[KineJapan] I was born but... film gauge

[Michael Raine]

Thank you Aaron for mentioning Yuki Takinami's work comparing the
film-within-a-film sequence to Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera,
which was shown in Japan in 1932. Takinami also discusses this in English
in his dissertation, "Reflecting Hollywood: Mobility and Lightness in the
Early Silent Films of Ozu Yasujiro, 1927-1933", around p. 191.

Looking at the thickness and size of the reels, it does look like 16mm to
me. Also, I think 9.5mm was shot with film cartridges, wasn't it? There's
an image of the projector case in the film but I don't recognize the logo.
And when the guy (not Ryu Chishu) holds up the film, I can't see any center
sprocket holes. All circumstantial evidence ... Also, it's not canonical
but the Matsui Suisei benshi narration on the Shochiku VHS tape talks about
the film as 16mm... as a company boss, he can afford it!

Michael

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:53 AM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Most references I can see in Japanese see this as a 16mm film system. For
> instance, Takinami-san’s article is one example:
>
> http://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/manage/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/83_3.pdf
>
> Aaron
>
> On Aug 24, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Desser, David M via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me the film gauge of the home-movie in I Was Born But...?
> It seems like it's too small for 16mm.  Is it 9.5?
>
> Thanks.
>
> You can reply to me privately if you'd like: desser at illinois.edu or to
> this list in case there is controversy.  😄
>
> David
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