A Page of Madness/ Special Screening

[Aaron Gerow]

I forgot to mention that evening screenings during the FIAF congress 
have been given over to the various archives in Japan to show off some 
of their recently found or restored films. Highlights included a 
restored print of Bakudatto-hime, the first animated feature film made 
after the war (presented by the Fukuoka City Public Library Film 
Archive); a significant portion of Nakayama Shichiri, a 1930 Mina 
Talkie film shot at 21fps; abstract experimental animation by Ogino 
Shigeji (including an experimental color one--all from 1935); Kawaii 
sakanaya-san, the first film made in the Konicolor system; and Ginrin, 
a long-lost experimental PR film on bicycles made by Matsumoto Toshio, 
Yabe Masao and Higuchi Genichiro, with music by Takemitsu Toru (his 
first score for film, by the way) (all these presented by the Film 
Center). Ritsumeikan is presenting Onsen Hiwa: Misasa Kouta (a Makino 
Pro kouta eiga) and the Film Preservation Society their Modan Kaidan 
Ichioku-en (a Saito Torajiro comedy short).

Aaron Gerow
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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