Jacques Demy's _Lady Oscar_

[anne mcknight]

Hi Lori,

I would love a copy, thanks for offering.

I've been cooking up some offerings for the LA public library here,
working with their teen reading coordinator. You probably know that
the Sophia Coppola _Maria Antoinette_ film is coming out in October.
It will make a big splash here, and is based on the Antonia Fraser
bio, it seems a bit redemptive, especially to see and be hyped in
class-polarised LA. I thought that screening/showing some shojo
material about MA that was not a pure aristocratic romp might be nice.

Also, there is a huge readership for manga among teenagers--the LAPM
partnered with TokyoPop for the program, who was nice enough to make a
set of characters specially for the library. That said, I think it
would be nice to spread the blessings of info capitalism a bit more,
shall we say in the spirit of MA, democratically. So I'm compiling
some things and notes for a reading handout kind of thing. Also,
trying to think about how comic culture from other languages (Spanish
around here) could be worked in, and make some of the "Japan as luxury
item" aura a bit more accessible.

If you have any thoughts on manga that might run well alongside
Versaille no bara, Kamikaze Girls, please send them my way. Or if
you're interested in this kind of "popular education stuff," I'd be
happy to share what I eventually come up with. Librarians in
Bloomington might be interested in this kind of stuff as well, as it's
hard for them to get info, and if your garden-variety teenager in
Bloomington is anything like those in urban LA, lots of kids are
interested.

Thanks again, and please let me know if there is anything you yourself
are looking for.

Anne

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> Quoting anne mcknight <annekmcknight at gmail.com>:
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> > I'm wondering if anyone might know where to get hold of this
> > intriguing production--a 1978 adaptation by Jacques Demy of the manga
> > _Rose of Versailles_. Apparently, filmed in English, with Japanese
> > funds. I've found it on a couple of faraway Ebay sites, but the
> > shipping has been impossible or forbiddingly expensive.
> >
> > Thanks for any leads.
> >
> > Anne
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On 02/09/06, Lori Hitchcock Morimoto <lohitchc at indiana.edu> wrote:
> Anne,
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> If you'd like to contact me directly (at lohitchc at indiana.edu), I have
> a copy of the film on DVD that I'd be happy to send to you (I'm not
> planning to do any work with it).
>
> Best, Lori
>
>
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Communication and Culture
> Indiana University
> > Quoting anne mcknight <annekmcknight at gmail.com>:
> >
> >> I'm wondering if anyone might know where to get hold of this
> >> intriguing production--a 1978 adaptation by Jacques Demy of the manga
> >> _Rose of Versailles_. Apparently, filmed in English, with Japanese
> >> funds. I've found it on a couple of faraway Ebay sites, but the
> >> shipping has been impossible or forbiddingly expensive.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any leads.
> >>
> >> Anne
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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