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Dear All
Joy Hendry has asked me to send out the poster for Dolores Martinez’
seminar. She is very much looking forward to seeing you there, and would
be grateful if you could display the attached poster if you have a board.
Dolores Martinez’ research involves exploring the relationship between the
Japanese filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, and modern western film directors. The
impetus for the research began in an attempt to turn on its head the
Orientalist premise that ‘Japan is a society that copies’ by exploring the
variety of ways in which Hollywood as a part of US society has copied from
Japan. This research has led her towards an analysis of how local and
global filmmaking constitute each other. The role Kurosawa has played in
not only setting a technical standard, which other filmmakers have hoped
to achieve or surpass, but also in writing narratives that have been
incorporated into other films is the subject of a book she is planning to
complete in the next few months. The research for the book has allowed her
to consider a wide range of theory relating to the human capacity for
creating narratives and translating them, as well as giving her an excuse
to watch films with titles like Battle Beyond the Stars; Run, Lola, Run,
and The Killing!
Best wishes,
Chantal Butchinsky.
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