[KineJapan] - Minamata Mandala

[Roger Macy]

Just to say that already know I made the right decision to watch MinamataMandala online. A dash up there would have had me miss an exemplaryexposition (again). The disease, the complex science, the entangled law hidingvested interests, the people, were all introduced with unrivalled clarity. Ifind myself surprised to be looking forward to the next four hours witheagerness.

It’s still bookable on both sides of the Atlantic.

Roger


    On Monday, 24 May 2021, 16:33:54 BST, William C. Thompson <wct1 at columbia.edu> wrote:  
 
 Roger,
For a mad filmmaker like Kazuo Hara, doesn't a mad dash to a seemingly distant place seem more appropriate even if it is less desirable.
Anyway, those of us stateside will be able to view the film through the Japan Society's virtual screenings from June 4 - July 2.  Its series "Cinema as Struggle: The Films of Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi" will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Shissho Productions, Hara and Kobayashi's independent film company, with a complete retrospective of their work.
https://film.japansociety.org/page/cinema-as-struggle-the-films-of-kazuo-hara-and-sachiko-kobayashi/?_ga=2.237149059.227708904.1621869021-1905340514.1570111325
The Japan Society is currently screening three sports films in honor of the anticipated (?) Olympics thru May 28th, and will also stream Obayashi's War Trilogy from July 9 - August 6.
https://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/film
I believe all these streamings are restricted to the United States.

Bill Thompsonwct1 at columbia.edu

On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 10:52 AM Roger Macy via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

 To answer my own question, I can also book to watch online (£5).The viewing conditions then are :-
 Available until 16 Jun 2021. You will not be able to view the contentafter this.

  Once selected, your film will become availablefor viewing following its cinema screening in Sheffield and remain available in your library for 10days. Once you press play, the watch window begins and you have 30 hours towatch the film.  ...


you must be located within the UK to watch films on Selects. If you are notlocated within the UK, you will not see a watch or play button onSelects.
Roger

    On Monday, 24 May 2021, 01:27:26 BST, Roger Macy via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:  
 
 
Dear All,

The programme for SheffieldDocfest has been announced https://sheffdocfest.com/festival/2021/explore/film-programme?page=0. Considering one of the curators is now Japanese, I can’t find as manyJapanese films as I hoped. There is:-

DoubleLayered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions  https://sheffdocfest.com/film/double-layered-town-making-song-replace-our-positions by Haruka Komori + Natsumi Seo, whichsounds like it might be called a fictional film, 

and Hara Kazuo’s MinamataMandala https://sheffdocfest.com/film/minamata-mandala,running at 6 hours, 12 minutes on the final non-competition day, 13th June.As it’s a Sunday, the first train from London would get me there an hour late. Doesanyone have the experience to say whether watching a mere five and a quarterhours at the end would make a rational viewing experience ?

Roger

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