Region2 DVD Box Sets

[Nate Shockey]

  The Teshigahara retrospective at BAM looks great!  Disappointed to
see that there's not going to be a screening of "Moetsukita chizu" -
i've heard its not quite up to snuff with "suna no onna" or "tanin no
kao", but I'd still like to see it since it's the last Abe/Teshigahara
collaboration and it stars Katsu Shintaro, though it seems almost
impossible to find a copy - has any one seen it, or better yet, know
anywhere online with gray market copies?

   Also, I'm not sure I've ever properly introduced myself to the
whole list.  I'm a PhD student in modern Japanese lit at Columbia, but
I'm also hoping to incorporate film into my work and studies.  I'm
especially interested in New Wave and experimental film from the 60s
and 70s, as well as some of the newer directors like Kawase Naomi and
Aoyama Shinji (whose "Eli, Eli..." I'm eagerly awaiting!).  I met a
number of people on the list at the NYU symposium in December, and
know a few more from here and there, but to the rest, yoroshiku onegai
shimasu!

 -Nate Shockey




On 2/7/06, Kerim Yasar <kerimyasar at yahoo.com> wrote:
> There's going to be a Teshigahara retrospective at
> Brooklyn Academy of Music from late February to early
> March (http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=62).
> Some of those films may eventually be released on DVD
> by Criterion, although there's no word on dates and it
> may be quite a while.
>
> Kerim Yasar
>
> --- Kumiko Sato <satoku at earlham.edu> wrote:
>
> > Dear KineJapaners,
> >
> > Happy Monday. I'm a little fuzzy on this part of my
> > memory, but does
> > "Teshigawara Hiroshi no sekai DVD Collection"
> > (Region 2, 6 DVD set;
> > Kadokawa 2002 release) have English subs? Does the
> > new Oshima Nagisa box
> > set to be released in this March have English subs
> > (or are they the same as
> > the existing DVDs packed in CD-sized cases)? Would
> > anyone out there have
> > recommendations about what region 2 "auteur film"
> > DVDs with English subs to
> > buy? I'm planning to purchase some from Japan for my
> > college's library but
> > don't want to invest in those that are likely to be
> > on DVD in North America
> > nor in those without English subs. I'd very much
> > appreciate your input.
> > Thank you very much!
> > Kumi Sato
> > Earlham College
> >
> >
>
>
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