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Jessica Rosner
Kino International
333 W 39th St. 503
NY NY 10018
jrosner@kino.com
From: "Cartford, Peter, JCL" <CartfordP@jocolibrary.org>
Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:14:44 -0500
To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: RE: [Videolib] More Charlie Chan
Jessica wrote: --- If you want to see the Chan films you will have to buy
the bootlegs on eBay (which are plentiful and ignored by Fox) ---
Or you can check at your local public library, a fair number of which have
some or all of the prime Chan titles--see WorldCat. If yours isn't one of
them there's always ILL.
PC
Peter Cartford
AV Librarian
Johnson County Library
Overland Park, KS
913-495-2496
cartfordp@jocolibrary.org
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From: Jessica Rosner [mailto:jrosner@kino.com]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:24 PM
To: videolib
Subject: [Videolib] More Charlie Chan
It appears for now that Fox will not be swayed despite the fact the the
overwhelming number of responses to them were in favor of showing the films
One VERY interesting note in yesterday's New York Daily News ( and I suspect
elsewhere) claimed that the films were pulled because Rupert Murdoch's wife
who is Chinese objected. Fox denies this and claims that it was due
to objection by "community groups".
This remains a very sad case of "commercial" censorship of the first order
and very, very ironic given the rants that ALL Fox media outlets engage in
when they claim that some "liberal" group is engaging in "PC" politics
If you want to see the Chan films you will have to buy the bootlegs on
eBay (which are plentiful and ignored by Fox)
jessica
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Re: [Videolib] More Charlie Chan
As far as I can tell only 4 of the 20 plus Fox Chan's have ever been legall=
y out on video
I did not keep tabs on the Monograms. However I do suggest taking advantage=
of the four
( I can't remember titles but I know CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA is one of th=
em) so you can
see for yourself that Chan is NOT some shuffling, stupid, offensive charact=
er
Sadly as far as anyone knows the Mr. Moto's AND the Will Rogers films are a=
lso gone
permanently from Fox Movie Channel. This is a sad loss for movie buff=
s and as Fox owns them it is unlikely they would allow them out in another f=
ashion ( ie licensing them to Turner for
Broadcast or hey Kino for reissue).
I will just watch them on the "big" screen which is 16mm at the m=
ovie buff shows
jessica
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Jessica Rosner
Kino International
333 W 39th St. 503
NY NY 10018
jrosner@kino.com
From: "Cartford, Peter, JCL" <CartfordP@jocolibrary.org=
>
Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:14:44 -0500
To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: RE: [Videolib] More Charlie Chan
Jessica wrote: --- If y=
ou want to see the Chan films you will have to buy the bootlegs on eBay (whi=
ch are plentiful and ignored by Fox) ---
Or you can check at your local publ=
ic library, a fair number of which have some or all of the prime Chan titles=
--see WorldCat. If yours isn't one of them there's always ILL.=
PC
Peter Cartford
AV Librarian
Johnson County Librar=
y
Overland Park, KS
913-495-2496
cartfordp@jocolibrary.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Jessica Rosner [mailto:jrosner@kino.com]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:24 PM
To: videolib
Subject: [Videolib] More Charlie Chan
It appears for now that Fox will no=
t be swayed despite the fact the the
overwhelming number of responses to=
them were in favor of showing the films
One VERY interesting note in yester=
day's New York Daily News ( and I suspect
elsewhere) claimed that the films w=
ere pulled because Rupert Murdoch's wife
who is Chinese objected. Fox denies=
this and claims that it was due
to objection by "community gro=
ups".
This remains a very sad case of &qu=
ot;commercial" censorship of the first order
and very, very ironic given the ran=
ts that ALL Fox media outlets engage in
when they claim that some "lib=
eral" group is engaging in "PC" politics
If you want to see the Chan films y=
ou will have to buy the bootlegs on
eBay (which are plentiful and ignor=
ed by Fox)
jessica
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Jessica Rosner
Kino International
333 W 39th St. 503
NY NY 10018
jrosner@kino.com
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