{"id":690,"date":"2021-09-19T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:47:14","slug":"what-is-expanded-japanese-cinema-with-julian-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/what-is-expanded-japanese-cinema-with-julian-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Expanded Japanese Cinema? (with Julian Ross)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-conjunction-with-the-upcoming-camera-japan-festival-at-lab111-a-celebration-of-upcoming-and-contemporary-japanese-films-we-explore-our-own-personal-relationship-to-what-japanese-cinema-offers-the-wealth-of-japanese-films-are-too-rich-to-ever-justly-cover-in-a-single-episode-so-instead-we-are-joined-by-programmer-and-researcher-of-japanese-cinema-julian-ross-to-explore-an-overlooked-genre-of-japanese-film-expanded-cinema-a-radical-form-that-subverts-our-understanding-of-what-cinema-can-be-and-the-audience-s-relationship-to-the-screen\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">In conjunction with the upcoming<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/camera-japan-festival-2021\/\"> Camera Japan Festival<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/\">LAB111<\/a>, a celebration of upcoming and contemporary Japanese films, we explore our own personal relationship to what Japanese cinema offers. The wealth of Japanese films are too rich to ever justly cover in a single episode, so instead we are joined by programmer and researcher of Japanese cinema Julian Ross, to explore an overlooked genre of Japanese film &#8211; Expanded Cinema, a radical form that subverts our understanding of what cinema can be and the audience&#8217;s relationship to the screen.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nl\/podcast\/celebrating-cinema\/id1558165273\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffc8dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nl\/podcast\/celebrating-cinema\/id1558165273 noopener\">Subscribe to our podcast<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/how-did-i-come-to-love-japanese-cinema\/\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffc8dc\">Read the Cold Open<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: What is Expanded Japanese Cinema? (with Julian Ross)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/6n0hhU9XjyNQBnnmxis74z?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/23415252_10159658425605014_8275945336598258567_o-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/23415252_10159658425605014_8275945336598258567_o-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/23415252_10159658425605014_8275945336598258567_o-500x727.jpg 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/23415252_10159658425605014_8275945336598258567_o-330x480.jpg 330w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/23415252_10159658425605014_8275945336598258567_o.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-guest\">Our guest<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Researcher and writer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rossjulian.com\/\">Julian Ross<\/a> has been a programmer for International Film Festival Rotterdam since 2015, curating the Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia (features) selection, and he has been on the selection committee of the Locarno Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020 he published the book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archivebooks.org\/japanese-expanded-cinema-and-intermedia-critical-texts-of-the-1960s\/\">Japanese Expanded Cinema and Intermedia: Critical Texts of the 1960s<\/a><\/em>, alongside fellow editors Ann Adachi-Tasch and Go Hirasawa, on the indelible mark Intermedia and Expanded Cinema, both as critical approach and artistic practice, left on a period of Japanese art history that is broadly considered to be one of its most dynamic moments in the wake of its postwar reemergence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"on-our-next-episode\">Next episode<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have a very special episode, at the request of Hugo himself who has managed to convince Tom to sit down and discuss Clint Eastwood&#8217;s latest (and maybe his final) film <em>Cry Macho <\/em>after its release on the 17th of September on HBO&#8217;s streaming platform. Consider this both Hugo&#8217;s attempt to create a Clint Eastwood spin-off show and Tom&#8217;s desperate struggle to bring Hugo back to reality both with his own podcasting ambitions and Clint Eastwood himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"film-club\">Film Club<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s competition time! We want to hear your reviews of the Camera Japan Festival, what film(s) did you see and what was your experience? Did you agree with Hugo&#8217;s review of  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-wife-of-a-spy\/\">Wife Of A Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2020)<\/a>? Submit your reviews even in the Apple review section of this podcast or write to us at <a href=\"mailto:celerbatingcinema@lab111.nl\">celerbatingcinema@lab111.nl<\/a> to have the chance of winning a <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.lab111.nl\/product\/celebrating-cinema-tote-bag\/\">Celebrating Cinema Tote Bag<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/strangelove\/\">10% off our brand new pizzas!!!!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"films-mentioned\">Films mentioned<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">(click on the links for tickets to screenings at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\">LAB111<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Late Spring (Yasujir\u00f4 Ozu, 1949)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drive My Car (Ry\u00fbsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-wife-of-a-spy\/\">Wife Of A Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dada &#8217;62 (Takahiko Iimura, 1962)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funeral Parade Of Roses (Toshio Matsumoto, 1969)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakk\u00f4 no Kaidan G (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1998) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Violent Cop (Takeshi Kitano, 1989)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Along The Sea (Akio Fujimoto, 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-ainu-mosir\/\">Ainu Mosir (Takeshi Fukunaga, 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-kontora\/\">Kontora (Anshul Chauhan, 2019)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-under-the-open-sky\/\">Under The Open Sky (Miwa Nishikawa, 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lab111.nl\/movie\/camera-japan-festival-georama-boy-panorama-girl\/\">Georama Boy, Panorama Girl (Natsuki Seta, 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Happy Hour (Ry\u00fbsuke Hamaguchi, 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-hosts\">Our hosts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Tom.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Tom.png 1600w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Tom-300x300.png 300w, 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768w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-1140x1140.png 1140w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/celebratingcinema.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CelebratingCinema_BW_Elliot-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">from left to right: Tom Ooms (film programmer), Hugo Emmerzael (film critic) Kiriko Mechanicus (film maker), Elliot Bloom (podcast producer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure 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