From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon Apr 30 00:01:09 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:01:09 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Ogawa in Paris Message-ID: Dear Markus, Thanks for your great report on the situation in France. I'm also fascinated by the Rouch-Ogawa connection! Matteo, is there a way to get a copy of this book? I'm curious about "Cinema and Revolution"-- did they gather in one particular place at any time? Was the collaboration for this one book publication? The Solanas and Rocha comparison is incredible-- when I teach 'Hour of the Furnaces' in particular, the connection to Japanese filmmakers seems so striking. Would love to know more resources on this, if you have any ideas! Thanks and all best, Julia --- Dr. Julia Alekseyeva Brooklyn College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Markus --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street* *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > thanks for the report Markus, the Rouch - Ogawa connection is indeed > fascinating. > > > On the connection between Ogawa Pro and Europe, there?s a short book > titled Cinema: Giappone e Zengakuren (Cinema: Japan and Zengakuren) > published in Italy in 1970 by Samon? e Savelli, later Savelli - La Nuova > Sinistra, a publisher established in 1963 and the first to directly > represent the extra-parliamentary left-wing in the Italian publishing > world. > > The book is dedicated to Summer in Narita, a brief introduction outlining > the Japanese political situation is then followed by a translation of some > writings by members of Ogawa Pro, just a couple of paragraphs nothing more, > while the main part of the volume is a transcription of the dialogues > spoken in the film. > > And on the back cover: Comitato di Cinema e Rivoluzione: Baldelli, > Filippi, Ivens, Ogawa, Rocha, Solanas, Straub (Cinema and Revolution's > committee: Baldelli, Filippi, Ivens, Ogawa, Rocha, Solanas, Straub). > > > > Regards > > Matteo Boscarol > ????? ???? > ??????????? > - Documentary in Japan and Asia > http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com > - Film writer for Il Manifesto > http://ilmanifesto.it > > > > On Apr 30, 2018, at 11:02, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan < > kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote: > > I thought I'd report from Paris, where a near-complete retrospective of > Ogawa Pro's filmography just ended. The first half of the films was > featured at Cin?ma du R?el, and Jeu de Paume picked it up at Heta Buraku > and ran until nearly the end of April. > > I was on hand for the first half, doing a dozen film introductions and > three big lectures. I noticed many of the same faces from screening to > screening. People there were captivated. Many had come from other countries > just to see the films. They were lucky. Programmer Ricardo Matos Cabo > worked very hard to find the best prints available, so almost all the films > were shown on 16mm. The festival and museum also collaborated on new French > subs for four or five of the films. I could tell they put the original > English subs to shame. > > I met some very interesting people in the audience. The most memorable was > a woman who had protested at Sanrizuka. She had been in China with Ivens, > and then dropped in Japan to see what was happening (and Sanrizuka was a > happening place to say the least). She had seen a handful of the Sanrizuka > films in seminars with Jean Rouch. He would bring in a Japanese person to > interpret over the soundtrack. How he got the prints, and where they are > today, remain a mystery. Ricardo researched the latter and hit a brick wall. > > The event was a great success. In fact, I heard that CdR was a little > bummed that, despite this being their 40th anniversary, the press coverage > was being dominated by the Ogawa retrospective?even in other countries > like Italy and Portugal. Cahiers du Cinema devoted a 5-page spread to the > event. > > I'm attaching a notable article from Liberation. The editing here was > fascinating. This Ogawa Retrospective coincided with the government's > capitulation at Notre Dame, where there has been a major anti-airport > struggle for nearly a couple decades (the airport project was announced > around half a century ago). The protesters set up camps and have been > squatting on the construction site and protesting since the project took on > steam after the turn of the century. > > I first heard about this French airport protest last year, when I was > introducing Ogawa Pro films at the ICA in London. A group of protesters > from Notre Dame showed up to watch the Sanrizuka Series. They had pretty > amazing perspectives on the films, as you can imagine. > > So it seems there was a major capitulation by the government when the > Ogawa series started up. And La Lib?ration ran a striking front page on > Notre Dame situation. Open up the paper, and there was a three-page spread > on Ogawa. It was clever editing for sure. > > > > Just after returning from Japan, however, I heard that the construction > site for invaded by riot police. They destroyed the entire camp, people's > house, farms, and hurt people [https://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?article5445]. > The pictures the NYT ran looked uncomfortably close to Sanrizuka. > > Finally, an amazing coda to the Ogawa Pro retrospective. The Economics > University of Tolbiac was occupied by students at the beginning of April. > The students organized a series of talks and screenings behind the > barricades.....including *Forest of Oppression*, which some had seen at > the Cin?ma du R?el. Things went wrong, the university was attacked by a > group of extreme right. It became violent. I'm told this is happening a lot > in France. > > It seems Ogawa has never been so relevant. > > Markus > --- > > *Markus Nornes* > *Professor of Asian Cinema* > Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and > Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* > *6348 North Quad* > *105 S. State Street* > *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Sun Apr 29 23:26:33 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:26:33 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Ogawa in Paris In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: thanks for the report Markus, the Rouch - Ogawa connection is indeed fascinating. On the connection between Ogawa Pro and Europe, there?s a short book titled Cinema: Giappone e Zengakuren (Cinema: Japan and Zengakuren) published in Italy in 1970 by Samon? e Savelli, later Savelli - La Nuova Sinistra, a publisher established in 1963 and the first to directly represent the extra-parliamentary left-wing in the Italian publishing world. The book is dedicated to Summer in Narita, a brief introduction outlining the Japanese political situation is then followed by a translation of some writings by members of Ogawa Pro, just a couple of paragraphs nothing more, while the main part of the volume is a transcription of the dialogues spoken in the film. And on the back cover: Comitato di Cinema e Rivoluzione: Baldelli, Filippi, Ivens, Ogawa, Rocha, Solanas, Straub (Cinema and Revolution's committee: Baldelli, Filippi, Ivens, Ogawa, Rocha, Solanas, Straub). Regards Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - Documentary in Japan and Asia http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com - Film writer for Il Manifesto http://ilmanifesto.it > On Apr 30, 2018, at 11:02, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > > I thought I'd report from Paris, where a near-complete retrospective of Ogawa Pro's filmography just ended. The first half of the films was featured at Cin?ma du R?el, and Jeu de Paume picked it up at Heta Buraku and ran until nearly the end of April. > > I was on hand for the first half, doing a dozen film introductions and three big lectures. I noticed many of the same faces from screening to screening. People there were captivated. Many had come from other countries just to see the films. They were lucky. Programmer Ricardo Matos Cabo worked very hard to find the best prints available, so almost all the films were shown on 16mm. The festival and museum also collaborated on new French subs for four or five of the films. I could tell they put the original English subs to shame. > > I met some very interesting people in the audience. The most memorable was a woman who had protested at Sanrizuka. She had been in China with Ivens, and then dropped in Japan to see what was happening (and Sanrizuka was a happening place to say the least). She had seen a handful of the Sanrizuka films in seminars with Jean Rouch. He would bring in a Japanese person to interpret over the soundtrack. How he got the prints, and where they are today, remain a mystery. Ricardo researched the latter and hit a brick wall. > > The event was a great success. In fact, I heard that CdR was a little bummed that, despite this being their 40th anniversary, the press coverage was being dominated by the Ogawa retrospective?even in other countries like Italy and Portugal. Cahiers du Cinema devoted a 5-page spread to the event. > > I'm attaching a notable article from Liberation. The editing here was fascinating. This