[Emma Newbery]

Hello Zoe

I am presently completing my PhD thesis on Japanese horror cinema focusing on the influence of Japanese ancient mythology and folklore on contemporary Japanese horror productions, centering on the Ringu series of moving image productions. Your subject sounds very interesting - I too did my dissertation on Ring, focusing on the representation of eastern and western cultural clashes present within Nakata's and Verbinski's respective cinematic incarnations. Let me know if i can be any help to you. As a side note, Jay McRoy's texts are useful on this subject, and Colette Balmain has just released a text entitled "Introduction to Japanese Horror Cinema" - i have it just not had chance to read it yet!

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Sent: 12/28/2008 4:39:15 PM
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Name: Zoe JonesInstitutional affiliation or job: University of the West of EnglandCity and country: Bristol, United KingdomResearch projects or publications: Dissertation on Japanese horror filmsInterests with regard to Japanese film and moving image media: I am writing a dissertation on Japanese horror films. The title (although it will most probably change slightly) is: The representation of modern Japan in Ringu and Ju-On: The Grudge. (My focus is on gender and tecnological transformations in Japan).  
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