Post by Martin Stett on Aug 4, 2019 4:57:13 GMT
Or a similar set from another company. The point being, obscure and hard to find (or impossible to find) in America.
The filmmaker that prompts this question is writer Shuji Terayama, someone I know little about but was involved in poetry, film, avant garde theater (one of his projects had his actors going to people's houses and asking to be let in, resulting in the cops being called a few times), songwriting, etc.
Criterion Channel looks like they have some of his stuff (Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Killers on Parade, etc), and he seems like the sort of gonzo weirdo that would intrigue people into giving him a whirl. That said, stuff like Emperor Tomato Ketchup look like they'd be too much for almost anyone to release (and good lord, I definitely don't want to watch it).
I don't think I'd like any of his films, tbh. But they seem like the sort of thing that could get a good box set going, both with his directorial works and stuff that he wrote for directors like Masahiro Shinoda and Susumu Hani.
The filmmaker that prompts this question is writer Shuji Terayama, someone I know little about but was involved in poetry, film, avant garde theater (one of his projects had his actors going to people's houses and asking to be let in, resulting in the cops being called a few times), songwriting, etc.
Criterion Channel looks like they have some of his stuff (Pastoral: To Die in the Country, Killers on Parade, etc), and he seems like the sort of gonzo weirdo that would intrigue people into giving him a whirl. That said, stuff like Emperor Tomato Ketchup look like they'd be too much for almost anyone to release (and good lord, I definitely don't want to watch it).
I don't think I'd like any of his films, tbh. But they seem like the sort of thing that could get a good box set going, both with his directorial works and stuff that he wrote for directors like Masahiro Shinoda and Susumu Hani.
