[KineJapan] Benshi Bonanza

[Markus Nornes]

Quick followup.

Back in grad school, I toyed with the possibility of going into archive
work and film restoration. My professor for silent cinema at USC was David
Shepard, and he graciously gave me a tutorial on the subject. I spent a lot
of time at his lab/office/"archive," which was filled to the gills with all
sorts of cool stuff. I vividly recall his teaching me how to read the film
codes at the edges of prints with a small loupe. As an aside, he said, "You
know, I got that from Flaherty. He cut Aran with that." Whoa. Anyway, as
part of the independent study I was to attempt to work on a film. I found
the unrestored, nitrate print of a Japanese film at the UCLA archive.
Confirmed that the National Film Archive of Japan didn't have it. And UCLA
let me extract the print to attempt a restoration. Thing is, it's expensive
and try as I might I couldn't find any support for doing it. In the end, I
returned the print to UCLA. And the Film Center was happy to learn of its
existence. That was *Sanji Goto,* and I noticed the Yanai Initiative
included it in their program. I wonder if it's the UCLA print????

Markus




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*Markus Nornes*
*Professor of Asian Cinema*

Department of Film, Television and Media, Department of Asian Languages and
Cultures, Penny Stamps School of Art & Design




*Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/
<http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nornes/>*
*Department of Film, Television and Media*
*6348 North Quad*
*105 S. State Street**Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285*
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