A2 documentary query

[Aaron Gerow]

On 2005.3.7, at 02:34  PM, J.sharp wrote:

> I hope someone on this list will be able to help me with this query. I
> recently watched Japanese DVD release of the second of Tatsuya Mori’s
> amazing Aum documentaries, A2. I noticed that the running time of the 
> DVD is
> 126 minutes, as is quoted on the cover. However, checking both the 
> jmdb and
> the Yamgata website, it states the film is 131minutes long.
> Can anyone account for the missing 5 minutes?

I know Mori-san had to cut out some sections of the film showing one of 
Asahara's daughters after the Yamagata screenings because of complaints 
over violating privacy rights of a minor. That could explain the 
difference from the Yamagata screening, but since these cuts were 
supposed to have been done before the film was released in the 
theaters, I don't know why the JMDB has the older figure.

I could check with my wife: she's preparing this for US DVD release.

Aaron Gerow
Film Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University