Dog of Flanders - 127.670.000 Japanese Fans Can't Be Wrong
Didier
TEASER EXPO ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTARY
Every day several Japanese tourists visit the cathedral of Antwerp in Flanders. In front of Rubens’
Descent from the cross they start to cry. Why? Nobody in Flanders has any idea that they are moved because of a tiny book written by Louise de La Ramée 133 years ago. Today “Dog of Flanders” is taught in Japanese high schools, it is a classic in the UK and the States and has inspired numerous films and TV series in Japan and the States. The most important is the Japanese animated series of 1975 that counted 52 episodes and influenced the Japanese culture intensely (30 million television Japanese viewed the last episode. Many of them can still sing the series opening song, … in Dutch!)
Didier Volckaert and An van. Dienderen are preparing the documentary
PATRASCHE – a Dog of Flanders, Made in Japan. For this film they have been researching archives and libraries for the last two years. They found 35mm and 16mm prints of all USA films based on the book. They found first print books both from the UK, USA and Japan. They were able to interview numerous people involved in the making of the legendary 1975 Japanese animated series. They filmed about 40 hours of interview and obtained almost every printed and filmed source important for the documentary. The documentary evokes several imagined versions of Flanders and raises questions on its identity.
The
TEASER EXPO is the first public appearance of this documentary project in which clips of the American and Japanese films will be screened and more than 200 images will be presented (stills from the films, illustrations from original book prints, personal Polaroid’s by Didier Volckaert etc).
Teaser Expo Beursschouwburg Bruxelles: Expo open until 2/11 from Wednesday till Saturday from 1 PM till evening.
PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY: 11 December 2007 UGC Antwerp and unique screenings at the cathedral in Antwerp (27,28,30,31/12/07 en 2,3,4,6/1/08)
MORE INFO:
http://WWW.DOGOFFLANDERS.BE