Ogawa Retrospective coincided with the government's capitulation at Notre Dame, where there has been a major anti-airport struggle for nearly a couple decades (the airport project was announced around half a century ago). The protesters set up camps and have been squatting on the construction site and protesting since the project took on steam after the turn of the century. > > I first heard about this French airport protest last year, when I was introducing Ogawa Pro films at the ICA in London. A group of protesters from Notre Dame showed up to watch the Sanrizuka Series. They had pretty amazing perspectives on the films, as you can imagine. > > So it seems there was a major capitulation by the government when the Ogawa series started up. And La Lib?ration ran a striking front page on Notre Dame situation. Open up the paper, and there was a three-page spread on Ogawa. It was clever editing for sure. > > > > Just after returning from Japan, however, I heard that the construction site for invaded by riot police. They destroyed the entire camp, people's house, farms, and hurt people [https://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?article5445]. The pictures the NYT ran looked uncomfortably close to Sanrizuka. > > Finally, an amazing coda to the Ogawa Pro retrospective. The Economics University of Tolbiac was occupied by students at the beginning of April. The students organized a series of talks and screenings behind the barricades.....including Forest of Oppression, which some had seen at the Cin?ma du R?el. Things went wrong, the university was attacked by a group of extreme right. It became violent. I'm told this is happening a lot in France. > > It seems Ogawa has never been so relevant. > > Markus > --- > > Markus Nornes > Professor of Asian Cinema > Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > Department of Screen Arts and Cultures > 6348 North Quad > 105 S. State Street > Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Programmer Ricardo Matos Cabo worked very hard to find the best prints available, so almost all the films were shown on 16mm. The festival and museum also collaborated on new French subs for four or five of the films. I could tell they put the original English subs to shame. I met some very interesting people in the audience. The most memorable was a woman who had protested at Sanrizuka. She had been in China with Ivens, and then dropped in Japan to see what was happening (and Sanrizuka was a happening place to say the least). She had seen a handful of the Sanrizuka films in seminars with Jean Rouch. He would bring in a Japanese person to interpret over the soundtrack. How he got the prints, and where they are today, remain a mystery. Ricardo researched the latter and hit a brick wall. The event was a great success. In fact, I heard that CdR was a little bummed that, despite this being their 40th anniversary, the press coverage was being dominated by the Ogawa retrospective?even in other countries like Italy and Portugal. Cahiers du Cinema devoted a 5-page spread to the event. I'm attaching a notable article from Liberation. The editing here was fascinating. This Ogawa Retrospective coincided with the government's capitulation at Notre Dame, where there has been a major anti-airport struggle for nearly a couple decades (the airport project was announced around half a century ago). The protesters set up camps and have been squatting on the construction site and protesting since the project took on steam after the turn of the century. I first heard about this French airport protest last year, when I was introducing Ogawa Pro films at the ICA in London. A group of protesters from Notre Dame showed up to watch the Sanrizuka Series. They had pretty amazing perspectives on the films, as you can imagine. So it seems there was a major capitulation by the government when the Ogawa series started up. And La Lib?ration ran a striking front page on Notre Dame situation. Open up the paper, and there was a three-page spread on Ogawa. It was clever editing for sure. Just after returning from Japan, however, I heard that the construction site for invaded by riot police. They destroyed the entire camp, people's house, farms, and hurt people [https://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?article5445]. The pictures the NYT ran looked uncomfortably close to Sanrizuka. Finally, an amazing coda to the Ogawa Pro retrospective. The Economics University of Tolbiac was occupied by students at the beginning of April. The students organized a series of talks and screenings behind the barricades.....including *Forest of Oppression*, which some had seen at the Cin?ma du R?el. Things went wrong, the university was attacked by a group of extreme right. It became violent. I'm told this is happening a lot in France. It seems Ogawa has never been so relevant. Markus --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street* *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Since FCCJ is a private club, you must reserve your seats through Screenings Curator Karen Severns: karenseverns at gmail.com Be sure to reserve at least TWO days before the screenings, as seats are limited. *1) **Tuesday, May 8 at 6:30 pm * *THE BLOOD OF WOLVES (Korou no Chi)* Followed by a Q&A with director Kazuya Shiraishi and novelist Yuko Yuzuki https://goo.gl/tQ5neZ *2) Wednesday, May 23 at 7 pm* *THE MAN FROM THE SEA (Umi wo Kakeru)* Followed by a Q&A with Q&A with director Koji Fukada and stars Taiga and Junko Abe https://goo.gl/GkKFoN -- posted by Eija Niskanen University of Helsinki -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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State Street* *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 9:06 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > Cinematographer Ashizawa Akiko, who often works with Kurosawa Kiyoshi, was > awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government. She is > one of the few women cinematographers in Japan. > > http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20180428-OYT1T50023.html > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Yale University > 320 York Street, Room 311 > PO Box 208324 > New Haven, CT 06520-8324 > USA > Phone: 1-203-432-7082 > Fax: 1-203-432-6729 > e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu > website: www.aarongerow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She is one of the few women cinematographers in Japan. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20180428-OYT1T50023.html Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I myself was > one of the pundits talking about Rashomon with Rana Mitter on the > programme ?Free Thinking?, which also included Yuna Tasaka and the > proper writers David Peace and Natascha Pulley. The talk was perhaps > more focussed on Akutagawa than Kurosawa and the international impact > of his film ? another 10 minutes in the studio would have helped. > > The programme was broadcast at 10pm on Wednesday night, but is > available as a podcast. I?m not sure where it is listenable to non > BBC licence payers outside the UK though: > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01vwk > > > Coming up this Sunday at 6.45pm and similarly downloadable as a > podcast after is the provocatively title ?Japan's Never-Ending War?, > once again hosted by Rana Mitter, about representations of war in > recent Japanese cinema, such as ETERNAL ZERO et al. I was also > interviewed for this one, as was Mark Schilling and (I believe) Adam > Torel. I?ve not heard it yet, but a number of Japanese filmmakers are > also interviewed, including Katabuchi Sunao, Harada Masato, Tsukamoto > Shinya, and Arai Harahiko ? so a very diverse canvas of opinions! > > Here are the details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0wrpk > > [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p02jv56r.jpg] > > Japan's Never-Ending War, Sunday Feature - BBC Radio > 3 > www.bbc.co.uk[3] > Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two > today through movies > > > > > Carrying on with the film focus, they have also made available online > another programme originally recorded 5 years back on TOKYO STORY, > which features, among others, the actor Richard Wilson of ONE FOOT IN > THE GRAVE fame: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lnfss > > [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p01n7bnp.jpg] > > BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Landmarks: Tokyo > Story > www.bbc.co.uk[3] > 50 years ago this month director Yasujiro Ozu died after making 53 > films. Tokyo Story follows an elderly couple who go to visit their > busy grown up children and their widowed daughter-in-law. Rana Mitter > presents a Landmark edition looking at this cinematic classic, > hearing from actor Richard Wilson ... > > > > > There?s another ?Free Thinking? programme ?Japan and Nature?, with > Eiko Honda from the University of Oxford and Professor Stephen Dodd > from SOAS, and one of the featured interviewees another film-related > figure (albeit talking about her photography work here), Ninagawa > Mika: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01n2j > > > ?Free Thinking? have also covered ?Tokyo Idols and Urban life?, with > one of the interviewees the director of the recent documentary TOKYO > IDOLS, Miyake Kyoko, with whom I had the pleasure to sit on a panel > at the University of Sheffield this year, when she was over for the > Japan Now festival in the UK: > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01xk3 > > > And finally (as far as I can ascertain), there?s ?Supernatural > Japan?, which looks at the post-Fukushima boom in ghost sitings, > RINGU and yokai: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zmvmm > > > Hope you all find some time to be able to check at least some of > these programmes out. > > > Best > > > Jasper Sharp Links: ------ [1] http://art.gold.ac.uk/animate/ [2] http://www.antipyrine.dk/product/verina-gfader-cloud-chamber [3] http://www.bbc.