Split Your Head - Season 4 - Episode 54 - Interview with New Wave Video

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Hello.
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This is Aaron West. I am the author of the
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A twenty four New Wave. In this book, I look
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at A twenty four's output and I make the argument
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that we are in a new wave movement right now.
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A twenty four plays a major role. This book has
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a supplemental podcast where each episode is a brief conversation
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about an A twenty four related topic, whether an actor, director,
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or even a genre. As I continue research for the
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book and conduct interviews, I expect to record podcasts episodes
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with people involved with the company. You can find the
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podcast at Sendjourneys dot com or wherever you find podcasts.
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Hello and welcome to Split Your Head. I'm your host, Bob,
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and today's special guests are John Matthews and Mayuko Takeda,
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the owners of the Asian focused Blu.
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Ray label new Wave Video.
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They quickly came on my radar last year when they
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released a film I was dying to see finally come
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out on Blu Ray. Shosphaculis Rubber's Lover. Starting Off is
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such a bizarre, obscure but undeniably incredible film. I knew
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these two would be making a huge impact at the
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time of this recording. They've announced nun in Ropel and
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a Colt is My Passport as their next release is.
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So naturally I had to have them on to pick
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their brains and see if they could tease any more
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bangers they've got lined up for the near future. So, John, Maiko,
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thank you so much for coming on.
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How are you both doing?
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Thank you have you us?
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Yeah, yeah, thank you. I really appreciate you doing well,
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doing well on this morning. And yeah, doing good. I
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thank you having us on. We do appreciate it.
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Yeah, of course.
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Well I'm excited to talk to you guys, because after
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releasing Rubbers Lover, I just felt like, okay, I have
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to keep tabs on what you're putting out. I mean
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that film was such a revelation for me when I
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discovered it maybe three years ago. You know, I'm wearing
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a Tetsuo shirt and you're wearing the Rubbers Lover shirt
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as well. John, look at that.
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But I promoted Yeah, Alex, he's a good guy. He
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does all ot T shirts and I did a really
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good job on the design on this, so I thought i'd, yeah,
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just just plug it. Hopefully we might repress them because
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there's been a lot of demand, so we'll say we'd
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love to bring the shirt back into print.
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Yeah, I was considering getting one for some reason, something
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about the title Rubber's Lover in the image.
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I don't know.
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I was worried people might get the wrong idea about
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me walking down the street wearing it. I don't know
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if that trust your mind at all.
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Well, yeah, even now our like a manufacturers like, is
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this is this like porn like rubbers? And no, no, no,
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no it's not. It's it's a film. Okay, just because
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the title sounds translates, what is just the name because
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your rubbers love like maybe like some of latex maybe
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fetish movie or so, I don't know, like just the name,
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but uh, it's but it's not. It's just it's just
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a cyberpunk But yeah, with those of things. But yeah,
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it's especially wearing the show people, what the hell is that?
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Right? Right?
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But that that seems to be what you guys are
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aiming for with starting this label is maybe these Asian
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films that that are provocative and they start conversations with people.
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So what what inspired you to start this label?
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Yeah, look, I mean so I've been a big movie
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fan my whole life, and and you know, obviously going back,
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particularly when I was younger, discovering these sort of occult
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Asian films, you know, when when I was growing up
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in particularly in high school, a lot of friends of
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mine were trading these around and and so I saw that.
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And so, look, I've seen a lot of films in
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the past, and there were a lot that these labels.
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Obviously they're doing great things, but the certain titles I
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feel just no one's really paying attention to. And so
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the whole idea behind it was originally, you know, we
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were discussing about film distribution for a while. I think
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you originally even wanted to do film distribution at one stage.
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Yeah, I wanted to always, like wanted to do work
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in a movie industry, but kind of I already kind
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of forgot about my passion for a long time. But
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then I met you know, John, and then really you know,
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huge tau movie fan. And then and then he has
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a dream. Yes, yeah, that kind of you for yes,
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extreme and yeah.
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And yeah, case where because I worked for you know,
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obviously behind the scenes, I'd done stuff for various labels
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and whatnot here and there, and and even I help out,
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like you know, production interviews for boutique labels, like a
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friend of mine go out and shoot them, and I'd
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help out. And and then you know, being communication with
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a few of the labels, it kind of gave me
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a bit of inspiration like, oh, you know, maybe maybe
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we could do this ourselves. And originally, like I had
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an idea, maybe we could even just be like consultants. Well,
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we'd go out to Japan, we'd find these really rare gems,
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and we'd like be the middleman in between the boutique labels.
