Variety on THE GRUDGE remake

[Stefan Nutz / Nuzumakifilms]

when i was in bangkok, about 2 months ago, there was also this really huge
campain
for QUILL. it was even bigger than the promotion for the hollywood and the
thai
films together.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Cremin" <asianfilmlibrary at mac.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: Variety on THE GRUDGE remake


> THE GRUDGE (US) opened in Taipei last weekend.  It only took US$55,000
> on opening weekend.  I don't have the opening box office figures for
> JU-ON but it made US$1m in the capital; the sequel about US$450,000.
> In comparison, Miike Takashi's ONE MISSED CALL opened to US$235,000 in
> March 2004 and grossed US$627,000.
>
> I think audiences in Taiwan wanted more from the JUON series (in terms
> of narrative) and didn't go back.  Taiwan audiences are very smart; if
> they don't want to see a film, no amount of marketing can persuade
> them.  All three versions of THE GRUDGE, and ONE MISSED CALL, were
> distributed by UIP, a major.
>
> Next weekend, 12-14 November, Sai Yoichi's QUILL goes head-to-head with
> THE INCREDIBLES which has been pushed back by one week, although it
> does have extensive previews this weekend.  The little fluffy dog is
> everywhere in Taiwan, in what must be one of the biggest marketing
> campaigns for a Japanese film.  It's handled by a small distributor who
> picked it up before the majors had it on their radars; so I'm hoping it
> makes a lot of money.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:37 AM, Joseph Murphy wrote:
>
> > There was a more favorable discussion of The Grudge in a NY Times
> > article this weekend by Terrence Rafferty called "Be Somewhat Afraid,"
> > which in general traced what it found to be a trend of diluting the
> > impact of horror with conventions from action and comedy.
> >    "the only movie currently serving up an adequate portion of the
> > genre's traditional red meat is Takashi Shimizu's "The Grudge,"
> > <http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/titlelist.html?v_idlist=292156;
> > 301035&inline=nyt_ttl> an English-language remake of his 2000 film,
> > "Ju-On," which is as unnerving a horror movie as I've ever seen."
> > Not that long of a discussion, can be found at:
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/movies/31raff.html?
> > pagewanted=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1099513933-iwh9RH+hK49HY8goJ5zUeg
> > J. Murphy
> >
> >> Scout Foundas' review of THE GRUDGE just went online (subscription
> >> only): "In its quest to appropriate global filmmaking trends,
> >> Hollywood has honed in on a series of Japanese cult horror pics most
> >> notable for bad acting and pedestrian direction. ... Project might
> >> have been more successful if Shimizu had style and/or atmosphere to
> >> substitute for his canned scares, cardboard compositions and flaccid
> >> cutting."
> >> http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925331?categoryid=31&cs=1
> >>
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >>
> >
>