[KineJapan] Page of Madness

[Roger Macy]

You surprise me Jasper.

I thought that screening in September ‘17 at King’s College, London wasfrom the BFI 35mm print (after some repairs) ? As you said on the panel, it had been projected to atthe wrong speed (24fps) - to fit in with the musicians’ plan. Anyway, afterthat screening I checked with BFI’s silent curator, Bryony Dixon as to whether,in principle, their print could be projected at slower speed without the sound,and she said ‘yes’. I sincerely hope someone does.

For completeness (although the Flicker Alley Blu-ray ismulti-region), one could mention that there is also a recent DVD from LobsterFilms in Paris. Although it comes out at 69 minutes, it is clearly from thesame capture as the Flicker Alley Blu-ray (71 minutes at 20fps), evenwith the same sound-track of music by Alloy Orchestra, and the same englishsubtitling of the opening credits (french can be switched on, but given theabsence of intertitles in this film, this is neither here nor there). So it islikely that Lobster do not have their own print (although you could check). Ithas different extras to the Flicker Alley disc and these are sourced from theirown prints, including L’Araignée (= The Spider), 1913. The opening title onthis print says ‘Mimodramejaponais, joué par les artistes du Théâtre Impérial de Tokio dans la campagned’Yedo. Eclair.’  Serge Bromberg of Lobster has confirmed that ‘The film was obviously shot in the Bois deVincennes, near Paris, where Pathé had his laboratories.’ Pathé duly picked up the ‘Imperial Theatre’tag in its catalogue, but I think Hiroshi Komatsu would allow me to repeat fromhis email that ‘They are absolutely not the actors of the Imperial Theatre.They are one of the theatrical groups active in France at that time. As far asI remember, Mr. Kawaura's troupe.’.

So Iam shocked - shocked - to learn that film promoters in Paris in 1913 didnot necessarily tell the pure truth.

Roger


    On Monday, 14 January 2019, 10:23:40 GMT, Jasper Sharp <jasper_sharp at hotmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I don't think the BFI is loaning out their print any more, not for the past ten years at least. They do have a very good 35mm print of JUJIRO, Kinugasa's much lesser known and seldom screened other "experimental" film, which to my mind is far better, although I know I am in a minority here.
Jasper 

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From: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Gerow Aaron <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
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Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Page of Madness That’s a tricky question. Technically, most think the film is public domain, which is why Flicker Alley was able to put out that Blu-Ray.

The NFAJ treats the film as still under the provenance of Kinugasa’s family, but it’s debatable whether those constitute any rights. The NFAJ is renting out their print again, after many years of not doing so, so if you want the best print, contact the NFAJ.

Otherwise, the Eastman House and the BFI prints are both supposed to be pretty good. I’ve seen the Eastman House one several times.

If you just want to show the Blu-Ray, you can contact Flicker Alley. That’s what we did for our screening at Haremame.

Aaron

> 2019/01/08 午前6:01、Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>のメール:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> who is the current distributor/rights' owner for Page of Madness? An art house theater in Finland is interested in a screening.
> 
> Eija
> 
> -- 
> Eija Niskanen
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