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The talk was perhaps more focussed on Akutagawa than Kurosawa and the international impact of his film ? another 10 minutes in the studio would have helped. The programme was broadcast at 10pm on Wednesday night, but is available as a podcast. I?m not sure where it is listenable to non BBC licence payers outside the UK though: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01vwk Coming up this Sunday at 6.45pm and similarly downloadable as a podcast after is the provocatively title ?Japan's Never-Ending War?, once again hosted by Rana Mitter, about representations of war in recent Japanese cinema, such as ETERNAL ZERO et al. I was also interviewed for this one, as was Mark Schilling and (I believe) Adam Torel. I?ve not heard it yet, but a number of Japanese filmmakers are also interviewed, including Katabuchi Sunao, Harada Masato, Tsukamoto Shinya, and Arai Harahiko ? so a very diverse canvas of opinions! Here are the details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0wrpk [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p02jv56r.jpg] Japan's Never-Ending War, Sunday Feature - BBC Radio 3 www.bbc.co.uk Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through movies Carrying on with the film focus, they have also made available online another programme originally recorded 5 years back on TOKYO STORY, which features, among others, the actor Richard Wilson of ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE fame: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lnfss [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1200x675/p01n7bnp.jpg] BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Landmarks: Tokyo Story www.bbc.co.uk 50 years ago this month director Yasujiro Ozu died after making 53 films. Tokyo Story follows an elderly couple who go to visit their busy grown up children and their widowed daughter-in-law. Rana Mitter presents a Landmark edition looking at this cinematic classic, hearing from actor Richard Wilson ... There?s another ?Free Thinking? programme ?Japan and Nature?, with Eiko Honda from the University of Oxford and Professor Stephen Dodd from SOAS, and one of the featured interviewees another film-related figure (albeit talking about her photography work here), Ninagawa Mika: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01n2j ?Free Thinking? have also covered ?Tokyo Idols and Urban life?, with one of the interviewees the director of the recent documentary TOKYO IDOLS, Miyake Kyoko, with whom I had the pleasure to sit on a panel at the University of Sheffield this year, when she was over for the Japan Now festival in the UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b01xk3 And finally (as far as I can ascertain), there?s ?Supernatural Japan?, which looks at the post-Fukushima boom in ghost sitings, RINGU and yokai: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09zmvmm Hope you all find some time to be able to check at least some of these programmes out. Best Jasper Sharp [cid:eb1cf9cc-644c-4e98-ab1c-608485b5e231] Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival is a new UK-wide film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow Films. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia Publishing. "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times. "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter. "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With best wishes- Alex On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 23:34 Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > Alex- > > One assumes that all speakers will use their native language. Will there > be any interpretation? > > Thanks, > Rob Schwartz > Billboard magazine > > Rob Schwartz > *+81-90-6541-8895* > Wechat/Whatsapp/KakaoTalk/Line/Viber/Skype: > gangamati > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:59 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via > KineJapan wrote: > >> Oh so it's not a secret insider-only event like the one in January huh? >> >> Anyway, yeah, thanks for telling us well in advance. 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Eija 2018-04-25 7:00 GMT+03:00 Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan < kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>: > Hi Eija, > > You're right the CFP is still there but the page doesn't show the venue. > This other page does: > http://www.mechademia.net/2018/02/14/register-now-for- > mechademia-kyoto-2018/ > > It looks like it is going to be held at the Kyoto International Manga > Museum, May 25~27. > > > Best, > > Lucile Druet > > > > 2018-04-25 6:31 GMT+09:00 Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan < > kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>: > >> Hi! Does anyone know anything about Mechademia Kyoto? It is supposed to >> be in one month, and their website has absolutely nothing, the CFP still >> there. >> >> -- >> Eija Niskanen >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -- Eija Niskanen +358-50-355 3189 +81-80-3558-1645 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Inspired by the work of Soda Kazuhiro, the award celebrates contemporary films that explore Japanese culture in Japan and around the world. Films should focus on the geographic region of Japan, although topics could include contemporary or historical cultural or social phenomena, practices, or events. The award is available to films of all lengths, from all countries, and in all languages. One film will be selected as the winning entry and screened as part of a larger event. Awards & Prizes The filmmaker of the winning documentary will receive a cash award of $5000 plus roundtrip airfare and hotel for the event, scheduled for September 2018. The selected film will be screened as part of a larger event at the University of Pittsburgh. Rules & Terms 1. Films must have been completed after Jan 1, 2016. 2. Submissions can be in any language but must include English subtitles. 3. Submissions must include a 1-page supplementary statement describing how the film promotes the understanding of Japanese culture. 4. To receive the award, the winner(s) must be present at the celebratory screening in September 2018. Airfare and accommodations will be provided. 5. The University of Pittsburgh must be afforded the rights to screen the film for the public during the awards ceremony (September 2018). 6. Submission gives University of Pittsburgh rights to publish stills from submitted films for promotional materials only. Films/artists will be credited. Anne MCKNIGHT / ???????? ????????????? ??080-3027-0734 akmck at shirayuri.ac.jp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is supposed to be > in one month, and their website has absolutely nothing, the CFP still > there. > > -- > Eija Niskanen > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screen Shot 2018-04-25 at 12.57.08.png Type: image/png Size: 339905 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Tue Apr 24 17:31:02 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:31:02 +0300 Subject: [KineJapan] Mechademia Kyoto Message-ID: Hi! 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Thanks, Rob Schwartz Billboard magazine Rob Schwartz *+81-90-6541-8895* Wechat/Whatsapp/KakaoTalk/Line/Viber/Skype: gangamati On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:59 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > Oh so it's not a secret insider-only event like the one in January huh? > > Anyway, yeah, thanks for telling us well in advance. Must be a first for > this mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Must be a first for this mailing list. _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon Apr 23 07:19:44 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:19:44 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Workshop this Saturday: Transnational Knowledge Production: Towards a New Media Theory Message-ID: Hello All, for anyone that is interested, workshop "Transnational Knowledge Production: Towards a New Media Theory" will take place next Saturday (April 28) afternoon at Tokyo University of the Arts' Senju Campus. The workshop is open to the public, no need to pre-register. It is organized by the Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication, and co-organized by the editorial board of the magazine "5: Designing Media Ecology", and the Post-Media Research Network. Here are links to the various announcements: magazine 5 > PMRN < http://postmedia-research.net/2018/04/14/workshop-transnational-knowledge-production-towards-a-new-media-theory-april-28-2018/ > Mass Comm Gakkai > Hope to see you there! Best, Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Fri Apr 20 14:42:43 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 14:42:43 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Yamashita's Dohyogiwa no Aria Message-ID: 2 questions -- 1. Best translation for "dohyogiwa" (which seems to be a pun, perhaps, in the context of the movie) -- "last-minute" ? "last-chance" ? something else ? 