[KineJapan] Kawase Watch

[Desser, David M]

I interviewed her via GoToMeeting last summer for a small seminar.  She was gracious, charming, modest and sweet.
Don't know why she's gotten such a bad rap from y'all, including my good pal, Earl.

David

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Subject: Re: [KineJapan] Kawase Watch

Finally the real Kawase reaches the general public...

When she started getting some attention with her work, I read some interviews/ watched her speak somewhere and that was the end of Kawase for me and thus have never seen any of her films, possibly to my detriment, I know, but considering how much there is to watch, I'd rather spend my time with directors less arrogant and full of themselves as her.
I didn't watch the programme but read the various news reports and her total lack of consideration and empathy was truly shocking.
In fact, she sort of blamed the people for the ongoing pandemic situation.
Somebody should have reminded her that -sadly- all the people in Ginza and the like are the ones being forced to keep this Olympics nightmare afloat together with the capital's economy so that she can get her millions for the documentary, in the end, a paid job for the LDP government, let's not forget.
A more conscientious director would have resigned months ago.

María José González
Kwansei Gakuin University
Nishinomiya, Japan
On Sunday, 6 June 2021, 09:03:18 AM GMT+9, Earl Jackson via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:


I won't go into detail here, but I've often spoken privately about Kawase's shocking behavior in Seoul when she had been hosted with lavish care and attention.It really affected the way I've seen her films thereafter, although I know that's unfair. But her views on the Olympics during COVID brought that behavior back to me like a bad acid trip.
best
ej
Earl Jackson
Chair Professor
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Asia University
Professor Emeritus
National Chiao Tung University
Associate Professor Emeritus
University of California, Santa Cruz


On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 10:37 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>> wrote:
Kawase Naomi has been making news recently.

Appearing on a talk show called Sukkiri to talk about the Olympics, she said (basically), "A high jumper can jump 3 centimeters higher with a crowd." While it appears she didn't land on a firm stance, her opinion seemed pretty clear when she pointed out that she went from Nara to a crowded Ginza and asserted people are going to get infected one way or another. I guess it's OK if a few people get sick, maybe someone dies, if you can make your documentary. I cringe to think how her film will deal with the pandemic. The Olympics are such a soul-sucking racket.

In other news, Kawase became the president of the women's basketball association in Japan.

Markus



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