reputation of Ringu series

[Gerard Kraus]

Hey Emma,

Since Michael mentioned Galbraith there are a couple of items that I used
when teaching J-Horror over the last couple of years.

There is a good Essay titled the death of J-Horror on midnighteye.I lack
the correct link right now, but a search on their page should lead you
right to it.

I would suppose that by now you have gotten a hold of Jay McRoy's Japanese
Horror Film collection, he is going to have a monograph out at the end of
the year from what I understand. Might be worth looking into if you have
that much time.

Hope it helps,
G?rard Kraus


-- 
G?rard Kraus (ggk05 at aber.ac.uk)
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts


> Dear Emma,
>
> I'm afraid so far it has not been translated. The different Ringu-related
> parts are only a few pages each, so if you know someone who reads
> Japanese, he/she might be able to summarize those parts for you, so you
> could decide whether some wd. be worth getting translated or not. It's not
> an unusual approach - I used to do translations for law firms, and that's
> the way they all dealt with materials in Japanese they needed to deal
> with.
>
> There's also (I understand from a posting on this list) an extremely
> recent interview with Nakata Hideo by Jason Gray, and Jason might be able
> to direct you to an online Japan Times URL where you can read the
> interview in English.
>
> Another good book for background reference is:
>
> Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (1950-1992), by Stuart
> Galbraith. It was recently reprinted in a paperback edition (McFarland
> 2007) ISBN 0-7864-2126-6.
>
> It contains good information re approx. 100 different films.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Michael McCaskey
> Georgetown Univ.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Emma Newbery <emmanewbery at hotmail.co.uk>
> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:50 am
> Subject: Re: reputation of Ringu series
>
>> is the text ("This Is How Horror Is Created: The Art of Filming
>> Fear"), by
>> Washizu Yoshiaki translated into english, as i cannot read
>> japanese yet!
>>
>>
>>
>> Emma Newbery BA (hons), MA
>> Programme Leader
>> BTEC National Diploma in Media (Moving Image)
>> Blackpool and the Fylde College
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >From: Michael McCaskey <mccaskem at georgetown.edu>
>> >Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> >To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> >Subject: Re: reputation of Ringu series
>> >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:09:47 -0400
>> >
>> >Two recent books that might be useful are:
>> >
>> >1) Horaa wa koushite tsukurareru: kyoufu no eiga-jutsu ("This Is
>> How Horror
>> >Is Created: The Art of Filming Fear"), by Washizu Yoshiaki
>> (Tokyo: Kinema
>> >junpo sha, 2006)
>> >
>> >?z???[???????????n???????F???|???f???p?@?h???`???@?@?L?l?}?{????
>> >
>> >This book contains a series of essays and dialogues with noted
>> horror film
>> >makers, screenwriters, et al. - one is a dialogue/interview with
>> Ringu
>> >screenwriter Takahashi Hiroshi, and another is a
>> dialogue/interview with
>> >Nakata himself re Ringu films and Dark Water - and there's a
>> supplement at
>> >the end re Japanese influences on Western horror films, with two
>> essays
>> >focused on Ringu films.
>> >
>> >2) Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge, and
>> Beyond, by
>> >David Kalat (New York: Vertical, 2007)
>> >
>> >Another that you probably already have consulted is:
>> >
>> >The Ring Companion, by Denis Meikle (London: Titan Books, 2005)
>> >
>> >A Japanese magazine I recommend rather hesitantly is:
>> >
>> >?z???[ M (?~?X?e???[) 2007?N 08???? [?G??] - ????????
>> >
>> >The current isse is listed above, and you could get it from
>> Amazon Japan,
>> >but this particular issue might not be useful for your topic. You
>> might
>> >check to see if SOAS in London has a file of issues, since they
>> have a East
>> >Asian Film Program.
>> >
>> >A very good web site, which contains lots of very up-to-date
>> information on
>> >Japanese horror films, and with which one of the members of this
>> list is
>> >affiliated, is:
>> >
>> >http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/index.html
>> >
>> >The site also has an attached discussion group you can join, I
>> think, where
>> >you may also find some very good answers to your questions.
>> >
>> >With Best Wishes,
>> >
>> >Michael McCaskey
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Emma Newbery <emmanewbery at hotmail.co.uk>
>> >Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:48 pm
>> >Subject: reputation of Ringu series
>> >
>> > > Hello all.
>> > >
>> > > Can anyone please let me know what the current reputation of the
>> > > Japanese
>> > > Ringu series of productions in in Japan and Western if possible,
>> > > as my
>> > > thesis is aiming to revaluate this reputation, believe the Ringu
>> > > series to
>> > > be significant in changes to japanese, korean and hollywood
>> cinema.> >
>> > > Thanks for your time!
>> > >
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