Thursday, July 27, 2006

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"Paris: Day 03 - Japan Expo Paris-Cinéma "

___ Go to Paris and visit an exhibition on Japan not seem very logical, but the cas uality wanted the dates of our trip coincided with the event, and as good fans at period that has to do with the country of the rising sun, we could not miss it. ___

Under the generic name Japan Expo, lurks a kind of Salo del Manga the French. Although all is said, the differences are remarkable. Not better or worse, different. ___

Upon arrival at the Parc d'expositions one was watching the much
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edumbre of geeks queuing and fearing to visit the place sandwiched between passages of people in disguise. But once inside, the fear of becoming a faded canned sardines to discover the extent of the enclosure. It was curious to find out what they had everything controlled. The security people seemed bodyguard, always with his sunglasses and earpiece in the ear, and in the press section, four girls polyglot that you attended and provided material things so much easier when writing your article.

___ To us and we had confirmed by e-mail accreditation. Thanks to Tower , we introduce ourselves as members of Infotaku , but in reality we freelance and in this case the material would go to three different portals (Infotaku , OcioJoven and Fantasymundo ). We understand the French bakery at (ie " me a croissant and orange juice "), depended entirely on Laure agreed to be interviewed so we had to beg to also credited. The funniest thing was when one of the girls said in French press: "But of really do not understand anything, no French? "as fearing that we were kidding brew to our partner. And I, in my mental clarity, I reply:" No . And the girl looks at me and says, again in perfect French: " So why have understood and answered me? "Laure translated it and laugh a bit. Any English can understand French, which is already more difficult it is to speak. The three entered without problems, and most importantly, doing two hours of sun queue.


___ Before Press review the material and we drew a small map, we could not leave without seeing anything. Once inside, the chaos we threw the estimates for land and we had to improvise, following the scrum of people. It was especially curious fanzines section, the French love it really Curran. Some of their products were better quality than those of the stores, and amateur artists were really good. ___

After a walk of more than two hours and a thorough analysis, we decided to go to eat. We find nothing more than an off-campus cafeteria, which sold only one kind of diet packaged sandwiches, we ate one of Poulet Grilled had no more than 300kcal and a Coca-Cola which fortunately was not light (to compensate). Entering again, we expect the interview with Aurore (aka BlackCat ), the author of the poster of this issue.

___ ago several years, maybe six or seven, I'm not sure the web server staff found Aurore BlackCat . Back then, the girl was still a French zinesters, but his drawings were of the very best in network. I was struck with Galou , but I must admit, that in the coming years forgot all about them. A month ago, I came across the poster Japan Expo this year, and then I knew without a doubt, that this girl was the author. Without thinking twice, I contacted her to arrange an interview. Twist of fate. Now Aurore is the author of "Pixie " and did some questions during a plenary session of firms in the booth Delcourt. You can view the transcript and video here. ___

Before leaving, wanted to record some greetings of cosplayers for the video-interview we had to prepare, so we attacked a group of two kittens and a Captain Jack Sparrow the most realistic. The kid even moved like Johnny Depp .

___ But the best was yet to come. We called the Paris-Cinéma !, And YES, we were granted an interview with Kwang-Hyun Park-, the director of "Welcome to Dongmakgol , one of the most watched Korean films in history their country of origin and the film that swept the former Korean Film Awards. We were very lucky, despite not being credited (and is, in the mail and I explained that it was a coincidence to discover the festival and meet in Paris at that time) allowed us to interview for the Sunday 9: next day was the football World Cup final between France and Italy, and of course ... No Frenchman wanted to interview! So after Japan Expo we went to the Loire M2K, a cinema complex, divided by a canal and linked by a ferry that should take no more than 60 seconds to cross the pond. There we could see the movie for only 4 € (to see if learning festivals here, instead of lowering prices, double) and give us a break.


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After visiting the Expo Japan, Asian film felt like a lot. And the truth is that, despite being in the original Korean (which I do not understand dad, just a few words of greetings and silly) and subtitled in French and English, understood the movie was great and absolutely brilliant. I must say, the realization is felt that this was the first film of its director (he had previously done some advertising and another short), but the story kept the charm from beginning to end and the soundtrack of my idolotrado Joe Hisaishi helped a lot. Moreover, it was a pass with presentation included director and like it or not, movies always like best when you have to charge more than four seats. ___

The pass also accompanied us Thithu , a Vietnamese friend Laure (actually French, born in France, but his parents are Vietnamese). Is a translator, so I knew English, we understood each other perfectly. Not just the language but also for his personality. Thithu was a very open and funny girl, and when they got together the three ( Isa, and she Laure ) by messing with a good plan director Welcome, well ... You did not know what to do! Go three: P

___ Dinner that night Raqulette cheese with roasted potatoes, delicious. There was a good day, travel is to discover and enjoy new experiences, without doubt, that was one of the most complete. ___

The briconsejo, I say! ... travel-advice today is not suitable for travel. Never assume anything, sometimes plans go wrong and sometimes go wrong, important thing is to learn of good and evil. Similarly, do not assume no for an answer. I laughed when I wrote the mail to Paris-Cinéma, was sure he would not answer, but thanks to the tozudería that distinguishes me, I entered a movie to my top-ten and interviewed its director. And the memory I keep it forever.


Related Links:

-Report published in Japan Expo : Infotaku, Fantasymundo , Ociojoven . -Interview
Aurore posted at: Infotaku, Fantasymundo , Ociojoven .



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