2. Despite the lack of subtitles, I (think I) followed this pretty well until the post-credits epilogue with the kids doing a rap song for a hiding Chiaki Kuriyama. What exactly does this do (as it seems to be a flash back to the very earliest part of the story, albeit one hitherto unseen). (Why can't we have subbed Yamashita releases again)? Michael Kerpan Boston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Since Office Kitano was instrumental in Filmex?s founding and the main organization supporting the festival (with Office Kitano producer Ichiyama Shozo serving as program director) Hayashi says she came, after considering the remaining options, to the conclusion that it would not be possible to continue the festival. At the same time Hayashi mentions later in the statement that it is her understanding that Ichiyama-san will continue Tokyo Filmex. That the future of the festival seems fairly unclear is of course a real shame. While many have seen Tokyo Filmex as losing some of its steam in the last few years (and, like many festivals in Japan, it increasingly struggled to find financial support) it remained an incredibly important fixture on the Japanese festival scene. With long-running connections to the Berlin International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Filmex was able to create important synergies. Many of the retrospectives it organized ? often strinking new prints, making films available with subtitles for the first time - traveled on to Hong Kong and Berlin, putting directors such as Okamoto Kihachi, Shimizu Hiroshi, Uchida Tomu, Nakagawa Nobue, or Yamamoto Satsuo on the map for critics, programmers, scholars and (importantly) DVD distributors in Europe and the U.S.. These activities had suffered somewhat from the recent budget struggles, but Filmex still served as an important and serious-minded counterweight to the often much less highly regarded programming of the Tokyo International Film Festival. Let?s see how this develops and hope that the festival finds a way forward, if probably in a somewhat different form. Best, Alex -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Tue Apr 17 03:19:58 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:19:58 +0200 Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Jasper, thank you again! I wasn't aware of this book, and will have a look for sure. Gathering any relevant links/narratives/data essential at this point. Have a good day and all the best, verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > The only book-length work on Japanese experimental/independent/art > animation that I am aware of is Chris Robinson's Japanese Animation: > Time Out of Mind (2010), which is less a scholarly study than a > personal and poetic meditation on the works of Wada, Mirai and their > precursors. It's not big on facts and theories, but the writing > style fits the subject pretty well, I think. > > > Jasper > > > > > > > [cid:52f395ad-238d-48ea-b6a4-c09ce3e7c4c1] > > > Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film > Festival is a new UK-wide > film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and > launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most > striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. > > > The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life > Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work > With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. > Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow > Films. > The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial > Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia > Publishing. > "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", > Nicolas Rapold, The New York > Times. > "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood > Reporter. > "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The > Guardian. > > ________________________________ > From: KineJapan on behalf of > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > > Sent: 12 April 2018 18:31:41 > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: Re: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative > > Hi Verina! > > I have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Japanese > Cinema that deals a bit with abstract Japanese animation. I haven?t > heard a release date yet but I expect it will be out sometime later > this year. > > Outside of a small amount of online coverage (including Jasper?s > interview and some of Cathy Munroe Hotes? blog), there isn?t a lot > out there in English I know of. For thinking about abstract > animation more broadly I?ve found it helpful to look at work on > people like Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye, and visual music in > general. When teaching abstract animation in class I usually assign > Vivian Sobchack?s essay on ?The Line and the Animorph.? There is > also some crossover with the more abstract end of experimental film > and digital media art. > > Best, > Paul > > ---------- > Paul Roquet > Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > > > > On April 12, 2018 at 12:13:42 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > via KineJapan > (kinejapan at lists.osu.edu) wrote: > > Dear Jasper, > > Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely > appreciated. > > All my best, > Verina > > > Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > >: > >> I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the >> subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI >> website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his >> work. >> >> >> http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks >> >> >> all the best, >> >> >> Jasper >> >> >> >> [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282] >> >> >> Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film >> Festival is a new UK-wide >> film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and >> launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most >> striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. >> >> >> The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life >> Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work >> With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. >> Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow >> Films. >> The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial >> Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia >> Publishing. >> "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", >> Nicolas Rapold, The New York >> Times. >> "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood >> Reporter. >> "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The >> Guardian. >> >> ________________________________ >> From: KineJapan >> > >> on behalf of >> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan >> > >> Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 >> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >> Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be >> able to help/recommend. >> >> Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) >> writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract >> moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, >> but also beyond. >> Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. >> >> Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of >> your own writing ... >> >> >> thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, >> >> Verina >> >> >> Dr Verina Gfader >> artist and researcher >> Animate Assembly >> Cloud Chamber > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Mon Apr 16 16:51:56 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:51:56 -0700 Subject: [KineJapan] =?utf-8?q?Luk=C3=A1cs_Conference_at_UCSB=2C_April_20-?= =?utf-8?q?21?