Miike cut

Todd Brown todd
Thu Jan 19 23:33:59 EST 2006


My vote is entirely behind it being a PR stunt.  They knew what they were
getting when they signed Miike ... it smells like a move to generate
publicity for the DVD release since the series hasn't done well ...

Todd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graeme Lennon [mailto:graeme.lennon at mail.mcgill.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:26 PM
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Re: Miike cut
> 
> Abortion? An American TV station? I think we've found our answer.
> 
> g.
> 
> Colin Geddes wrote:
> > I don't think it is the level of violence that is the reason, but rather
> > the topic of abortion has more to do with it being pulled.
> >
> > OR it could be a publicity plot to sell more dvds when the series gets
> > released...
> >
> >
> > On 19-Jan-06, at 9:36 PM, <drainer at mpinet.net
> > <mailto:drainer at mpinet.net>> <drainer at mpinet.net
> > <mailto:drainer at mpinet.net>> wrote:
> >
> >> Showtime Beyond frequently plays Japanese horror movies, along with
> >> all sorts of other material deemed tasteless for some. Maybe there is
> >> something being left out of this story.
> >>
> >> -d
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <tim.iles at utoronto.ca
> >> <mailto:tim.iles at utoronto.ca>>
> >> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> >> <mailto:KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>>
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:54 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Miike cut
> >>
> >>
> >>> My feeling, too, is that Miike's portion probably contained material
> too
> >>> graphic for broadcast--after all, _Koroshiya ichi_, _Audition_, to
> name
> >>> two obvious examples that spring first to mind, both contained scenes
> >>> that
> >>> were rather--indelicate? (^_^)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tim Iles
> >>> UVic
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Jim Harper wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> That's an exceptionally harsh judgement, both about the other
> >>>> directors and Showtime. Garris himself seems to have no problem with
> >>>> the quality of Miike's contribution, and it doesn't sound too
> >>>> far-fetched to suggest that Showtime felt it was too extreme.
> >>>>
> >>>>   If you don't mind me asking, which are Miike's fantastic horror
> films?
> >>>>
> >>>>   Jim.
> >>>>
> >>>> jerry turner <dr_pluto at yahoo.com <mailto:dr_pluto at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >>>>   Yeah, I guess Miike, a man who has made a dozen or so
> >>>> fantastic horror
> >>>> films, isn't up to the standards of a John Landis who
> >>>> has never done
> >>>> anything worth a crap or Tobe Hooper, a guy who's
> >>>> first film was good. .
> >>>> . 30 years ago. Miike was the token non white anyway.
> >>>> . .
> >>>>
> >>>> Aaron Gerow wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> > Dave Kehr reports in today's New York times that
> >>>> Miike Takashi's
> >>>> > contribution to the pay-cable channel Showtime's
> >>>> "Master of Horror"
> >>>> > series has been cut.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/arts/television/19horr.html
> >>>> >
> >>>> > The episode has been made, but it did not fit
> >>>> Showtime's standards for
> >>>> > broadcast, so it will be released directly to DVD.
> >>>> >
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