I've met with some really good ones, but I still can't decide. I keep thinking that I will click with "the one." It's like looking for Mr. Right. You just know. I haven't had that feeling yet. Maybe I'm asking for too much.
Any suggestions? I really need a kick ass editor, and I need him/her soon.
Friday, January 07, 2005
Exhibition Ideas
The owners of the Chalmette Movies 9, a locally owned and operated movietheater in St. Bernard Parish, have a nine-screen theater which is constantly trying to dedicate its ninth screen to showing more independent and foreign films. So many films are overshadowed these daysby the plight of the big Hollywood blockbusters. They are showing three such films this January: "Primer," "Tae-Guk-Gi: The Brotherhood of War" and "Bright Young Things." Admission is regularly $5.50, but for NOFF members with this email or a valid membership card will be charged $4.00. The Chalmette Movies 9 is only fifteen minutes from the French Quarter and only twenty minutes from Metairie. We are located at 8700 West JudgePerez Drive, next door to Luther's Bar-B-Q, about two miles past JacksonBarracks.
Opportunity to DISTRIBUTE your shorts & meet fellow filmmakers, LondonFrom: jason*at*icontactfilms.com
Dear Fellow Writers, Film-makers, Tea Makers, Directors, Producers, Actors, Musicians, et al… We continue our Network Meetings in North Finchley *at* the Autumn House on; Mon 10th and 24th January *at* 8pm http://www.wizardinns.co.uk/gpageautumnefinchley.html http://www.citypublife.co.uk/autumnhousenfna.htm So come along, network, write and make films with people who are as crazy about film as you. Nearest tube: Woodside Park. (Northern Line) Further details; mark*at*escapepictures.com
Opportunity to DISTRIBUTE your shorts & meet fellow filmmakers, LondonFrom: jason*at*icontactfilms.com
Dear Fellow Writers, Film-makers, Tea Makers, Directors, Producers, Actors, Musicians, et al… We continue our Network Meetings in North Finchley *at* the Autumn House on; Mon 10th and 24th January *at* 8pm http://www.wizardinns.co.uk/gpageautumnefinchley.html http://www.citypublife.co.uk/autumnhousenfna.htm So come along, network, write and make films with people who are as crazy about film as you. Nearest tube: Woodside Park. (Northern Line) Further details; mark*at*escapepictures.com
Note to Cloudy
Hey Cloudy,
It's so good to hear from you. I was just watching footage of you yesterday. It's like being with you again...like visiting. I really love looking at the footage now. I went through a really bad patch with it where I didn't want to look at anything. I'm over that now, I think. It's just that the scale is kind of frightening, but I have a handle on it. I've logged everything now.
I'm envious of your beach action. I really had fun at that place. The people were great out there, even if they did set the roof on fire.
Jacky has been getting some camera work, so we have been able to eat meat again (well, he's eating meat). I've given up chicken for a while because of the bird flu, so I'm just on the fish. He's in pre-production for a film he's shooting in March. Check out our non-TC website for details (www.elektrikzoo.com). He also just finished a short about torture...how we torture ourselves and each other in relationships.
I would absolutely love to have the premiere in Tokyo. When the time gets closer, I'm going to put out feelers to see how we can manage it. I figure with all the people we know in Tokyo, we should be able to rustle up something. Jacky always talks about wanting to go to Tokyo without a camera and just holiday. We must do it.
Jacky's knee is still in limbo. I think he's going home to Sweden to have an operation in the next two months.
Really appreciate the offer to stay with you. You are always welcome here as well.
Say hey to Aya.
Hugs,
Daneeta
It's so good to hear from you. I was just watching footage of you yesterday. It's like being with you again...like visiting. I really love looking at the footage now. I went through a really bad patch with it where I didn't want to look at anything. I'm over that now, I think. It's just that the scale is kind of frightening, but I have a handle on it. I've logged everything now.
I'm envious of your beach action. I really had fun at that place. The people were great out there, even if they did set the roof on fire.
