tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post2139940587262153962..comments2023-10-31T02:31:23.227+09:00Comments on Visual Anthropology of Japan - 日本映像人類学: "Tokyo Reality"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post-52792513861651093822009-01-19T23:06:00.000+09:002009-01-19T23:06:00.000+09:00about the only positive thing that one can say abo...about the only positive thing that one can say about that film is that it does show off the capabilities of the camera fairly well....other than that, it presents the "reality" most tourists wish to capture when they come here, and has been edited according to the script of preconceived notions they check-in with. <BR/><BR/>I actually think this video is all about "weird" japan, the imagery calculated (unimaginatively so, hence the over-reliance on trains and the commute) to present an other japan of drones marching lock step to the beat of the group code, essentially faceless behind their allergy masks and shinbun. <BR/><BR/>The whole thing is laughable really -- particularly the introduction of this protagonist, alienated from it all, alone with his thoughts by the train window while the masses huddle in a somnolent state. Just in case we don't "get it", we finish with this L’Étranger pushed out to the fringes (Odaiba, not very fringe at all really), forced to view his contrived Tokyo from afar, his thoughts racking back and forth between a faux Tour Eiffel in the distance and Lady Liberty in the foreground, who in her twice removed from home existence mocks the supposed lack of freedom in this "Tokyo reality", which is anything but.rikishihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224433797746024946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544279062280496043.post-79255464556200376822009-01-06T08:53:00.000+09:002009-01-06T08:53:00.000+09:00I'd guess it's the equipment, though I've been dro...I'd guess it's the equipment, though I've been drooling after the new 5D since it was announced so I might be just a little biased. As far as I know, there haven't been all that many demonstrations of its video mode yet, apart from Vincent Laforet's of course. It sure looks pretty, but I guess I'll just have to wait until video mode makes its way to the entry level models.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, no ethics of photography spin this time? I thought this one was begging for it, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com