Nippon Zeronen

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Dear Jasper,

I'm not with my reference materials now, but if my memory serves me  
the first kanji in the film title "reinen" is marked with katakana  
furigana, reading "ze-ro."  For this reason, I chose to romanize the  
title as "zero-nen".  The rei, of course, homonymically suggests the  
spiritual and ghostly, while the zero is more suggestive of a  
political and scientific finality or ur-point.

I'm actually at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in Chicago,  
and enjoying papers by many KineJapanners.  And rumor (mere rumor)  
names a proposal to hold the SCMS in Tokyo in a future year.

Yours,
Jonathan



On Mar 11, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Jonathan M. Hall wrote:

> Dear Jasper,
>
> I wrote a review of Garrett Stewart's Between Film and Screen that  
> references Nippon Reinen.  There is a decent description of the  
> film within the review. Please consult Documentary Box here for  
> details:
> http://www.yidff.jp/docbox/20/box20-4-e.html#books2
> I hope this might help you identify the film.
>
> By the way, Fujita Toshiya was also known as Binpachi.
>
> Yours,
> Jonathan
>
>
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> On Mar 11, 2007, at 5:14 AM, J.sharp wrote:
>
>> answer this, sorry, but here's another query regarding Fujita - I  
>> believe he
>> was also commonly known by a one-word nickname as well, which I  
>> remember
>> writing down on a scrap of paper several years ago. Does anyone  
>> offhand know
>> what this name  was?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jasper
>>
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>> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio- 
>> state.edu>
>> Subject: Toshiya Fujita titles
>> Date: 10/03/07 04:31
>>
>>> It's a very well-known film, but can anyone confirm if the correct
>> transliteration of the subtitle for Lady Snowblood 2 is "Urami  
>> renka" or
>> "Urami renga"? "Renka" strikes me as more usual Japanese, but a  
>> hell of a
>> lot of English-language sources give "renga".  &nbsp;  Also, on a  
>> more
>> obscure Toshiya Fujita-related note, can anyone confirm that the 1968
>> documentary listed in some sources as Nippon no wakamonotachi and  
>> in others
>> as Nippon reinen are one and the same? I am leaning towards Nippon  
>> reinen as
>> the more plausible title - does anyone second this?  &nbsp;  ALEX   
>> &nbsp;
>> Mark Nornes &lt;amnornes at umich.edu&gt; wrote:  David Dinnell and I  
>> are
>> bringing Matsumoto Toshio to this year's Ann Arbor Film Festival.  
>> We've also
>> invited Jonathan Hall to help with the Q and A,
>>>  Introductions, etc. I'll post a screening list when it's nailed  
>>> down.
>> I was, however, interested in gathering some information about the  
>> initial
>> screenings of For My Right Crushed Eye. This is Matsumoto's three  
>> projector
>> extravaganza, and really wonderful film that let's you tap into  
>> the times
>> like few films. I've read in a number of places that flash bulbs  
>> were used
>> in front of the screen to finish off the film, but texts basically  
>> leave it
>> at that. Does anyone have any more first or second-hand  
>> information? Has
>> anyone seen a screening where it's been reproduced?&nbsp;     
>> Markus&#32;
>>>
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