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And and then originally we reached out to a few
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labels and like, oh no, look we have our own.
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People really don't don't need that, okay, fine, and so
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and originally Nearby's Lover that was a title where we
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were possibly going to be like the middleman, where we'd
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find a label, we'd set everything up, but no one,
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no one was really interested in the title. Which is
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a shocking is that because obviously the amount of effort
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to restored and whatnot, and so and then I said, well,
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let's let's just do this ourselves. I mean, we have
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the contacts, we can we can definitely just just go
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for it ourselves. And yeah, that's kind of how the
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label was born. But it's just, yeah, it was a
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sort of an idea that was brewing for many years.
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And look even like the label itself, like it didn't
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happen overnight. This is like, you know, we started the
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business technically two years ago and just with all the
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paperwork andations, so yeah, it's kind of been something brewing
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for a while. So and then yeah, finally we could
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could get started. But yeah, it was just sort of
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a lifelong passion of you know, movies kind of led
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to this and sort of a dream to start releasing
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stuff I think is just really neglected.
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M That's interesting to hear because you know, you both
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it sounds like you both were big movie lovers, but
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you both were already working in the industry, you know,
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and my ego, you've you had this passion that you
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forgot about and then it kind of restarted. So it
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kind of makes sense why things have been running so smoothly.
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It sounds would that be a fairest sumption to make?
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Yeah, I think our experience has really helped because obviously,
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like I said, I've helped out and the same with
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Maker as well as that we kind of got into,
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you know, I guess they say jobs that paid the bills,
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you know, So so you know, Makeo works in your
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work like sales, yeah.
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Sales, marketing, but in the education industry more you know,
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and yeah, I'll bring good like mainly Japanese students in Australia.
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So yeah, but my work, you know, the sales really involved.
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Yeah, quite sales, heavy negotiating.
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Ass igotiations, things like that. So that skill maybe.
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Yeah, very easeful. Yeah, And say my background, I because
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when I because originally when I, you know, I was
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doing university and stuff, I was focusing on media and film.
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That was sort of my sort of path, my passionate
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was going to go down, and so I worked in
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a few projects and productions. I helped out some indie
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films and stuff. But then obviously his life got more complicated.
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I kind of, you know, just got into the rap
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race of a job that pays the bills. So I
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kind of my background I actually worked in like tech
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sales for many years, so so like but it really
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helped because it was a great tream ground for negotiating
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business deals. And all these skills with both of us
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combined has really helped make new way because we've taken
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all that experience. It's a bit of an unorthodox mythod
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that with Makos kinds of negotiation and sales that can
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really help with the Japanese licenseles because it's a real
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sort of process, isn't it to kind of make the deal?
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Yeah?
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Yeah, I've heard is it? I think Nikatsu supposed they
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are really hard to negotiate with.
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Is that right?
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I've heard that too. Yeah, but they were, oh to you, oh.
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Now I send them email in.
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Japanese only and okay from there.
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Yeah, but it seems like some of these companies they
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and that's difficulty, the barriers. They just want to negotiate
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Japanese and uh and so yeah uh and if you
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send an email Google translate, it's quite offensive to them.
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So so you've got to like really quite business. Yeah,
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so but yeah, I think I think. Yeah.
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Also we visited them directly their office in.
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We went in there. Yes, and that's the other thing.
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We actually got one in person, So that really helped
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as well, just kind of because they love I think
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the culture there. They really like sort of you know,
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and I've because I you know, for my work as well.
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I've worked in Japan for a bit as well, So
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you really helped understand the business culture. And obviously you've
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got to present.
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The business card.
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There's a certain manner mannerisms yet wow okay, but yeah,
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and so it just it's and at the end of
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the day, look at you know, if it's you know,
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film or you know, negotiating for you know, like I
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don't know, Ramen or toothpaste, it's the same business of
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a structure. So you've just got the rules and you know. Yeah.
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So yeah, but like I said that, I've heard that
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too about Nikats. I know, some other label Australia reached
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out to me. A friend of mine's like, how did
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you get a deal? Like We've sent like fifty emails. Yeah,
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so I don't know. I just think the secret maker. Yeah,
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it's very incredible, he does.
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Well.
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That was that was actually leading to something I wanted
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to ask about. How does it work exactly with you
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guys having your base out of Australia but you have
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an office in Japan as well. How does that work exactly.
