Re: Japanese New Wave

From: Joost Rekveld (email suppressed)
Date: Tue May 30 2006 - 05:01:30 PDT


Imamura died today:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5029780.stm

On 28 May 2006, at 20:26, Mike White wrote:

> Just an update on this project:
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> http://www.japanesenewwave.com
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>
>
>> Some friends of mine and I are attempting to re-subtitle bevy of
>> Japanese New Wave / ATG titles -- they're slowly being released
>> on DVD
>> in Japan and the occasional subtitled print turns up on video.
>> We've
>> been taking the subs from the old VHS and adding them to the new
>> prints
>> in order to create pristine versions.
>>
>> I know it sounds like a dumb hobby, but it's so nice to see these
>> films
>> with legible English!
>>
>> That said, we've been hunting down subtitled movies by Oshima,
>> Masumura, Imamura, Shinoda, Teshigahara, Terayama, etc. If anyone
>> has
>> any flicks they'd like to donate to the cause, please let me
>> know.
>>
>> So far we've done DEATH BY HANGING and PASTORAL: TO DIE IN
>> COUNTRY with
>> more on the way.
>>
>> - Mike White
>>
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>
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