8mm film continues

[Aaron Gerow]

The Asahi reported this morning that efforts by filmmakers and others 
to convince Fuji Film to reverse its decision last year to stop 
producing 8mm film stock have succeeded. Details on the decision and 
the movement to move Fuji Film are available at the site of the main 
organization that protested Fuji's original decision: Firumu bunka o 
sonzokusaseru kai.

http://filmmover.exblog.jp/

The Asahi quoted a Fuji spokesperson as saying that even through 8mm 
film production loses money, they felt it important to respond to the 
strong demand from certain users. This is one case where a bit of 
organizing paid off.

As is well known, 8mm film has been extremely important to Japanese 
cinema as many of the filmmakers from the 1970s on began by making 8mm 
films. 8mm film has thus lasted far longer in Japan than most anywhere 
else in the world and there are still filmmakers who work in it.

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

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

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