Fwd: Kurosawa's Other Film List

[Steve Cavrak]

On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:56 AM, mccaskem at georgetown.edu wrote:

> As someone reared in infancy on jars of Gerber Baby Food that got around Kobe 
> and Yokohama Customs (statute of limitations now), though, it still seems 
> possible to me that some people in Japan saw Potemkin back in the day, even 
> so.

Seriously. Is there anyone here who hasn't seen a bootlegged edition of a film? ;)Students then were no less "hackers" or "pirates" than students today. Laws and prohibitions are mere cake decorations.  

This does raise a question about the technologies of film piracy circa 1920's and 30's as well as other underground film activities ...


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