Jacky has been getting some camera work, so we have been able to eat meat again (well, he's eating meat). I've given up chicken for a while because of the bird flu, so I'm just on the fish. He's in pre-production for a film he's shooting in March. Check out our non-TC website for details (www.elektrikzoo.com). He also just finished a short about torture...how we torture ourselves and each other in relationships.
I would absolutely love to have the premiere in Tokyo. When the time gets closer, I'm going to put out feelers to see how we can manage it. I figure with all the people we know in Tokyo, we should be able to rustle up something. Jacky always talks about wanting to go to Tokyo without a camera and just holiday. We must do it.
Jacky's knee is still in limbo. I think he's going home to Sweden to have an operation in the next two months.
Really appreciate the offer to stay with you. You are always welcome here as well.
Say hey to Aya.
Hugs,
Daneeta
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Weekend
Spent the weekend looking at footage and thinking about the structure. I could cut something really easy and straight-forward. I could make an entire TV documentary about Ken. But there is something bigger in the footage. Ken is definitely the key to it all as the main theme is about reinvention, and we see Ken totally reinvent himself during the course of the film. But, I still haven't been able to get at it. I'm sure that if I keep looking at the footage, something will reveal itself.
Have a meeting on Thursday with Jamie. He's an editor that Ross hooked me up with. Maybe he's got some suggestions. Just don't know.
I feel really alone at the moment. I mean, I've got a lot of great people around me supporting me, but I still feel this great weight of responsibility for the film. I wish I could share some of the weight with a producer and an editor.
Spoke with Richard yesterday about the contract with £$%^ Films. He's supposed to have everything done by the end of this week. Then I send it over to them. We'll see how it goes, but maybe I will have a producer soon.
Have a meeting on Thursday with Jamie. He's an editor that Ross hooked me up with. Maybe he's got some suggestions. Just don't know.
I feel really alone at the moment. I mean, I've got a lot of great people around me supporting me, but I still feel this great weight of responsibility for the film. I wish I could share some of the weight with a producer and an editor.
Spoke with Richard yesterday about the contract with £$%^ Films. He's supposed to have everything done by the end of this week. Then I send it over to them. We'll see how it goes, but maybe I will have a producer soon.
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Tokyo Cowboys Update
Dear Tokyo Cowboys Supporters,
It feels like its been ages since the last update, but it's only been a month (well, maybe a tad longer). I hope you all had a great winter holiday and are on your way to having the best year ever.
IN THIS MAIL
1) Offers
2) Editing Update
3) New DVD
4) Website Bits and Bobs
5) Helping Out
6) Certificate of Ownership for Investors
1) OFFERS
The best news is that we've had offers from three different production companies who want to post-produce the film for broadcast (HBO, BBC, Discovery, ABC Australia and UK's independent giant Channel 4 have all been mentioned). The winning offer comes from one of the leading documentary production companies in London. When contract negotiations are finished, we'll announce it in a separate email.
Tokyo Cowboys shares are still up for grabs, however, as soon as the contract is signed, shares will no longer be available.
2) EDITING UPDATE
The first part of the paper edit is completed. I have single-handedly logged all of the 450 hours of footage, dividing the material into possible scenes, interviews, shots, etc. The next phase is to create the structure of the piece. If you want up-to-the-minute updates on the edit (and an insight into my mental state), you can read the Tokyo Cowboys Blog at www.tokyocowboys.blogspot.com. You can even post your comments and suggestions.
3) NEW DVD
We have produced a DVD with the new Tokyo Cowboys promo, clips of 13 cowboys and three sequences. The DVD is being used to sell the project to broadcasters and distributors and has proved to be quite successful in getting people excited about the project. Remember, you can view clips on our web site at www.tokyocowboys.com (navigate to the "extras" section).
4) WEBSITE BITS & BOBS (www.tokyocowboys.com)
Things have been a bit slow with the website. The modem died on the PC, and I haven't been able to FTP from the authoring program. Soooo, I've had to wrestle the Mac away from Patrick, transfer the files and manually FTP them. This takes ages and usually creates some hiccups. If you find any broken links or other things that aren't working, PLEASE email me. Further, anyone with a PC to donate to the cause, please contact me.
