More on Japanese Noir at the San Sebastian Festival (was: Subtitles and noir)

[drainer@mpinet.net]

Looks like Japan Today has changed its format but still doesn't seem like a 
completely credible source to me ;)

Although in their defense I've read on there that the "kuchikomi" section 
comes from disparate sources and feature even more disparate translations...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Gerow" <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: More on Japanese Noir at the San Sebastian Festival (was: 
Subtitles and noir)


> On May 12, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Jasper Sharp wrote:
>
>> Some of these seem to be stretching the definition of noir  somewhat, by 
>> any standards. (ie Youth of the Beast)
>> I'd have thought Shinji Aoyama's An Obsession would have been a  prime 
>> candidate however, especially in a program that's already  showing Stray 
>> Dog.
>
> Well, that's the problem in general with the use of the term "film  noir" 
> in many cases, not just Japan: in many cases, it seems anything  with 
> gangsters and detectives that is a bit pessimistic is "film  noir," 
> regardless of their historical or aesthetic conditions. I  still hope 
> people would clearly define what they mean by "film noir"  and detail the 
> historical and aesthetic situation that they think  justifies the use of 
> the term.
>
> Aaron Gerow
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