[KineJapan] Hara Masato documentary

Mon Feb 12 01:32:24 EST 2018

Don’t forget that Hara-san was also an intriguing figure in the history of Japanese film theory; he has published a series of essays back in the late 1960s and early '70s using Melreau-Ponty as his inspiration. His theoretical essays appeared first in the legendary dai-2-ji Eiga Hihyo edited by Matsuda Masao and were compiled later in the book entitled “Mitai eiga no koto dake o” (1977). Given the popularity of phenomenology today, wouldn’t it be nice paying some “serious” attention to his writing, in addition to his notorious obsession with DIY music :)? 

Naoki

Naoki Yamamoto
Assistant Professor
Film and Media Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
yamamoto at filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

> On Feb 11, 2018, at 8:22 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
> 
> agree, he shouldn’t sing! I often find his DIY touch unnerving and cheap, but sometimes buried in his movies here and there there are moments of pure beauty (20th Century Nostalgia, あなたにゐてほしい, etc.) 
> 
> PS in あなたにゐてほしい there’s what probably is Suzuki Seijun’s last appearance on screen
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> Matteo Boscarol
> ボスカロル マッテオ
> 記憶ただ陽炎のゆらめき
> - Documentary in Japan and Asia
> http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com <http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com/>
> - Film writer for Il Manifesto
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> On Feb 12, 2018, at 12:22, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
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>> Yup, I told him to use Vimeo. I think he’s already taken down the YouTube video.
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>> Aaron
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>>> 2018/02/12 午後0:18、Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> のメール：
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>>> Hmmmm. He should have told me that. I’ve written to him to apologize. (He should be using Vimeo!)
>>> 
>>> 7 hours?!?  I’ve seen it twice, clocked in at about 4 hours. I like the film very much, and at the same time I really, really, really find his inability to hold a note grating. I can admire the DIY spirit behind it, as well as some compelling songwriting. But the minute he starts singing I want to flee the theater. 
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>>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:10 AM Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
>>> Just a note, but please do not share this Youtube link with others. Kaneko-san has told me it is only for festival organizers. He is planning a theatrical release of the film.
>>> 
>>> Aaron Gerow
>>> 
>>>> 2018/02/12 午前10:12、Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> のメール：
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>>>> thank you for sharing this Markus, watching First Emperor 10 or so years ago in Tokyo (with live music by Hara and Kaneko, a 7 hours screening) is still one of the most mesmerising and demanding cinematic experiences I’ve ever had. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Matteo Boscarol
>>>> ボスカロル マッテオ
>>>> 記憶ただ陽炎のゆらめき
>>>> - Documentary in Japan and Asia
>>>> http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com <http://storiadocgiappone.wordpress.com/>
>>>> - Film writer for Il Manifesto
>>>> http://ilmanifesto.it <http://ilmanifesto.it/>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 11, 2018, at 23:37, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu <mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
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>>>>> Kaneko Yu has made a feature length documentary on the legendary Hara Masato. Hara-san was known as the "tensai seishun santoku" back in the late 60s and early 70s, when he was making experimental films on 8mm and 16mm. After winning awards and garnering lots of press, writing his own criticism, Oshima tapped him to co-write The Man Who Left His Will on Film. Not long after that Hara kind of dropped from sight and finally came up for air with a new film at the 1993 Yamagata. He also showed his most famous work, First Emperor (Hatsukuni shiramikoto, 1973). Since then, he's been showing multi-screen, multi-format films with live music......regrettably he loves to sing, which is definitely not good for the films. Kaneko's film is somewhat messy—echoing Hara-san's own life?—but is still a fascinating look at an important director from the experimental world. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://youtu.be/sTWdnZNp-qM <https://youtu.be/sTWdnZNp-qM>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Markus
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