Moore+Hara=Michigan

[Mark Nornes]

You should come!

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On Mar 6, 2007, at 5:47 PM, Livia Monnet wrote:

> Great event,markus.best,livia
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> Le 5/03/07 16:38, ? Mark Nornes ? <amnornes at umich.edu> a ?crit :
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> I'd like to send an invitation out to all Kine-Japaners out there  
> within spitting distance of Ann Arbor. I'm organizing a big  
> Japanese film event here on May 5. All are welcome.
>
> Around the time that Fahrenheit 911 came out, I was out drinking  
> with Hara Kazuo in Shinjuku and the subject of Michael Moore  
> naturally came up. Hara had heard through the grape vine that Moore  
> really liked his work. I told him we should do something, me being  
> in Michigan and all.
>
> It took a few years to get around to it, but last fall I contacted  
> Moore with our Center for Japanese Studies. Asked him if he was  
> interested in doing something with Hara. Moore's in the middle of  
> editing Sicko, his new film on healthcare. And it's usually  
> impossible to extract directors from editing rooms during post. But  
> he got right back to us and said he'd drop everything for a chance  
> to meet Hara. He wrote that he had seen Emperor's Naked Army  
> Marches On during the production of Roger and Me and was deeply  
> influenced by the experience. Think about Moore's work and Hara's  
> work, and it all makes sense.
>
> So on the evening May 5, at our lovely movie palace The Michigan  
> Theater, we'll be putting Hara and Moore on the same stage to see  
> what happens. If you're in the neighborhood, please drop by. Let me  
> know you're coming.
>
> We're showing Eros on Friday and Shingun after the discussion.  
> Details as they unfold......
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> Markus
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> A. M. Nornes
> Associate Professor
> Department of Screen Arts and Cultures
> Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
> University of Michigan
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