Session 9 Discussion

[Anonymous]

A few of the points I noted during this lengthy discussion as a seemingly interminable prelude before viewing the film clips we all awaited with baited breath are as follows:

[Anonymous]

Spot on that film is a very powerful medium with which to influence people, and why powerful groups of people or governments use film, and seek to control others through their calculated use of film. Film is also inextricably bound with music, most of the time, and it cannot be underestimated how filmmakers use music as an emotional manipulator. There are some films without music, or much music, but the music accompanying a scene will determine the emotional undercurrent.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

I found the discussion to be interesting. I haven't seen many of the films discussed but I appreciated the information on the history of Japanese cinema.

Japanese film industry was like the old American system.
The film Rashomon changed things in 1950 different versions of the same event. The ideas of multiple perspectives is an idea that I've done in my English classes with news articles, eye witness accounts, and other situations when perspective is evident.

This film gathered international attention and changed Japan's film industry and brought Japanese cinema to the world.

Later, the Civil Rights Movement and the changes of the people's views the film industry began to change. After WWII, there were more people going to college, people's film taste starts to change, world cinema becomes big.

French new wave has some similarities with Japanese film. I've studied the French Nouvelle Vague mouvement in high school and college, and literature of the same period while a student in Paris.

Late 1950s Kurosawa became a well-known Japanese film maker.

I appreciated the film clips. There wasn't enough time for this. I agree.
Last Samurai shows the image of a stereotypic Japanese samurai. this would be a great way to show students and give them a typical samurai, even if it is cheesey.
Shall we Dance looks like a wonderful film I plan to watch.
Memoirs of a geisha stereotype of women in Asia. I would not show this to students. It is not even played by Japanese actors.
The film Love Letter, an iconic love story in which woman calls out the traditional saying of How are you, I am fine. Way to start a letter. My students who enjoy love stories, dramatic movies would love this clip. Many are obsessed with Japanese culture, anime, manga, film.
"Crying out loud." Made in 2000 about a love story in the 80s. Walk man communication depicting a "pure" love story. This sounds like an interesting story.
"Fairy tale" was mentioned as a love story that is also well-known.

This was a sad reality, that Japan has a very high suicide rate. Many social problems are associated. It is partially blamed on bullying, and other problems. I would like to understand this issue.
Movie Suicide Club was shocking and would not be something I would show to students. Girls decided to jump on tracks.
Horror: Audition. About a TV exec who auditions girls and chooses the most demure and she's the most psycho. She tortures him. Unwatchable, another film I would not show to students.
Evalengelion anime beginning and the end. This would appeal to my students.

[Anonymous]

Japanese films were as important as the Hollywood films. Japanese cinema was watched in Europe. When cinema gets translated into other languages, it shows that the films are so good that they need to be shown elsewhere other than the county of origin. Cinema of Japan was even more popular during WWII because it was an outlet for people not worries or stop thinking of the on going war. Also, it sometimes sent encrypted messages to the audience.

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