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Yeah, so it's sort of like a it's it's good
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because we've we've kind of got the both worlds covered
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because yeah, like Australia is, you know, kind of where
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we are most of the time, but we are in
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Japan quite a lot, and we have a we've actually
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got people on the ground over there as well that
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kind of help out and look for materials and can
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go out and do an interviews. So yeah, it's a
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bit of a yeah, bit of a it really helps
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us as well, because because you have to really be
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there on the ground for a lot of this stuff,
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it's hard to do very remotely, especially with like some negotiating,
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finding materials, doing interviews. So yeah, it's interesting we just
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find that balance. But because we're over there so frequently,
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it kind of just naturally all kind of comes together
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as well. But yeah, it's yeah, that's the main say
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can I go, it's the main headquarters.
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Where my.
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Yes, okay, oh perfect, Yeah, that's great.
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Nice.
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Uh this is a weird question to ask, and I
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only ask because from Canada to Japan, the flight I
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believe is long. I think it's like twenty hours. How
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long is the flight from Australia to Japan.
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I think it's about nine to ten hours. But yeah,
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you know, whether it's direct fright or stopover yea, right,
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if it's a direct fright, it's like ninth or like
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ten hours.
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So it's not a problem for us getting on a
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plane going straight over there. It's like day or less.
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But yeah, it can would be a bit of a challenge.
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I think. I'm not sure that US as well. I
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think that would be a bit of a little bit longer.
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But for us to go to the US is like
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fourteen hours, and to go to the UK it is
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like twenty four hours, I think, So.
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Well, nine to ten hours is still pretty is still
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pretty long.
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Yeah, because it's my homes, I you know, go home,
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you know, two or three times a year.
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See your families.
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Yeah, see my family right well.
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a personal slash business trip. Yeah, it kind of looks
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out but it's not an issue. And normally flights are
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quite good and we get pretty good flights, so price wise,
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compared to going to the US, is much more expensive
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and that's why there's so many odds shares going to
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Japan right now. For holidays because the dollar is obviously stronger,
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you know, gilsy dollars. The ends quite week, so they're
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going over there having nice holidays. So it's quite a
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popular destination policies as well.
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Wow, Okay, good to know, because I was saying this
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before we recorded that the Canadian dollar is pretty close
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to the Australian dollars, so I'm guessing it would be
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kind of the same thing. Although I think a flight
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to Japan is pretty expensive, so I have to founder
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that in. But that's actually that's my wife and I
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that's our next dream trip we want to take. We
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went to Italy two years ago for our honeymoon and
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so Japan's the next spot we really want to go to.
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So hopefully we will.
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Oh yeah yeah. And there's really spots. There's a place
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called Jimbocho, and Jimbocho it's literally like movie poster town.
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It's like like just store skilled with movie posters and
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books and memorabilia, and like I spent and that's the thing.
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I come back always with a suitcase filled with posters
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and you know, like all the Nakatsu, Roman pornos and
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pink films I've got, you know, tons and tons of
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posters over the years I've collected and yeah, it's just
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like wow, suitcase time. So yeah, and you find them cheap,
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they're like they you know, like five ten bucks, you know.
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So yeah, it's it's it's a really cold place. Yeah,
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and you'll find you know, there's a store called Vintage
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Vintage Movie Posters in Zimbocho. It's it's amazing. Yeah, just
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like you walk into thousands of posters like Western posters,
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like you know, eighty slashes in Japanese versions. Is yeah,
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that's pretty cool.
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Oh, that's amazing.
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Okay, I have to remember that when we finally go,
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I have to go and check this out.
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That sounds so cool.
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But back to New Way Video.
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So with your first batch of releases out, now, how
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has the reception been so far? How have people been
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commenting responding to the Blu rays.
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Yeah, I think very positive. We were a little nervous
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because obviously it was our first release and there was
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so much going into in terms of the scenes and
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also the problem the challenge was most companies they start
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their label, they get given like a you know, a
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HD file from the license. So we had to restore
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Rubber's Lover which was a big task because they had
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no elements. They just we had to be sative. So yeah,
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and basically we hired the best in the game in
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terms of like discorthoring manufacturing, which is done overseas, and yeah,
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look to a high standard. A lot of the reviews
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and stuff saying, oh, you know, because myself as a collector,
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I want to meet the high standards. So obviously, bitrate, compression,
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all this stuff's really important. So with Rubbers love it
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maintained because they both get high bit rates, a ton
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of extras, and that's the thing we always trying to
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make sure our release is a loaded with special features.
