Lumiere Brothers Japan Footage

[Ryan Mitchell]

Hi there,

There was a gray-market 4 DVD set that was made from, I believe, a TV2
France broadcast of "Les films Lumière" in the mid-90s. There was also a
Japanese laserdisc made from the same source (which may have also been
broadcast of Japanese television). Both disc versions include French and
Japanese subtitles and narration.

Just a quick scan of the menus show the following Japanese films (the number
in brackets is the catalog number):

Acteurs Japonais : Exercice de la perruque [977]
Japonaise faisant sa toilette [1027]
Danse Japonaise III. Gueichas en Jinrikicha [1023]
Escrime au sabre japonaise [926]

If you know the name of any other specific titles you are looking for I can
check the menus to see if the film is included.

... there are *cough cough* other ways of procuring the 4 DVD set. Please
contact me off-list.

R.






On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM, <dburall1 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

>
> There was a Kino dvd, "Lumiere  Brothers' First Films"  (1996) that is now
> out of print. I am not sure the Japan films were included, though, or what
> the rights for use of the footage from the DVD entail.
>
> Joanne Bernardi
>
> -- "Jonathan M. Hall" <jmhall at pomona.edu> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > If someone has an answer, I hope they might be willing to share the
> source more generally.
> > I'd also love to know if this footage is on DVD.
> >
> > Jonathan M Hall
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > 差出人: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [
> owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] は Rob Buscher [
> robbuscher at hotmail.com] の代理
> > 送信日時: 2010年8月30日 20:02
> > 宛先: kinejapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> > 件名: Lumiere Brothers Japan Footage
> >
> > Dear KineJapaners,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone on the list knew where I could obtain a DVD
> version of the Lumiere Brothers Japan footage from 1895? I was looking for
> something in the public domain that I could loop and project during an event
> that I am organizing in November. Please contact me off-list if you know
> where I can obtain a copy of this footage.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Rob Buscher
> > MA Candidate Japanese Film Studies SOAS
> >
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