[KineJapan] Iwanami Hall closing

[John Junkerman]

Yes, "drastic downturn in attendance because of Ovid."

John

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:44 PM Markus Nornes via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Incredible. Has anyone heard if it's Covid related?
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> *Markus Nornes*
> *Professor of Asian Cinema*
> *Interim Chair, Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture*
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> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 10:21 PM Gerow Aaron via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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>> That is a shock. Thanks for letting us know, Matteo.
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>> Iwanami Hall was a groundbreaking cinema, often discussed as a precursor
>> to the mini theater and crucial in screening art films other theaters would
>> not touch. It was Iwanami that screened the rediscovered print of
>> Kinugasa’s Page of Madness (about which I wrote a book).
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>> Crucial in its history is Takano Etsuko, who ran it for much of its
>> history.
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>> Aaron Gerow
>> A. Whitney Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and
>> Film and Media Studies
>> Chair, East Asian Languages and Literatures
>> Yale University
>> 320 York Street, Room 108
>> PO Box 208201
>> New Haven, CT 06520-8201
>> USA
>> Phone: 1-203-432-7082
>> Fax: 1-203-432-6729
>> e-mail: aaron.gerow at yale.edu
>> website: www.aarongerow.com
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