= Message-ID: Dear KineJapaners, If you happen to be in and around the Santa Barbara/Los Angels areas this weekend, please join us for the conference ?Luk?cs and the World: Rethinking the Global Circuits of Cultural Production? to be held on April 20 and 21, 2018, at UCSB. Below is the conference program, and as you can see, Phil Rosen will present on the relationship between Luk?cs and Marxist Film Theory. I hope some of you on the list can make it to the event! Best, Naoki Naoki Yamamoto Assistant Professor Film and Media Studies University of California, Santa Barbara yamamoto at filmandmedia.ucsb.edu ******************************************************************************************************* Luk?cs and the World: Rethinking the Global Circuits of Cultural Production April 20-21, 2018 @ The Annenberg Conference Room, 4429 SSMS Building, UCSB Schedule Friday, April 20 Panel 1 (10:20 AM-12:50 PM): Decentering Luk?cs Naoki Yamamoto (University of California, Santa Barbara) ?Luk?cs, Fukumoto Kazuo, and Marxist Theory in Prewar Japan? Roy Chan (University of Oregon) ??and China: Inclusivity, Reification, and the Terms of Cultural Exchange? James M. Robertson (Woodbury University) ?From Aesthetic Balkanism to European Realism: The Avant-Gardes, New Realism and the Horizons of Revolution in Interwar Yugoslavia? Panel 2 (1:50 PM-3:30 PM): Uneasy Bedfellows?Luk?cs, Queer Marxism, and the Digital Humanities Glyn Salton-Cox (University of Santa Barbara) ?Typicality vs. Normativity? Sayan Bhattacharyya (University of Pennsylvania) ?Textual Digital Humanities for Critique, with Luk?cs? Keynote Lecture (4:00 PM-6:00 PM): Tyrus Miller (University of Santa Cruz) ?Theaters of History: Drama, Action, and Historical Agency in the Work of Gy?rgy Luk?cs? Saturday, April 21 Panel 3 (10:20 AM-12:50 PM): Luk?cs and Alternative Genealogies of Marxist Aesthetics Ben Harker (University of Manchester) '"Hiding Places for the Enemy": The Translation and Reception of Georg Luk?cs' Work in Britain, 1950-1971' Erik M. Bachman (University of California, Santa Cruz) ?Luk?cs and the World of the Work of Art? 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Jasper [cid:52f395ad-238d-48ea-b6a4-c09ce3e7c4c1] Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival is a new UK-wide film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow Films. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia Publishing. "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times. "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter. "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan Sent: 12 April 2018 18:31:41 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: Re: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative Hi Verina! I have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Japanese Cinema that deals a bit with abstract Japanese animation. I haven?t heard a release date yet but I expect it will be out sometime later this year. Outside of a small amount of online coverage (including Jasper?s interview and some of Cathy Munroe Hotes? blog), there isn?t a lot out there in English I know of. For thinking about abstract animation more broadly I?ve found it helpful to look at work on people like Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye, and visual music in general. When teaching abstract animation in class I usually assign Vivian Sobchack?s essay on ?The Line and the Animorph.? There is also some crossover with the more abstract end of experimental film and digital media art. Best, Paul ---------- Paul Roquet Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology On April 12, 2018 at 12:13:42 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan (kinejapan at lists.osu.edu) wrote: Dear Jasper, Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely appreciated. All my best, Verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan >: > I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the > subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI > website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his > work. > > > http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks > > > all the best, > > > Jasper > > > > [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282] > > > Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film > Festival is a new UK-wide > film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and > launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most > striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. > > > The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life > Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work > With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. > Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow > Films. > The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial > Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia > Publishing. > "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", > Nicolas Rapold, The New York > Times. > "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood > Reporter. > "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The > Guardian. > > ________________________________ > From: KineJapan > on behalf of > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > > > Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative > > > Dear all, > > I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be > able to help/recommend. > > Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) > writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract > moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, > but also beyond. > Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. > > Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. 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Yes, of course, there is several writing on Fischinger, Lye and the like, but little about moving beyond the visual rhythm/music reading, and in fact revealing other narratives than that of the early European avant-garde (part of THE ONE MODERNITY). Paul, it would be great if you can send me your details to: sissu at basicray.org I would love to reconnect more properly. And lastly, if there are some Asian texts on the subject matter, I would still be interested in knowing what those are and get them translated in case. Thank you so much, Verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > Hi Verina! > > I have a chapter in the forthcoming *Routledge Handbook of Japanese > Cinema* that > deals a bit with abstract Japanese animation. I haven?t heard a release > date yet but I expect it will be out sometime later this year. > > Outside of a small amount of online coverage (including Jasper?s interview > and some of Cathy Munroe Hotes? blog), there isn?t a lot out there in > English I know of. For thinking about abstract animation more broadly I?ve > found it helpful to look at work on people like Oskar Fischinger and Len > Lye, and visual music in general. When teaching abstract animation in class > I usually assign Vivian Sobchack?s essay on ?The Line and the Animorph.? > There is also some crossover with the more abstract end of experimental > film and digital media art. > > Best, > Paul > > ---------- > Paul Roquet > Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > > > On April 12, 2018 at 12:13:42 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via > KineJapan (kinejapan at lists.osu.edu) wrote: > > Dear Jasper, > > Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely > appreciated. > > All my best, > Verina > > > Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > : > >> I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the >> subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI >> website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his >> work. >> >> >> > http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks >> >> >> all the best, >> >> >> Jasper >> >> >> >> [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282] >> >> >> Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film >> Festival is a new UK-wide >> film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and >> launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most >> striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. >> >> >> The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life >> Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work >> With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. >> Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow >> Films< > https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435>. > >> The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial >> Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia >> Publishing. >> "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", >> Nicolas Rapold, The New York >> Times< > http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html>. > >> "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood >> Reporter< > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416>. > >> "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The >> Guardian< > https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film>. > >> >> ________________________________ >> From: KineJapan on behalf of >> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan >> >> Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 >> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum >> Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be >> able to help/recommend. >> >> Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) >> writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract >> moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, >> but also beyond. >> Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. >> >> Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of >> your own writing ... >> >> >> thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, >> >> Verina >> >> >> Dr Verina Gfader >> artist and researcher >> Animate Assembly >> Cloud Chamber > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Thu Apr 12 14:31:41 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:31:41 +0200 Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Verina! I have a chapter in the forthcoming *Routledge