Asian Invasion

[Rob Smith]

I didn't like Asian Invasion so much, but the Japan-o-rama series isn't too
bad. Same presenter, Jonathan Ross, a couple of different stories on a theme
each episode. Not unlike This American Life, but in Japan. And a little
weirder. The whole thing is kind of Asia for Beginners (Asian Invasion and
Japan-o-rama), and takes the attitude of "we'll scratch the surface, you can
dig deeper on your own".

On 4/7/07, Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> It was pretty good. A little short though- one episode
> each for Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. The Japanese
> episode included an interview with Ryuhei Kitamura, as
> well as discussion of Ping Pong, Kalamari Wrestler,
> Ghost in the Shell 2 and a few others.
>
> Aside from the brevity, my main complaint was that the
> fact that it was largely geared around films that were
> about to be or had just been released in the UK. This
> meant that the Korean episode (just as an example)
> devoted space to relatively inconsequential films like
> R-Point and Ring Virus. They're not necessarily bad
> films, but they're not terribly important either.
>
> Jim Harper.
>
> --- nuzumaki at gmx.net wrote:
>
> > While searching Youtube for a trailer of Oshii
> > Mamuro's "Open your Mind" i found this:
> >
> > JONATHAN ROSS' ASIAN INVASION
> > In a new three-part series Jonathan Ross travels to
> > Japan, Hong Kong and Korea to explore the world's
> > most innovative cinema.
> > In each episode Jonathan meets Asia's most talked
> > about actors and directors and shares his passion
> > for all aspects of Asian filmmaking with a multitude
> > of clips.
> >
> > Further information:
> >
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/asian-invasion.shtml
> >
> > I had no time to watch all episodes and i doubt that
> > they are all that good, but certainly some do
> > contain interesting interviews.
> >
> > Here the link:
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=oq2vzqQvBq8
> >
> > best regards,
> >
> > Stefan Nutz
> >
> > PS: Unfortunately i could find a trailer for "Open
> > your Mind" but instead i found one for "Angel's Egg"
> > - really interesting film:
> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=s9cPzF9-F34
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-rob
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