Suzuki-News from Criterion

[Christian Helwig]

Hi everybody,

I don?t want to spam, just received the first Criterion NL and there is 
some interesting info about two new releases of Seijun Suzuki films on DVD:

"Story of a Prostitute" and "Gate of Flesh"
Seijun Suzuki

A different side of irrepressible Japanese director Seijun Suzuki
("Branded to Kill", "Tokyo Drifter") is on display in these powerful
literary adaptations. Deviating from the gangster genre, Suzuki
presents a pair of violent and hyperstylized ?women?s stories,? drawn
from Tajiro Tamura novels. The director and his longtime production
designer Takeo Kimura sat down with Criterion for the first time for
exclusive new video interviews on both discs. On Gate of Flesh, Kimura
tells a priceless story of assembling the film's sprawling set, on
zero budget, by scavenging broken plywood from the studio's lumberyard,
and of having the construction crew report that they were working on
other films.


http://newsletter.criterionco.com/t/1559900/10705482/676081/0/ 
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http://newsletter.criterionco.com/t/1559900/10705482/676082/0/ 
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kind regards,

Christian Helwig
Berlin