Handbook of Japanese Cinema* that deals a bit with abstract Japanese animation. I haven?t heard a release date yet but I expect it will be out sometime later this year. Outside of a small amount of online coverage (including Jasper?s interview and some of Cathy Munroe Hotes? blog), there isn?t a lot out there in English I know of. For thinking about abstract animation more broadly I?ve found it helpful to look at work on people like Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye, and visual music in general. When teaching abstract animation in class I usually assign Vivian Sobchack?s essay on ?The Line and the Animorph.? There is also some crossover with the more abstract end of experimental film and digital media art. Best, Paul ---------- Paul Roquet Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology On April 12, 2018 at 12:13:42 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan (kinejapan at lists.osu.edu) wrote: Dear Jasper, Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely appreciated. All my best, Verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the > subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI > website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his > work. > > > http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks > > > all the best, > > > Jasper > > > > [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282] > > > Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film > Festival is a new UK-wide > film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and > launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most > striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. > > > The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life > Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work > With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. > Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow > Films< https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435>. > The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial > Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia > Publishing. > "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", > Nicolas Rapold, The New York > Times< http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html>. > "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood > Reporter< https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416>. > "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The > Guardian< https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film>. > > ________________________________ > From: KineJapan on behalf of > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > > Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative > > > Dear all, > > I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be > able to help/recommend. > > Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) > writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract > moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, > but also beyond. > Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. > > Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of > your own writing ... > > > thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, > > Verina > > > Dr Verina Gfader > artist and researcher > Animate Assembly > Cloud Chamber _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Thu Apr 12 12:13:33 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:13:33 +0200 Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Jasper, Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely appreciated. All my best, Verina Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : > I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the > subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI > website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his > work. > > > http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks > > > all the best, > > > Jasper > > > > [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282] > > > Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film > Festival is a new UK-wide > film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and > launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most > striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between. > > > The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life > Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work > With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. > Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow > Films. > The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial > Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia > Publishing. > "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", > Nicolas Rapold, The New York > Times. > "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood > Reporter. > "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The > Guardian. > > ________________________________ > From: KineJapan on behalf of > Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan > > Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 > To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum > Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative > > > Dear all, > > I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be > able to help/recommend. > > Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) > writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract > moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, > but also beyond. > Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. > > Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of > your own writing ... > > > thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, > > Verina > > > Dr Verina Gfader > artist and researcher > Animate Assembly > Cloud Chamber _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Thu Apr 12 09:41:08 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:41:08 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Japanese films at Cannes Message-ID: Cannes announced its lineup. I'm really happy to see Hamaguchi's film included. As with so many Japanese films, he could have lopped off a chunk here or there, but it's a fascinating film. Also, Lee Chang-dong's film "Burning" is based on a Murakami Haruki short story. Markus >From Variety: "Cannes regular Kore-ede Hirokazu of Japan is back with Lily Franky as the head of a family of small-time criminals in ?Shoplifter.? Japan?s other competition film comes from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who is making his Cannes debut with drama ?Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II)?. Hamaguchi has been directing for over a decade and is best known for 2015?s ?Happy Hour? which collected script prizes at Locarno and the Asian Film Awards. The film is a mystery drama about a woman who meets a man who resembles her ex-boyfriend, but appears to have a different personality." Cannes Selects Asia?s Most Anticipated Titles *By* Patrick Frater http://variety.com/2018/film/asia/cannes-picks-asia-most-anticipated-titles-1202751347/ --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. 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The Creeping Garden - A Real-Life Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow Films. The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia Publishing. "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself", Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times. "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter. "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. ________________________________ From: KineJapan on behalf of Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35 To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative Dear all, I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be able to help/recommend. Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present) writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context, but also beyond. Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side. Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of your own writing ... thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, Verina Dr Verina Gfader artist and researcher Animate Assembly Cloud Chamber -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Perhaps some of your own writing ... thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys, Verina Dr Verina Gfader artist and researcher Animate Assembly[1] Cloud Chamber[2] Links: ------ [1] http://art.gold.ac.uk/animate/ [2] http://www.antipyrine.dk/product/verina-gfader-cloud-chamber -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wade (University of California, Berkeley) Time: Friday, April 20th, 2018 at 12:15 p.m. Place: University of Helsinki Main Building (Fabianinkatu 33), lecture room 12 Short description: Japan in the 1930s was a culturally complex land combining various syntheses and juxtapositions of Western and Japanese culture and thought. One phenomenon that exemplifies this is Japanese-style composition?here defined as music based on Western principles of composition but adopting elements from Japanese music and culture?which became a notable and debated new trend among Japanese composers in the late 1930s. Through the analysis of the work and thought of the composer group Shink? sakkyokuka renmei (Federation of Emerging Composers), this thesis examines Japanese-style composition as a phenomenon in the 1930s: what it was musically, why it emerged, and how it related to the social developments of the time. -- Eija Niskanen University of Helsinki -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Sat Apr 7 00:10:59 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:10:59 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Anthology of classical Japanese film theory In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is great news! Can?t wait to get my hands on it. On Sat, 7 Apr 2018 at 11:43, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > Just a heads up, but the film theory anthology Markus Nornes, Iwamoto > Kenji, and I have been working on for several years is about to be > published. Yumani has put it on their site, with a projected May > publication date: > > http://www.yumani.co.jp/np/isbn/9784843353653 > > This is just the Japanese version. The next step is an English version. > > Try to get your libraries to order now if you want it for the fall. > > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Yale University > 320 York Street, Room 311 > PO Box 208324 > New Haven, CT 06520-8324 > USA > Phone: 1-203-432-7082 > Fax: 1-203-432-6729 > e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu > website: www.aarongerow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Praised as amongst the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema, Tanaka?s career spanned the industrial development of cinema ? from silent to sound, monochrome to colour. Alongside featuring in films by Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse and Kurosawa, Tanaka was also the only Japanese woman filmmaker between 1953 and 1962, and her films tackled distinctly feminine topics such as prostitution and breast cancer. Her career overlapped with a transformative period in Japanese history, and this close analysis of her fascinating life and work offers new perspectives, subjectivities and modes of analysis for the classical era of Japanese cinema. 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You know I'm picking up my copy the day after I get to Tokyo if not before! ej Earl Jackson Professor Chair, Foreign Languages and Literatures National Chiao Tung University Associate Professor, Emeritus University of California, Santa Cruz Co-Director Trans-Asia Screen Cultures Institute -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Sat Apr 7 19:39:24 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 23:39:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Anthology of classical Japanese film theory In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Looks to be a valuable addition. I hope the Japanese version has an index for the aid of semi-literates and non-literates, like me ;>)Rogermacyroger at yahoo.co.uk On Saturday, 7 April 2018, 22:08:40 GMT+1, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: ?What a??super information ! Jacline 2018-04-07 5:22 GMT+02:00 Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan : Looking forward to the English version. Any idea when it's coming out. Best Yiman On 4/6/18, 7:43 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: Just a heads up, but the film theory anthology Markus Nornes, Iwamoto Kenji, and I have been working on for several years is about to be published. Yumani has put it on their site, with a projected May publication date: http://www.yumani.co.jp/np/ isbn/9784843353653 This is just the Japanese version. The next step is an English version. Try to get your libraries to order now if you want it for the fall. Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail:?aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com ______________________________ _________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/ listinfo/kinejapan -- Yiman Wang PhD Associate Professor Film & Digital Media University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA Tel: 1-831-459-1357 ______________________________ _________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/ listinfo/kinejapan _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any idea when it's coming out. >> >> Best >> Yiman >> >> On 4/6/18, 7:43 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: >> >>> Just a heads up, but the film theory anthology Markus Nornes, Iwamoto Kenji, and I have been working on for several years is about to be published. Yumani has put it on their site, with a projected May publication date: >>> >>> http://www.yumani.co.jp/np/isbn/9784843353653 >>> >>> This is just the Japanese version. The next step is an English version. >>> >>> Try to get your libraries to order now if you want it for the fall. >>> >>> Aaron Gerow >>> Professor >>> Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures >>> Yale University >>> 320 York Street, Room 311 >>> PO Box 208324 >>> New Haven, CT 06520-8324 >>> USA >>> Phone: 1-203-432-7082 >>> Fax: 1-203-432-6729 >>> e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu >>> website: www.aarongerow.com >>> >>> ______________________________ >>> >>> _________________ >>> KineJapan mailing list >>> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >>> >>> [https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/ >>> >>> listinfo/kinejapan](https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan) >> >> -- >> Yiman Wang PhD >> Associate Professor >> Film & Digital Media >> University of California, Santa Cruz >> 1156 High St. >> Santa Cruz, CA 95064 >> USA >> Tel: 1-831-459-1357 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> KineJapan mailing list >> KineJapan at lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The next step is an English version. > > Try to get your libraries to order now if you want it for the fall. > > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Yale University > 320 York Street, Room 311 > PO Box 208324 > New Haven, CT 06520-8324 > USA > Phone: 1-203-432-7082 > Fax: 1-203-432-6729 > e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu > website: www.aarongerow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing listKineJapan at lists.osu.eduhttps://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > > > -- > Yiman Wang PhD > Associate Professor > Film & Digital Media > University of California, Santa Cruz > 1156 High St. > Santa Cruz, CA 95064 > USA > Tel: 1-831-459-1357 > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The next step is an English version. > > Try to get your libraries to order now if you want it for the fall. > > > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Yale University > 320 York Street, Room 311 > PO Box 208324 > New Haven, CT 06520-8324 > USA > Phone: 1-203-432-7082 > Fax: 1-203-432-6729 > e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu > website: www.aarongerow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -- Yiman Wang PhD Associate Professor Film& Digital Media University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA Tel: 1-831-459-1357 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Thu Apr 5 21:38:15 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 21:38:15 -0400 Subject: [KineJapan] Takahata Isao In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A sad morning, day and night. :-( An artist I admired as a person as well as a creator. Michael Kerpan Boston, MA On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 6:33 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > Newspapers and online news are reporting the passing of Takahata Isao, a > very sad morning for cinema. > > Matteo Boscarol > ????? ???? > ??????????? > - Documentary in Japan and Asia > http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com > - Film writer for Il Manifesto > http://ilmanifesto.it > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Matteo Boscarol ????? ???? ??????????? - Documentary in Japan and Asia http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com - Film writer for Il Manifesto http://ilmanifesto.it _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Wed Apr 4 01:54:13 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 05:54:13 +0000 Subject: [KineJapan] Office Kitano dispute In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There was talk about the fate of Filmex at last week?s Cin?ma du R?el. Over breakfast, the topic of Office Kitano came up. One programmer had just dined with Ichiyama in Hong Kong. Ichiyama was confident that Filmex would go on, although possibly in a slightly different form. This more or less confirms what I?d been hearing back in Japan. I guess this is good news, depending the form it takes. Markus On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 2:05 AM Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > As some of you may have heard, Kitano Takeshi has left the company, Office > Kitano, that he created and that bears his name. The Office is not only in > charge of managing his activities, it also manages the careers of the > Takeshi Army and actors such as Terajima Susumu. In addition, it is the > production office for his films, and invests in the production of