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So yeah, it's something that we really Yeah with the
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positive receptions, yeah, and people were sharing and it was
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great see on social media people loving it. The only
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negative and once again this was not really kind of
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on us, is we? And I want to address this
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because it kind of like we put so much effort
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in with the artwork and stuff. But basically our graphic designers,
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we we had, you know, the slip cover was done
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by an artist and Sam slip covers too, and originally
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these guys were meant to do our our design for
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the back and I actually gave them exams like guys,
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you know, here's a blue read this is you title.
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It's quite straightforward, like it's you know, you just you know,
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Barcode likes you just just follow this. And they and
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they actually do music promotions, so they were on tour
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and basically they gave it to that because they did
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the slipcover art looks amazing, did the slip cover design,
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they did the booklet design. But for the actual slick
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they gave to like their junior intern when they were
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away and then and basically they were in direct contact
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with the manufacturer and so they were sending them the
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files directly, and basically, yeah, the slick design was just
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I saw like a small jpeg and I was like, yeah,
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it looks fine. Just because we're on a deadline as well,
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like we've got you know, retailers waiting for this, like
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we're in a real we sent it off and and
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then when I got the final product, I looked at
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the back. I was like, oh no, this this doesn't
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look really good. It looks like kind of cheap the
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back sort of just the layout, and and so we
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had a lot of people coming like this, you know,
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looks like a bootleg and so and so, just just
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the back of the back design it wasn't the best
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looking and so so to address that, we've actually we're
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going to do a complete repress on the slicks for
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the Strain Circus and rubbers Lover and it's it's a
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really nice design. It's got you know, barker aspect ratio,
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all the stuff you need on a release, and also
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like really nice. So we've got to completely redesign. So
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if you purchase your Noikas dinner table, you'll get a
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Strange Circus I sleeve inside, and if you purchase ninety
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nine you'll get a Rubber's Lover replacement sleep. But if
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you buy from our website you can add them to
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the cart as well. So apart from the sleeves, yeah,
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everything else was really well received on the first two releases.
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But I just want to address that because we had
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a few comments.
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I saw the discourse online about that, and I was
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just like, Wow, why do you guys care?
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It's Rubber's Lover.
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We finally have it on Blu ray, you know, but
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people are picky about these things, right, So that's too bad?
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And it is, Yeah, and we and the things we
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put so much effort in and like the disc itself
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is yeah, flawless, and then but just the designs. Yeah,
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and the thing is like I just want to make
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things right and moving forward, We're going to have this unified,
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much better shine on the sleeves. But it's just yeah,
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we and look it's going to cost us. It is
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what it is. I'm willing to fork out the cash
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too to repress it. But yeah, it's just yeah, like
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it was a bit of a shame because there was
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so much effort we put in just to have that
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design kind of last minute. But but yeah, but now
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I think, yeah, but it is what it is. But
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that was apart from that, it was Yeah, people are
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very picky, but yeah, we want to make them happy.
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So yeah, I'm willing to repress it. Yeah.
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Is there a possibility that you'd get to work with
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Chosen for Quey again at some point? Is there any
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other films of his that you could put out?
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Yeah, I Meansen. We we were trying to get his
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early works back out. There was one called Middle Days
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that's sort of like this. Oh yeah, and yeah, look
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he has he he has show an interest in releasing it,
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so yeah, that's one that we've been trying to try
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and maybe get like a short film collection as well.
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But he's like, he's super supportive of us on the release,
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Like without him, it wouldn't have happened. He's you know,
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real nice gentleman.
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Yeah, very humble, gentle nice guy.
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Yes, yes, oh cool.
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Very charming personality.
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Yes, and you did you wouldn't think his movies were
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he directs.
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Yeah, oh I love that.
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Very extreme.
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I can't imagine, but yeah, kind of person created the extreme.
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No, because yeah, he's really lovely, Like he's the one
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that made the release happen because he really pushed you know,
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the company, this big corporation owned it, like, hey guys,
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and give them a negative. Let him do it. And
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I've admired his work once again, since I was in
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high school. A friend of mine, I don't know how,
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like he a friend of my head, this older brother,
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and he'd always have all these weird Asian films and
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that's how I saw them. And and somehow he got
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ahold of the unearthed DVD you know, years ago, and
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I watched that and I was blown away by it,
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and same with Pinocchio, and I just yeah, never seen
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something quite like it, so it always stuck with me
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brother's lover, and so it was sort of a dream
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to release it, but then also get for Kui's you
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know sort of approval on it too. It was kind
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of amazing for us.
