UK Japanese Film Events/ Ringu
Emma Newbery
emmanewbery
Tue Oct 3 15:58:49 EDT 2006
This is great information thank you so much!
Emma Newbery BA
Programme Leader
BTEC National Diploma in Media (Moving Image)
Blackpool and the Fylde College
>From: ryan.cook at yale.edu
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: RE: UK Japanese Film Events/ Ringu
>Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:01:24 -0400
>
>
>Interesting. I recently wrote a paper on this very topic. Of course, the
>immediate literary precursor to Nakata's Ringus are the Koji Suzuki novels.
> I
>wasn't able to find any indication that these were in direct dialogue with
>the
>Tanizaki story and ran into some difficulty trying to make the argument for
>the
>influence of the one on the other (which is not to say there was none).
>But
>there are obvious parallels. I found it useful to consider the
>reincarnation
>of this haunted film narrative as a glimmer of continuity between the
>context
>of Tanizaki's writings and the early 1990s of Ringu: the silent cinema and
>the
>era of analogue home video, Taisho modernity and postmodernity, public
>entertainments and private home entertainment, tuberculosis and HIV...
>Anyway,
>those interested might also want to look at Haruo Sato's 1918 story The
>Fingerprint (Shimon), another early macabre reflection on the cinema. Our
>own
>list moderator Aaron Gerow also touches on Jimenso in his article on
>Tanizaki's
>and Kawabata's cinematic literature "Celluloid Masks" in the journal Iris
>(I
>hope I'm free to pass this along...). And I second Jasper's evaluation of
>the
>LaMarre book!
>
>-Ryan Cook
>
>East Asian Langs/Lits and Film Studies
>Yale University
>
>
>Quoting "J.sharp" <j.sharp at hpo.net>:
>
>>I just been reading Thomas LaMarre's excellent book on novelist Junichiro
>>Tanizaki's relationship with cinema, Shadows on the Screen, and reading
>>the
>>1918 short story The Tumour With the Human Face (Jinmensou), it suddenly
>>dawned on my that here was a literary precursor to Ringu that Hideo Nakata
>>MUST have been aware of, written some 80 years before. I strongly advise
>>you
>>check it out.
>>
>>Jasper
>>
>>>That sounds great! I am doing my PhD piece as a critical study into
>>'Ringu'
>>>in all its varied incarnations (books, films, grafic novels, manga, Tv
>>>series) examining issues of representation and the impact of regional
>>>ideologies and mythologies. Hopefully youe book will be in print in the
>>next
>>>four years and it can help me along!
>>>
>>>Emma Newbery BA
>>>Programme Leader
>>>BTEC National Diploma in Media (Moving Image)
>>>Blackpool and the Fylde College
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>>>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>>>>Subject: RE: UK Japanese Film Events
>>>>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:05:42 +0100 (BST)
>>>>
>>>>Hi Emma- there are indeed very few around, so there's definitely room
>>for
>>>>one more. Basically, my book is a look at modern Japanese horror,
>>starting
>>>>at the mid-eighties and covering right up to the present day. It's
>>part
>>>>analysis and part history, covering all the major themes, with a
>>closer
>>>>look at the major directors of the period. I've opted to cover more
>>films
>>>>in less detail (as opposed to selecting a handful of representative
>>films)
>>>>and provide a fairly extensive picture of the genre as a whole. This
>>means
>>>>my approach has had to be informal (definitely not 'fanboy-style',
>>>>however)- it's closer to (for example) Kim Newman's 'Nightmare
>>>Movies'
>>than
>>>>to the recent Edinburgh University publication, for example.
>>>>
>>>> Publishing dates had been arranged, but for various reasons they
>>had to
>>>>be set aside and I'm not working on another deal, with interest being
>>>>fairly strong so far.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your interest, and I'll keep you informed!
>>>>
>>>> Jim Harper.
>>>>
>>>>Emma Newbery <emmanewbery at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Jim, tell me more about your book, as there are so few English
>>texts on
>>>>Japanese horror!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Emma Newbery BA
>>>>Programme Leader
>>>>BTEC National Diploma in Media (Moving Image)
>>>>Blackpool and the Fylde College
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://www.flipsidemovies.com
>>>>http://jimharper.blogspot.com
>>>>
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