No worries though, as I've managed to update the front page incorporating navigation into it. Also have a look at the "about" section. I felt that I was getting too much away from the poetic side of the film, so I wanted that reflected in this section. I'm going to do a small update by the end of the week, so check back then.
We could use your help with the website. Send us:
Tokyo Links
News about the Cowboys (read gossip)
Pictures of the Cowboys (I especially like the candid ones taken with keitai)
FAQ Questions
Comments and Suggestions
And, please sign the guestbook.
5) HELPING OUT
Tell people about the project (especially the media).
Encourage people to visit our website (www.tokyocowboys.com).
Link to the website.
Send us stuff for the website (see above).
Encourage people to sponsor us with cash (nothing too small) or goods (hardware, software, media, canned food, etc.). You can send money to daneeta@tokyocowboys.com through Pay Pal at www.paypal.com. It's free. Or, you can still buy shares at £500 each.
6) CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP FOR INVESTORS
If you have invested in Tokyo Cowboys and haven't received a certificate of ownership or a copy of the contract, please email me and let me know.
Again, thank all of you for your support over the past (ohmygod) two years. Please keep the encouraging emails coming as they keep us going. We are nearly to the home stretch.
Hugs,
Daneeta
P.S. I hope all of you avoided the devastation and heartbreak of the recent Tsunami. Please keep yourselves safe.
It feels like its been ages since the last update, but it's only been a month (well, maybe a tad longer). I hope you all had a great winter holiday and are on your way to having the best year ever.
IN THIS MAIL
1) Offers
2) Editing Update
3) New DVD
4) Website Bits and Bobs
5) Helping Out
6) Certificate of Ownership for Investors
1) OFFERS
The best news is that we've had offers from three different production companies who want to post-produce the film for broadcast (HBO, BBC, Discovery, ABC Australia and UK's independent giant Channel 4 have all been mentioned). The winning offer comes from one of the leading documentary production companies in London. When contract negotiations are finished, we'll announce it in a separate email.
Tokyo Cowboys shares are still up for grabs, however, as soon as the contract is signed, shares will no longer be available.
2) EDITING UPDATE
The first part of the paper edit is completed. I have single-handedly logged all of the 450 hours of footage, dividing the material into possible scenes, interviews, shots, etc. The next phase is to create the structure of the piece. If you want up-to-the-minute updates on the edit (and an insight into my mental state), you can read the Tokyo Cowboys Blog at www.tokyocowboys.blogspot.com. You can even post your comments and suggestions.
3) NEW DVD
We have produced a DVD with the new Tokyo Cowboys promo, clips of 13 cowboys and three sequences. The DVD is being used to sell the project to broadcasters and distributors and has proved to be quite successful in getting people excited about the project. Remember, you can view clips on our web site at www.tokyocowboys.com (navigate to the "extras" section).
4) WEBSITE BITS & BOBS (www.tokyocowboys.com)
Things have been a bit slow with the website. The modem died on the PC, and I haven't been able to FTP from the authoring program. Soooo, I've had to wrestle the Mac away from Patrick, transfer the files and manually FTP them. This takes ages and usually creates some hiccups. If you find any broken links or other things that aren't working, PLEASE email me. Further, anyone with a PC to donate to the cause, please contact me.
No worries though, as I've managed to update the front page incorporating navigation into it. Also have a look at the "about" section. I felt that I was getting too much away from the poetic side of the film, so I wanted that reflected in this section. I'm going to do a small update by the end of the week, so check back then.
We could use your help with the website. Send us:
Tokyo Links
News about the Cowboys (read gossip)
Pictures of the Cowboys (I especially like the candid ones taken with keitai)
FAQ Questions
Comments and Suggestions
And, please sign the guestbook.
5) HELPING OUT
Tell people about the project (especially the media).
Encourage people to visit our website (www.tokyocowboys.com).
Link to the website.
Send us stuff for the website (see above).
Encourage people to sponsor us with cash (nothing too small) or goods (hardware, software, media, canned food, etc.). You can send money to daneeta@tokyocowboys.com through Pay Pal at www.paypal.com. It's free. Or, you can still buy shares at £500 each.
6) CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP FOR INVESTORS
If you have invested in Tokyo Cowboys and haven't received a certificate of ownership or a copy of the contract, please email me and let me know.
Again, thank all of you for your support over the past (ohmygod) two years. Please keep the encouraging emails coming as they keep us going. We are nearly to the home stretch.
Hugs,
Daneeta
P.S. I hope all of you avoided the devastation and heartbreak of the recent Tsunami. Please keep yourselves safe.
Brent and Shun Wish you Happy New Year
Food for thought.......
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios
remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
The following is also something to ponder...
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 70% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married... you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that
cannot read at all.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios
remaining the same, it would look something like the following:
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would be non-Christian
30 would be Christian
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth and all 6 would be from the United States.
80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education
1 would own a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.
The following is also something to ponder...
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ...you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 70% of this world.
If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If your parents are still alive and still married... you are very rare, even in the United States and Canada
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that
cannot read at all.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Cards
I've been working on the index cards. This is where I go through the footage, organizing the material by putting potential scenes on individual index cards. The material can be broken down as follows:
Possible Sequences with Main Characters
Interviews with Main Characters
Gaijin Interviews
Nihonjin Interviews
Places
Stereotype/Non-Stereotype scenes (e.g. Taichi in the park vs. Homeless in the Park)
Each index card holds a gem. This film could be four hours long. The next step is to begin to structure...arranging the index cards. Then I can start to delete cards until I have a tight structure. I'm trying to do as much as possible for the editor before he comes on board.
I'm gonna try to upload some of these cards as examples, but the website and blog have taken a second seat.
Thank goodness Patrick is getting a little bit of work because the Tokyo Cowboys money has run out. I really don't know how we are managing to survive, but somehow, at the last minute, someone helps us out with a donation of money or food. What kind of life is this? People always say, "do what you love, and the money will come." I'm putting that theory to the test. We've managed to pay our rent and eat, but that is it. Is this it? No, no...I'm thankful for being able to work as a filmmaker full time. That's my full-time work, and I am lucky. I am doing what I love.
Possible Sequences with Main Characters
Interviews with Main Characters
Gaijin Interviews
Nihonjin Interviews
Places
Stereotype/Non-Stereotype scenes (e.g. Taichi in the park vs. Homeless in the Park)
Each index card holds a gem. This film could be four hours long. The next step is to begin to structure...arranging the index cards. Then I can start to delete cards until I have a tight structure. I'm trying to do as much as possible for the editor before he comes on board.
I'm gonna try to upload some of these cards as examples, but the website and blog have taken a second seat.
Thank goodness Patrick is getting a little bit of work because the Tokyo Cowboys money has run out. I really don't know how we are managing to survive, but somehow, at the last minute, someone helps us out with a donation of money or food. What kind of life is this? People always say, "do what you love, and the money will come." I'm putting that theory to the test. We've managed to pay our rent and eat, but that is it. Is this it? No, no...I'm thankful for being able to work as a filmmaker full time. That's my full-time work, and I am lucky. I am doing what I love.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Finally...
finished the budget and the one-pager. I don't know why the one-pager took so long. It's just supposed to be a one page description of the film. But I was struggling and struggling, then finally decided to go the poetic route.
Didn't get much done yesterday. Robert dragged us to the Punk Rock festival at the Astoria. I'm glad I went, but I felt guilty for now working. Then I thought, "It's Sunday, for God's sake." I'm working too much and too little, I think. Must learn more about time management.
Didn't get much done yesterday. Robert dragged us to the Punk Rock festival at the Astoria. I'm glad I went, but I felt guilty for now working. Then I thought, "It's Sunday, for God's sake." I'm working too much and too little, I think. Must learn more about time management.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Switching Gears
I spent the whole day yesterday trying to sort out the budget for %$£& Films. All of the budget and expense files for TC are in a million different files, so consolidating them and re-formatting them to industry standard was such a chore. I still have more to do today. It's amazing how much of the work that I do has nothing to do with what will be up on screen. It's frustrating.