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That's why you visited Here's a little hidden bar. Yes, yeah,
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I met him and that's.
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That's what kicked it off. Yeah, that's what kicked it off.
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It's like because I met him in the bar and
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I'm like yeah, and so I met him and then
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I just said, oh, you know, oh cool. Yeah, and
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then that's what kind of kicked off New Wave. Was
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that because like I want to release I was love
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that's sort of it, Like no one's touching it, so
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we want to give it the deluxe treatment. And that's
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what sort of gave birth to New Wave. We had
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that sort of spark like ball moment like this is
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the one. And so yeah, we met him and we
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went back and he's like, yeah, you guys are here's
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the company that owns it, Like I'll support you and yeah.
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He's yeah, such a such a great guy and really
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helped New Wave get get launched. Without him, we wouldn't
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have really had a how to start.
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Oh wow, that's awesome.
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Have you had a chance to meet any of the
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other directors that you've stuff out by You've put out
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a few by.
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Have you met him yet, Yeah.
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Yeah, we have. We met him a few times. Yeah.
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Some of him was look I yes of Admya's work
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and like I see a strange circus poster. Yeah, yeah,
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we met he was He was very, very very supportive
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of the releases because a lot of his films are
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sort of stuck in limbo. So we met him. He's
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done a few of us. We've the other directors, the
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director of ninety nine, we met him person here proved
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that Hirohisa cool, his little his great rules of film
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as eight Millimeters Horror Gem ninety nine. He was a
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really nice guy as well. Met him, went out for
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luncheon for yeah, and and we met. Yeah. So we
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met a few other filmmakers, I guess the big one
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and more happy you know, we can talk about now.
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But we did meet you know, sort of a dream.
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We met to Cash as well, so we got to
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meet him, Okay, yes, and so it was really incredible
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meeting me k because we were planning to release some
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of the films and so to meet him was an
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honor and.
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Yeah, big moment, very very big, you know, well known director.
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That was a big thing for us, meeting me kay
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and having chance the chapter totally you know, he looks
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like this scary guy, but yeah, he was.
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Is a very very also like a very humble like
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like down to.
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Our yeah, yeah, very and.
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Interview him.
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Yeah yeah, maker got the interview Mek and but he
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was very and I had a limited time with him,
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but we ran over to I felt bad, but he
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was like, it's okay. The like we read and I
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felt like maybe of his time, which I felt so bad,
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but but he was like.
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No, it's all good on last time.
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Ye like, because he was really into the stories. But
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that was like for me, that was like the for
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me because I've admired his films all my life as well.
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And so yeah, it's just And and when we go
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over the next time, we might meet more directors potentially
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that we have lined up in another filmmakers. Can't announce
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them me because they're not announced. But yeah, it's just
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it's a real honor to meet these filmmakers and have
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their support. And that's the thing about Waiver is that
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we're really director focused, so we really want to get
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the director approves as well, which you know that some
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of these even like we met you know, Toshio Maida,
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who was the creator of good Osky Doji legend of
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Fiend and and he was surprised because no one him
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for an interview, so he was honored and he was
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a real nice guy and his wife very funny, funny guy,
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cheeky guy. He's the hen. Yeah, he created the whole
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tentacle genre. But he's a really nice guy. So yeah,
485
00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.240
we met all these great people in Japan and we
486
00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.920
met we cannounce. We met an actress as well, so
487
00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:21.119
it's it's really great, really fun interviewing these people we
488
00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.559
look up to.
489
00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:24.480
With the actress and you don't have to say the name,
490
00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:27.279
but is she is she like a pink film actress?
491
00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:27.880
Ah?
492
00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:32.200
Yeah, No, she was more from the sort of yes,
493
00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:35.759
sort of the nineties V cinema era, so nineties and
494
00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:39.319
sort of early two thousands when they were making those
495
00:25:39.359 --> 00:25:42.119
sort of insane you know, like so direct to video
496
00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:46.480
action erotic movies. So we hope, I hope we can
497
00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:48.279
announce it soon, but we just we're just waiting on
498
00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:52.160
the company. Yeah, but yeah she was, but yeah she was.
499
00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:54.680
She was really lovely to us as well, and cool.
500
00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:57.920
Cool and and sorry you you said that you met
501
00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:02.960
to Kashi mik. You didn't mention any films though, I
502
00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.759
don't know if you want to drop any titles right now,
503
00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.960
You're more than welcome to.
