[KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà

[Hal Young]

Hi Adrian,

Thanks so much for this! Hugely appreciated. I'll let you know if I run
into any problems.

Best Wishes,
Hal

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:24 AM adrian restorationasia.org via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Hi Hal,
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> To contact any FIAF affiliate I would always suggesting going to the FIAF
> home page https://www.fiafnet.org/ and searching for the location in the
> upper right search box.
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> It will give you contact details for the people in Fukuoka City Public
> Library Film Archive.
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> Let me know if you have any problems.
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> Enjoy the trip!
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> Adrian
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> *From:* Hal Young
> *Sent:* 24 January 2024 18:30
> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Cc:* adrian restorationasia.org <adrian at restorationasia.org>; shayne
> bowden <swb8 at gol.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà
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> Hi All,
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> I'm actually visiting Fukuoka in April, on a research trip. The Fukuoka
> City Public Library looks fascinating, and I know they have quite an
> extensive archive of experimental films which I'm hoping to access whilst
> over there. I've tried contacting them on their Facebook page to get some
> more information, but I haven't heard back yet. I was wondering if any of
> you had any particular advice for how to go about accessing films from
> their archive?
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> Best,
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> Hal
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> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 3:41 AM adrian restorationasia.org via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> Resident in Fukuoka for the past seven years I have collaborated with
> colleagues at the Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive on several
> occasions, it has been a very rewarding experience.
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> Last month’s edition of the FIAF BULLETIN ONLINE
> <https://www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/0009185402f9f755f96fc> contains this
> news from the Archive:
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> “Eijun Sugihara is a newly-appointed curator of Fukuoka City Public
> Library Film Archive and Movie Hall Cine-la. After working in programming
> at Auditorium Shibuya in Tokyo, he served as a film curator at Yamaguchi
> Center for Arts and Media and Aichi Triennale 2019. His latest work as a
> producer is *Gama *(2023), directed by Kao­ri Oda. Sugihara was involved
> in various projects and exhibition curations, including the filmmaking
> group Kuzoku’s “ILHA FORMOSA” (2023) at Sapporo Cultural Arts Community
> Center (SCARTS).”
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> For those interested in knowing more about the archive’s Asian film
> collection, details can be found here
> <https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/files/FilmDetail/FilmDetail_509_file.pdf>
> .
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> Adrian Wood
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> Fukuoka
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> *From:* KineJapan *On Behalf Of *Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan
> *Sent:* 23 January 2024 18:07
> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Cc:* Alexander Jacoby <alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk>; shayne bowden <
> swb8 at gol.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [KineJapan] Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall, Cinélà
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> "Some people might find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes
> beyond the usual 90 -120 minute conventional cinematic viewing experience."
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> Yes, I found it pretty tough to adjust to Avengers: Endgame and Avatar:
> The Way of Water myself!
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> Sorry for the tongue-in-cheek response... Thanks for the write-up! I
> haven't seen the Ogawa for many years, but I remember it being captivating.
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> ALEX
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> On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 07:31, shayne bowden via KineJapan <
> kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:
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> Hi
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> I was recently in Fukuoka and visited the Fukuoka City Public Library
> Movie Hall, Cine-La. The library movie hall has a 242 seat cinema that runs
> monthly programs of Japanese and world cinema.  The January program was
> curated according to the theme of people and nature. I've included some
> links below.  The library has a film archive and film collections of local
> and international cinema. I managed to see a screening of Imamura Shohei’s
> Narayama Bushiko and also Ogawa Shinsuke’s 223-minute film, 1000-nen kizami
> no hidokei: Maginomura monogatari (1987), which was one of the most
> remarkable cinematic experiences I’ve had in a while.  On January 20th
> there was a full day screening of Hara Kazuo’s Minamata Mandara (2021) in
> three parts, which concluded with a talk by Hara himself.  Unfortunately, I
> had to leave after the screening of the first part of the 372-minute
> documentary, but what I saw of it was enthralling and, like Ogawa’s film,
> challenges one’s understanding of cinema and duration.  Some people might
> find it difficult to adjust to any film that goes beyond the usual 90 -120
> minute conventional cinematic viewing experience.  Anyway, I’m not sure to
> what extent the Movie Hall is of benefit to researchers, but the monthly
> film schedule is interesting and at only 500 yen per film, it is worth the
> visit when in Fukuoka.
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> https://toshokan.city.fukuoka.lg.jp/theater_schedules/
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> http://www.cinela.com/
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> shayne bowden BA, MA (USYD)
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> PhD Candidate
> School of Languages and Cultures
> Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
> The University of Sydney
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