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This entry was posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Advanced Audio Blog 3 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
9 Responses to “Audio Blog S3 #2 - Indies Film”
Sunday at 6:30 pm
皆さんこんにちは!
Welcome to the 2nd installment of Audio Blog Season 3. Please enjoy the blog and the free talk between Natsuko-san and Take-san afterwards! You can find a transcript for both the blog and conversation in the Lesson Notes
ブログ本文:
映画 ブラ・アメリカ
去年まで、私は原宿にMOGRAというギャラリーカフェを運営していた。
場所柄、実に面白い、変わった人達が集う特別な場所だったように思う。
一番最初の出展者は忘れもしないお店のオープニングを飾った播磨さんという現代美術、映像作家だった。
彼がアメリカ留学時代に製作したブラ・アメリカという映画の上映会で、あるびっくりするような物を展示していたのだが、これが実にシャレのきいた見事なものだった。
それはなんと全長5mをこえる純白の巨大ブラ。播磨氏本人が時間をかけて自ら制作したものだった。
その大きなブラが天井に吊るされて、その下で観客が上映作品を見るという何とも滑稽な光景だったが作品は秀逸で上映後は拍手喝さいの大盛況。
内容はアメリカの若者がとあるオカルトな秘密結社に巻き込まれていく様を描くというものだった。
この映画はそれから間もなくJETRO主催のイベントで日本代表のインディーズムービーとしてアメリカで上映されることになった。
どんなきっかけ、どんなタイミングで物事が進んでいくのか、誰も想像出来ない事もあるが、まず本人の強い意思と働きかけがなければ何事も形にはなっていかない。
播磨さん自身も多大な情熱をこの作品に注ぎ込んだに違いないと思う。<S13>商業的な感覚とは別のベクトルで湧き上がる創作意欲。<S14>その根源は子供の時に感じたような好奇心に近いものを感じるが、我々にとってとても大事なエネルギーの源かもしれない。
Sunday at 10:40 pm
The word-by-word dialog transcription is 最高!!!
Monday at 5:21 am
At long last, you are providing transcripts not only of the lesson itself but of the discussion surrounding it, in this case the chat between Natsuko and Take. I can’t tell you what an improvement this makes, having the transcript available to follow the conversation. Here is where we get to hear some real japanese talk, with the normal hesitations and interjections people use in everyday life. I was surprised that both Natsuko and Take were so unfamiliar with the world of independent films, but this may be because of a difference in what such films are inside and outside of Japan. In the USA, independent films no longer present an image of avant-gardism or narrow focus, but are often widely popular, plot and character driven, with major actors and directors involved. Even the enormously popular My Big, Fat, Greeki Wedding was an indie, produced for only $5 million while raking in nearly $300,000. So, while there are many “experimental” and “nocommercial” indies, there are just as many that are meant for general audiences and with aspirations to make money. Most such films are simply independent of the major studios’ financing, with the money raised privately. The same directors and stars who work for the big studios frequently appear in indies. And, of course, many indie actors and directors are complete unknowns.
Monday at 5:22 am
That should be $300 million, not $300,000!!
Monday at 6:39 am
JP101!
I really enjoy this season 3 blog very much! I liked the conversation between Natsuko-san and Take-san.
This blog seems like more mature adult oriented not like the last blog season 2 that was not good.
I can’t wait for the next one # 3
S_R_C
Monday at 10:44 am
単調すぐる
Monday at 2:47 pm
marumaki さん
気にいってもらえて、うれしいです!
kabukiguyさん
フィードバックありがとうございます。これからも、改善していきますよ!
Sindyシンディーさん、
いつもありがとうございます!
bakudandanさん、
単調すぎましたか。。。次回をお楽しみに!
Tuesday at 11:33 pm
yeah there NO transcript!
“Bra America”? thats a Movie?
ill have to check it out
its a JP Movie?
ill Look it up.
Thursday at 3:58 pm
僕もインディズフィルム大好きなので同じ気がする人がこのブログをしているよろこんでいます。最近すごくいいショットを見ました。英語なんですけどおもしろかった。スパイクジョンズの作品I’m Hereと言う映画でした。ネットで無料に見られる「www.imheremovie.com」興味があれば、ぜひ見てください。日本のインディズフィルムも見たいのでお勧めあれば教えてください。
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