Schedule in Japan

５月７日まで日本に滞在予定なんですが、今のところ、次のようなイベントを予定しております。

４月２１日（月）　武蔵野美大映像学科で特別講義
http://eizou.musabi.ac.jp/

４月２６日（土）　新宿の紀伊国屋で河瀬直美さんと対談（河瀬さんのDVD Box 発売記念イベント）
http://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/01f/event/shinjukuseminar.htm#seminar_kawase

５月３日（土）　　僕の地元・足利映像祭で『選挙』上映＋質疑応答。山さんも来てくれます！
http://ashikaga.info/content/Friendship.php

MoMA screening continues

Screenings at MoMA still goes on.

POV's Cathy Fisher wrote a nice and witty article on the opening night at MoMA. ***Read the article

Also, A.O. Scott of New York Times wrote a great review on CAMPAIGN. ***Read the review

MoMA @ Titus 2 Theater
11 West 53 Street, NYC
http://www.moma.org/calendar/films.php?id=8214&ref=calendar

Fri, April 11, 8:00 PM
Sat, April 12, 3:00 PM
Sun, April 13, 2:00 PM

Screening is free with Museum admission and to MoMA members
Otherwise, Adults $10, Seniors $8 (65 and over with ID)
Students $6 (full-time with current ID)
Children (sixteen and under) Free, but a ticket is required

MoMA's screening started!

Thank you, everybody, for coming to the screening at MoMA last night!

I saw so many familiar but unexpected faces among the audience. It made me realize that NY is my home town, and there's nothing like my own home!

Thanks to Yama-san, and MoMA organizers Jytte, William, Paul, and, Aparna, the Q&A after screening was so much fun. I didn't realize that it lasted for an hour!

The projector of MoMA was state of the art, and my film looked so beautiful. It's a rare chance to see it in such a superb condition, so if you didn't make it last night, please come to see it! We still have 5 screenings left.


昨日の上映会に来て下さった方々、ありがとうございました。

ずっとご無沙汰していた懐かしい、意外な方々にもお会いできて、なんだか感無量でした。やっぱりニューヨークは僕の第二のふるさとなんだなあと、今更ながらしみじみ思いました。

山さんやMoMAのスタッフのお陰で、上映後の質疑応答も多いに盛り上がりました。後で聞いたら１時間も続いたそうで、調子にのってベラベラしゃべってたんだなあ、みなさんに迷惑じゃなかったかなあ、とちょっと心配です。でも、楽しかった。

MoMAの上映環境もさすがに超一流で、あれほど高性能のプロジェクターを使ってハイビジョン（HD)で見られる機会は、そうないと思います。
まだ上映が５回残ってますので、まだの方、ぜひご覧下さいませ！

MoMA @ Titus 2 Theater
11 West 53 Street, NYC
http://www.moma.org/calendar/films.php?id=8214&ref=calendar

Wed, April 9, 6:00 PM
Thu, April 10, 6:00 PM
Fri, April 11, 8:00 PM
Sat, April 12, 3:00 PM
Sun, April 13, 2:00 PM

Screening is free with Museum admission and to MoMA members
Otherwise, Adults $10, Seniors $8 (65 and over with ID)
Students $6 (full-time with current ID)
Children (sixteen and under) Free, but a ticket is required

Yama-san will be at MoMA!

The screenings at MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) is starting from April 7th.
And the film's protagonist, Kazuhiko "Yama-san" Yamauchi will also be there!
Meet us at the Q&A after the screening on Monday, 7th. It will be a lot of fun.

New York Times' A.O.Scott wrote "“Campaign,” a fascinating Japanese documentary opening Monday at the Museum of Modern Art, is likely to challenge some very basic American assumptions about democracy. ""“Campaign” may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinéma vérité."

ニューヨーク近代美術館での上映が、４月７日から始まります。主人公の山さんも、急遽、７日の質疑応答に駆けつけてくれることになりました。NYにいるみなさん、ぜひいらっしゃってください。

ニューヨークタイムズに非常に良い批評が載りました。

April 7 - 13, 2008
ONE WEEK ONLY!

MoMA @ Titus 2 Theater
11 West 53 Street, NYC
http://www.moma.org/calendar/films.php?id=8214&ref=calendar

Mon, April 7, 7:00 PM (Q&A with the filmmaker and Yama-san)
Wed, April 9, 6:00 PM
Thu, April 10, 6:00 PM
Fri, April 11, 8:00 PM
Sat, April 12, 3:00 PM
Sun, April 13, 2:00 PM

Screening is free with Museum admission and to MoMA members
Otherwise, Adults $10, Seniors $8 (65 and over with ID)
Students $6 (full-time with current ID)
Children (sixteen and under) Free, but a ticket is required