early Japanese cinema anthology / scripts

[Roger Macy]

Even before the posting below, I had been trying to persuade the BFI library in London to buy this DVD-Rom, as it was also stiff for my budget.  They said they'd definitely be interested if I could reassure them on compatibility - apparently many of their older CD-Roms are unplayable.
I've had no reply to two emails to Japan, and I wondered whether anyone on this forum could enlighten us as to its compatibility with recent versions of Windows, etc., or knows someone who could tell us ?
regards,
Roger
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gorman" <macfugu at mac.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: early Japanese cinema anthology / scripts


> Thanks for this information Markus.
> 
> Had been hoping something more around the cost of a regular DVD might  
> be available as 18,900 yen is a bit stiff for me.
> 
> From my initial search of past discussions in the KineJapan  
> archives, it does not appear that there is a good source of Japanese  
> scripts on the Internet.  I will further search the archives tomorrow.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:08 AM, amnornes at umich.edu wrote:
> 
>> Huh. Strange. Here is the link I was trying to send;
>>
>> http://www.urbanconnections.jp/en/store/dvd/taizen_e.html
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Frako Loden <frako at well.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Mark, did you leave out a reference for the "only clips" of benshi  
>>> performances?
>>>
>>> Frako Loden
>>>
>>>
>>> At 6:41 AM -0400 10/3/07, Mark Nornes wrote:
>>>> This fits the bill. It's only clips, but they're subtitled benshi  
>>>> performances and really, really fun.
>>>>
>>>> As for scripts, search the KineJapan archive for extensive  
>>>> discussions. The Kinema Club website explains how to do this.  
>>>> Kinema Club also has the following page:
>>>>
>>>> http://pears2.lib.ohio-state.edu/Markus/searchscripts.html
>>>>
>>>> Markus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 3, 2007, at 5:07 AM, John Gorman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I need help in finding the following materials:
>>>>>
>>>>> An introductory anthology of early Japanese cinema on DVD with  
>>>>> English subtitles.  I'm hoping to find something that begins at  
>>>>> the inception and goes up until either the war years or the  
>>>>> Occupation. I'm especially hoping for something that includes  
>>>>> the role of 'benshi', preferably with some footage or just  
>>>>> stills of them in action.
>>>>>
>>>>> A source for excerpts from Japanese movie scripts, either in  
>>>>> Japanese or English.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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