A2 documentary query

[Peter Larson]

When will it be out here in the US? Who is putting it out?

Aaron Gerow wrote:

> 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
>
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