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Greetings from J-List July 14, 1998

Peter Payne by Peter Payne
27 years ago
in Your Friend in Japan

Hi from Japan. The big news from this side of the ocean is that Godzilla has finally hit here — to monster-sized yawn, according to most accounts. My wife and I were quite disappointed with the the film, not just because they turned one of the major film genres of the 20th century into Jurassic Park III, but also because of the lack of respect for the original work they showed. Except for Godzilla’s piercing screech and the flashing Toho picture before the start of the movie, nothing survived the transition — not the uplifting and unique original’s musical score, not the themes of Godzilla as a protector of Japan, not the slow-moving campiness. All had been sacrificed for flashy CG and a love interest between Ferris Beuler and a blonde Betty Boop that was apparently inspired by the movie “Twister.” (Japanese director Shusuke Kaneko pointed out in a Jiji Press article that it was interesting that the Japanese Godzilla “stoically braves missile attacks” which cannot harm him, but the American film-makers “seem unable to accept a creature that cannot be put down by their weapons.”)

The film is really one of the best examples of how different Japan and America are. My wife, with all her wisdom, once observed that “if an American has a choice between a small, delicious piece of cake, and a big one that tastes awful, he’ll take the big one every time.” (Apologies to anyone who’s offended by any of this…but my wife and I were up til dawn after watching the American Godzilla, so I wanted to pass on some of her thoughts to the list…) In Japan, a major aesthetic theme is that of wabi and sabi, which can be summed up as “less is more” or “simple is best.” This can be explained best by a scene I saw in Hideyoshi, a great samurai drama that was on NHK a couple of years ago about the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi

Announcing the J-List Summer Video Sale

Because we’ve got to clear our large stock of videos out in time for our forthcoming move, we’re having a Big Sale on all in-stock videos. In addition to current prices and free-shipping offers. J-List will give you

$1 off if you order one video
$2 off per video if you order two videos
$3 off per video if you order three videos
$4 off per video if you order four videos
and $5 off per video if you order five or more videos!

This means you can get $25 off an order of five already-reduced videos, or $500 off if you order just 100 videos (well, that’s getting a little carried away, but you know what we mean). You’ll be happy, since you’ll get some great Japanese AV and save a bunch of money, Kaori will be happy because it will free up the stock room — everyone wins! Considering that there are some close-outs on the Video Warehouse pages as low as $25, with free SAL shipping included, this offer brings the prices to ridiculously low levels. Now is the time to stock up on all the Ozawa Madoka and Yoshino Sari videos you need to get you through the summer…

The sale only applies to in-stock Japanese AV videos, and only until the end of July.

Tags: GodzillaMoviesUSA

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