Directors Guild of Japan film available

[Junkerman John]

The Directors Guild of Japan announces the completion of


“Cut! The Rights of Japanese Film Directors”

(English subtitled version of “Eiga Kantoku-tte Nan Da!”)


This film, directed by Ito Shunya, was produced by the Directors  
Guild of Japan in 2006 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the  
founding of the guild and to promote its decades-long campaign to  
obtain copyright ownership for film directors. The ambitious project  
featured appearances by over 200 film directors in a creative mix of  
skits and period film vignettes, dramatic recreations, interviews,  
and documentary footage. Aiming to achieve both advocacy and  
entertainment, the film traces the history of Japanese copyright law  
and makes a case for directors to be recognized as the legal  
“authors” of films.

The guild has decided to make DVD copies of the film available at no  
cost to film scholars, festival curators, film writers, and other  
specialists residing overseas. If you are interested in obtaining a  
copy, please send the following information to the guild at  
infoml at dgj.or.jp:

Name:
Affiliation/Occupation:
Mailing Address:
Purpose of DVD Use:

The guild welcomes the use of the film for educational purposes and  
will also welcome proposals for public and festival screenings.  
Additional information about the film is available at www.dgj.or.jp/ 
modules/contents1/index.php?id=41


John Junkerman
Co-chair, International Committee
Directors Guild of Japan


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.yale.edu/pipermail/kinejapan/attachments/20090422/500732d0/attachment.html