I had this strange sensation while entering all of the receipts into Excel. As I looked at the dates, how much was spent and on what, fragments of the shoot drifted by my mind's eye. On this day, we ate at this place and that was the day that we shot X. It was sort of Proustian in a way.
I had this strange sensation while entering all of the receipts into Excel. As I looked at the dates, how much was spent and on what, fragments of the shoot drifted by my mind's eye. On this day, we ate at this place and that was the day that we shot X. It was sort of Proustian in a way.
Friday, December 03, 2004
One Pager
Spent loads of time yesterdary trying to write a "one pager" for %$£& Films. It's a one page description of the project aimed at broadcasters. I was struggling really hard with it for about an hour when I had a breakthrough. It was the language that was bugging me. Then, all of a sudden, I started to use a different kind of language...my poetic language. Everything started to click. I've got a good draft, which I'll put up here when I'm done.
I'm seriously thinking about stalking one of the UK editors who I think could handle this thing. There's a guy called David Charap who has edited about 8 features and countless documentaries. He might be the one. But I definitely would have to stalk him.
I'm seriously thinking about stalking one of the UK editors who I think could handle this thing. There's a guy called David Charap who has edited about 8 features and countless documentaries. He might be the one. But I definitely would have to stalk him.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Some Relief from %$£& Films
I had a meeting with S. and J. from %$£& Films yesterday. They are really keen to help post-produce the film. They can help me find an editor and get the thing finished. They can also help me to raise the rest of the money. I like those guys. They are just the right combination of laid backness and the business.
As for editors? I would like David Charap (My Summer of Love), Justine Wright (Touching the Void), Richard Hankin (Capturing the Friedmans) or Doug Abel (Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and The Fog of War). Sylvia says "It doesn't hurt to ask." So, if any of you out there knows one of these fine, fine editors, could you please put me in touch?
As for editors? I would like David Charap (My Summer of Love), Justine Wright (Touching the Void), Richard Hankin (Capturing the Friedmans) or Doug Abel (Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and The Fog of War). Sylvia says "It doesn't hurt to ask." So, if any of you out there knows one of these fine, fine editors, could you please put me in touch?
Monday, November 29, 2004
Endless
The footage is absolutely endless...a sea of it. I watch it every night...every day. I don't watch TV anymore...I just watch "the footage." Faces fast forwarded, lists of sequences, transcripts of interviews. It just keeps on going. And once I've been through it all, I go back again. When will my savior of an editor find me? When will I find them?
Friday, November 26, 2004
Frustrated
Getting so damned frustrated with this whole thing. The paper edit is endless. The footage is endless, and I feel as if I am out here on my own. An editor and a producer would be good. Sometimes I feel like it was really stupid to do this whole thing independently. You have to motivate yourself constantly, and sometimes I really don't feel like it.
I'm tired...can't seem to get enough sleep...EVER. And, I go back and forth...is this good? Is this shit?
I'm tired...can't seem to get enough sleep...EVER. And, I go back and forth...is this good? Is this shit?
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Snow
Stole away to Sweden for a few days to try to get some perspective. I didn't write anything while I was there, which is pretty unusual. When a thought came into my head about the project, I didn't write it down. Instead, I tried to sleep as much as possible, read some Wm. Gibson and sleep some more.
It snowed. It was beautiful. Now back in London, I feel like I'm swimming under a really heavy ocean. My head is achey and heavy. I'm praying for some kind of help, but I'm not sure what kind.
It snowed. It was beautiful. Now back in London, I feel like I'm swimming under a really heavy ocean. My head is achey and heavy. I'm praying for some kind of help, but I'm not sure what kind.
Friday, October 29, 2004
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Int'l Box Office: Fahrenheit 9/11 passes $100m
Int'l Box Office: Fahrenheit 9/11 passes $100m
Robert Mitchell in London 27 October 2004
Albeit off the chart, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 became the first documentary to achieve $100m from international markets during last week. The film added $392,745 over the weekend with Japan and recent launch territory Hong Kong currently providing the highest numbers. The film has taken $100.8m and may get some boost still from next week’s US Presidential election.