other > films. Finally, it manages the Tokyo FilmEx film festival. > > While his departure was announced about a month ago, the last few days > have seen lots of reports on the wide shows and tabloids about what is > going on behind the surface. The main source of information was a report > uploaded on Suidobashi Hakase?s blog (he?s one of the members of Asakusa > Kid, and a member of the Takeshi Army). It was apparently a statement that > other Army members have signed off on. It basically asserts that the > problem has been money. It says that Takeshi became upset when he learned > that Mori Masayuki, the CEO of Office Kitano, has secretly become the top > stock holder of the company, that company officers and staff are receiving > extraordinary salaries while the talent are receiving very little, etc. The > wideshow on Asahi this morning reports that Mori is receiving over > $1,000,000 a year, that officers over $2-300,000, that staff working for > over 10 years get $100,000, while Ide Rakkyo for instance, a long-standing > Army member for 30 years, only gets $10,000 a year. All this came to a head > when Office Kitano fell into the red in 2017 for the first time on income > of about $24 million. > > Takashi leaving his own company is a huge blow because 80% of the > company?s earnings derive from him. What is curious is that most of the > Army members have said they will stay at Office Kitano, despite their > statement. Yet without Kitano, there are questions over whether the Office > can continue to produce films or manage the Tokyo FilmEx film festival or > even exist. > > Aaron Gerow > Professor > Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures > Yale University > 320 York Street, Room 311 > PO Box 208324 > New Haven, CT 06520-8324 > USA > Phone: 1-203-432-7082 > Fax: 1-203-432-6729 > e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu > website: www.aarongerow.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > -- --- *Markus Nornes* *Professor of Asian Cinema* Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design *Department of Screen Arts and Cultures* *6348 North Quad* *105 S. State Street* *Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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While his departure was announced about a month ago, the last few days have seen lots of reports on the wide shows and tabloids about what is going on behind the surface. The main source of information was a report uploaded on Suidobashi Hakase?s blog (he?s one of the members of Asakusa Kid, and a member of the Takeshi Army). It was apparently a statement that other Army members have signed off on. It basically asserts that the problem has been money. It says that Takeshi became upset when he learned that Mori Masayuki, the CEO of Office Kitano, has secretly become the top stock holder of the company, that company officers and staff are receiving extraordinary salaries while the talent are receiving very little, etc. The wideshow on Asahi this morning reports that Mori is receiving over $1,000,000 a year, that officers over $2-300,000, that staff working for over 10 years get $100,000, while Ide Rakkyo for instance, a long-standing Army member for 30 years, only gets $10,000 a year. All this came to a head when Office Kitano fell into the red in 2017 for the first time on income of about $24 million. Takashi leaving his own company is a huge blow because 80% of the company?s earnings derive from him. What is curious is that most of the Army members have said they will stay at Office Kitano, despite their statement. Yet without Kitano, there are questions over whether the Office can continue to produce films or manage the Tokyo FilmEx film festival or even exist. Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Our keynote talk will be delivered by Helen McCarthy, a renowned scholar and foundational figure in UK anime fandom. The Symposium is free to book, and ticket can be obtained from the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-journeys-2018-animation-in-transnational-contexts-registration-44629673555?aff=es2 Best wishes Rayna Denison, UEA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Tue Apr 3 08:20:06 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 21:20:06 +0900 Subject: [KineJapan] Gerow / Kataoka / Kinugasa In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We will be using the Flicker Alley Blu-Ray of the film, which I believe is at 20 fps. Kikuchi Naruyoshi will be in charge of the music: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%8A%E5%9C%B0%E6%88%90%E5%AD%94 Aaron > 2018/04/02 ??1:08?Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan ????? > > I only wish I could get to this. I think we can take it that Aaron and Ichiro will organise a sane projection speed (or speeds), in contrast to the manic 24 f.p.s. it was shown in London recently. I still have not managed to see this film at any realistic speed. Part of the problem appears to be that, in the UK at least, it has become a vehicle for a backing to pre-composed music, whose composition was matched to a DVD with sound track turned down. > > One day ? > > Roger > > macyroger at yahoo.co.uk > > > > On Saturday, 31 March 2018, 09:18:36 GMT+1, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: > > > Aaron is giving a talk on Page of Madness, which he wrote a wonderful book about. He?s the indisputed master of this film?s complex history. He will be appearing with benshi Kataoka Ichiro and live music. Kataoka?s setsumei is as thought provoking as Aaron?s take on the film. Both completely changed how I understood and appreciated the film. If you are in Tokyo, this is definitely worth checking out. > > http://mameromantic.com/?p=56926 > Markus > -- > --- > > Markus Nornes > Professor of Asian Cinema > Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design > > Department of Screen Arts and Cultures > 6348 North Quad > 105 S. State Street > Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 > > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan > _______________________________________________ > KineJapan mailing list > KineJapan at lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It is a two-story, three bedroom (3 LDK) individual house (ikkenya) located in Aoba-ku in Yokohama, near Aobadai Station on the Den'entoshi Line. It is a very quiet neighborhood, with farm fields nearby, but it also has lots of shopping venues and is convenient to both Tokyo and Yokohama (Aobadai is 25 minutes by train from Shibuya). The house is fully furnished, with some goodies like satellite TV and internet. The rent is ?100,000 a month. We have listed the house on Sabbatical Homes, with some photos: http://www.sabbaticalhomes.com/OfferedDetails.aspx?id=52673 We?ve been living in the house for nearly the past year, so we?ve refurbished a number of things. Those who are interested, or who want to learn more details, should mail me at aaron.gerow at yale.edu . I should also note that since we go back and forth from Japan a lot, we have rented out the house many times before (to scholars, dissertation researchers, IUC students) and will probably do so at other times in the future. Aaron Gerow Professor Film and Media Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures Yale University 320 York Street, Room 311 PO Box 208324 New Haven, CT 06520-8324 USA Phone: 1-203-432-7082 Fax: 1-203-432-6729 e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu website: www.aarongerow.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan From kinejapan at lists.osu.edu Sun Apr 1 12:08:01 2018 From: kinejapan at lists.osu.edu (Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan) Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [KineJapan] Gerow / Kataoka / Kinugasa In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I only wish I could get tothis. I think we can take it that Aaron and Ichiro will organise a saneprojection speed (or speeds), in contrast to the manic 24 f.p.s. it was shownin London recently. I still have not managed to see this filmat any realistic speed. Part of the problem appears to be that, in the UK at least, it has become a vehicle for a backing topre-composed music, whose composition was matched to a DVD with sound trackturned down. One day ? Roger macyroger at yahoo.co.uk On Saturday, 31 March 2018, 09:18:36 GMT+1, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan wrote: Aaron is giving a talk on Page of Madness, which he wrote a wonderful book about. He?s the indisputed master of this film?s complex history. He will be appearing with benshi Kataoka Ichiro and live music. Kataoka?s setsumei is as thought provoking as Aaron?s take on the film. Both completely changed how I understood and appreciated the film. If you are in Tokyo, this is definitely worth checking out.? http://mameromantic.com/?p=56926 Markus-- ---? Markus NornesProfessor of Asian CinemaDepartment of?Screen Arts and Cultures, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Penny Stamps?School of Art & Design Department of Screen Arts and Cultures6348 North Quad105 S. State StreetAnn Arbor, MI 48109-1285 _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ KineJapan mailing list KineJapan at lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/kinejapan