Japanese
>> subtitles) will be released
>> with in the US with English subtitles?
>>
>> Michael
>
>