[KineJapan] Terayama on García Márquez

[Roger Macy]

Dear Lorenzo and Steve,

I contacted Tony Rayns when I saw this question, due to his dealings andknowledge of Terayama, and he kindly offered this :-

About Saraba Hakobune:  I saw Terayama's three-ring-circus ofa stage production in Tokyo (it took place on three widely distanced stages setup in a cavernous warehouse on Tokyo Bay), which the film derives from, and Idid ask Terayama if he'd formally acquired the rights to adapt Garcia Marquez-- since the play was still called 100 Years of Solitude.  He toldme that he did clear it with the publisher of the Japanese translation, whichwas probably true.  

I never asked Madame Govaers about the film rights, so I never heard theanecdote which Prof Bordwell's colleague Steve Ridgely reports.  It ringstrue to me that Govaers would have shown the film to Garcia Marquez and askedhis permission, but it's not possible that Terayama was present becausehis nephritis killed him in the very early stages of the post-production.Terayama would probably have wanted to keep Garcia Marquez's title, and themoney-minded Govaers would definitely have wanted to market Terayama'slast film as 100 Years of Solitude.  It also rings true that GarciaMarquez (always famously cagey about film adaptations of his work) would havejudged the film a very free adaptation and asked for a title change. Incidentally, the film's post-production wasn't finished until nearly a yearafter Terayama's death. 

Roger


    On Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 19:32:05 BST, Steve Ridgely via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:  
 
 Hi Lorenzo,
I asked Hiroko Govaers about this when I interviewed her in Paris (summer of 2002). She said that she and Terayama screened the film that would be released as Saraba hakobune before Cannes for García Márquez (I think in her apartment) as a way of asking his permission to use the title of his novel. But he felt that the narrative was too much of a departure, and asked them to release it under a different name. She presented it to me as an amicable exchange.
Steve RidgelyUW-Madison

On May 5, 2020, at 12:05 PM, Lorenzo Javier Torres Hortelano via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
Dear friends,    I’m writing an article on the Terayama’s film adaptation on García Márquez’ Cien años de soledad.     It is a very free and unknown adaptation and, apparently, Terayama did not ask the Colombian for permission, or did he not like the result: do you know any reliable sources that clarify the subject?    Thank you in advance and encouragement with the pandemic,          <image001.jpg>Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano  Vicedecano de Extensión Universitaria y Relaciones Internacionales Vice-Dean of University Extension and International Relations Profesor Titular/Professor Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación  Departamento de Ciencias de la Comunicación y Sociología   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Edificio de Gestión - Decanato Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada  +34 91 488 73 11 lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano at urjc.es gestion2.urjc.es/pdi/ver/lorenzojavier.torres.hortelano researchgate.net/profile/Lorenzo_Torres Lorenzo Torres Academia.edu _______________________________________________
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