Robert Mitchell in London 27 October 2004
Albeit off the chart, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 became the first documentary to achieve $100m from international markets during last week. The film added $392,745 over the weekend with Japan and recent launch territory Hong Kong currently providing the highest numbers. The film has taken $100.8m and may get some boost still from next week’s US Presidential election.
Japan's Gaga bought by Usen Corp.
Courtesy of one of the investors:
Japan's Gaga bought by Usen Corp.
Mark Schilling in Tokyo 28 October 2004 04:00
Japan’s Usen Corp. has announced the purchase of Gaga Communications, a leading independent film distributor.
Usen, a major supplier of broadband services in Japan, plans to acquire a 57.6% stake, amounting to $94.3m (Y10 billion) and operate Gaga as a subsidiary. It will invest the funds in two share issues that Gaga is planning for the latter part of December 2004 and the first part of January 2005.
Also, Tatsumi Yoda, the honorary chairman of Avex Group Holdings will invest $28.3m (Y3 billion) in new Gaga shares, taking a 17.3% stake and becoming the company’s second-largest shareholder. Gaga will thus gain a total of $122.6m (Y13 billion) in new investment, while issuing a total of 15,330,000 new shares.
For the fiscal year ending September 2004 Gaga recorded a loss of $141.5m (Y15 billion) on its consolidated earnings, compared with a loss of $74m (Y7.9 billion) for the previous period. Among the causes for the poor results were rising acquisition and P&A costs as well as declining TV sales.
Founded in 1964, Usen boasts the largest share of the Japanese cable broadcasting market. In 2001 it became the first in the world to offer a commercial Internet access service via optical fibre cable. It has capital and business ties with Sony Communications Network Corporation, supplying the cable infrastructure for Sony’s So-net Internet provider service, and SKY Perfect Communications, a cable and satellite broadcaster.
Founded in 1986 by entrepreneur Tetsu Fujimura, Gaga has since became a major film distributor, handling everything from Asian art films to Hollywood A product, including Chicago, Kill Bill, Hannibal, End Of Days and The Green Mile.
Japan's Gaga bought by Usen Corp.
Mark Schilling in Tokyo 28 October 2004 04:00
Japan’s Usen Corp. has announced the purchase of Gaga Communications, a leading independent film distributor.
Usen, a major supplier of broadband services in Japan, plans to acquire a 57.6% stake, amounting to $94.3m (Y10 billion) and operate Gaga as a subsidiary. It will invest the funds in two share issues that Gaga is planning for the latter part of December 2004 and the first part of January 2005.
Also, Tatsumi Yoda, the honorary chairman of Avex Group Holdings will invest $28.3m (Y3 billion) in new Gaga shares, taking a 17.3% stake and becoming the company’s second-largest shareholder. Gaga will thus gain a total of $122.6m (Y13 billion) in new investment, while issuing a total of 15,330,000 new shares.
For the fiscal year ending September 2004 Gaga recorded a loss of $141.5m (Y15 billion) on its consolidated earnings, compared with a loss of $74m (Y7.9 billion) for the previous period. Among the causes for the poor results were rising acquisition and P&A costs as well as declining TV sales.
Founded in 1964, Usen boasts the largest share of the Japanese cable broadcasting market. In 2001 it became the first in the world to offer a commercial Internet access service via optical fibre cable. It has capital and business ties with Sony Communications Network Corporation, supplying the cable infrastructure for Sony’s So-net Internet provider service, and SKY Perfect Communications, a cable and satellite broadcaster.
Founded in 1986 by entrepreneur Tetsu Fujimura, Gaga has since became a major film distributor, handling everything from Asian art films to Hollywood A product, including Chicago, Kill Bill, Hannibal, End Of Days and The Green Mile.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Wheatgrass
Mark Saft tells me to eat more wheatgrass. "It gives you the energy," he says. I tell him that I am no longer a member of the consumer class. Not being so, I am classless. I don't exist. I don't buy, therefore I am not.
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