504
00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:10.400
Yeah, more than happy. Look the Big One and the
505
00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.720
Holy Grail for me, and this is a film that
506
00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:15.000
I saw once again when I was younger. And the
507
00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:17.039
crazy thing about it was this film came out in
508
00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.839
Australia like it was on store shelves, which is mind
509
00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:23.079
bowling to look back now, like you know, suburban you know,
510
00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:25.480
like like DVD stores that have the city on the shelf.
511
00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:29.359
But we did acquire the once to visit it, and
512
00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:35.400
visiting Q is okay, Holy Grail and and that film
513
00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:39.279
is like I know, Radiance tried and it seems like
514
00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:42.839
they had some trouble they made it public. So we
515
00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:46.079
while we were over in Japan and we met me kay,
516
00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.039
We're like, well, let's let's try and figure out what's
517
00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.240
going on visiting Q and and thanks to you know,
518
00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:59.799
makeose persistence calling every day able to wow owns it.
519
00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.680
The problem is that there's a lot of younger stuff
520
00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.559
there that don't know what visit a Q is. They
521
00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:05.319
don't know it's before that time, like visit or what.
522
00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:08.680
And the only thing is the boss knows what you is,
523
00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:11.839
and so we're able to And it was all kind
524
00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:14.839
of happened also sudden. I remember we we've they we
525
00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.680
finally got a hold of the boss of that company
526
00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.880
and and you said, let's do it. Can we do it?
527
00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.640
Can we come in your office at four pm? He's
528
00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:22.960
like no, it has to be like at one point thirty,
529
00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:25.160
and we were like an hour away from Tokyo and
530
00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.839
it was like eleven or something, and so we had
531
00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:30.759
to like run, get changed, get on a train, and
532
00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.559
we just made it to their office in time, and
533
00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:35.880
we met them and had a chat about visiting Q
534
00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:38.160
and and we had to really sort of convince them
535
00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:40.039
like like you know, me Ka really wants this film
536
00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:42.480
out there again, Like because maybe they thought, because he's
537
00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:44.799
a big time director now obviously doing Netflix movies and
538
00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:47.960
big products, so maybe that visit accused this you know,
539
00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:50.759
disgusting little film you know that no one wants to see.
540
00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:53.160
But what you know, like yeah, because he thought he
541
00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.759
was ashamed of us. I know, no me Kay is
542
00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:56.960
very proud of this film. He gave us an interview
543
00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.839
like he wants it out there again and he's like,
544
00:27:58.839 --> 00:28:01.720
oh really, and then all of a sudden he's all right,
545
00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:05.079
let's let's negotiate further. So but thanks to your incredible
546
00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.559
I mean, maybe.
547
00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:12.400
He wasn't really comfortable talking in English, so that's why
548
00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:17.960
maybe other distributors tried to reach him out in English. Yeah, yeah,
549
00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.160
they didn't work out.
550
00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:23.240
Yes, yeah, okay, nice, very nice.
551
00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:29.079
Yeah, so comfortable talking in Japanese. And then he kind of.
552
00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:32.240
Trust us, yes, yeah, because because at first he was like,
553
00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.759
not suspicious, but it was just like a big cold.
554
00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:36.920
It was like, well, what do you guys want. We're like, oh,
555
00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:39.680
you're visiting Q. And he's like, because he probably gets
556
00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.480
a lot of emails every day, like from the US,
557
00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.319
and it's probably just like, hey, we won't visit a
558
00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.599
Q like in English, and it's like, you know, it's
559
00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:47.359
not it's not going to work. And so yeah, so
560
00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:51.119
we were very respectful kind of you know, like but
561
00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:53.119
then he sort of felt a trust with us, and
562
00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:54.599
he's like and what we did We just you know,
563
00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.000
pitch deck, like you know, we released movies and and
564
00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.319
that's the thing he wasn't so a lot of the
565
00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:00.680
companies reaching out, they weren't very clear they do like
566
00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.880
like and he just wanted to like rubbers Love, here's
567
00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:05.319
the Blue we We're going to make a Blu ray.
568
00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:07.960
And he's like, oh, okay, So and he's like, well,
569
00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:10.440
you know, I've got the Visit the Q master tape.
570
00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:12.200
I can go do a new scan. And we're like
571
00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:15.559
oh yes, please and and yeah, and then he was
572
00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:19.400
very supportive. The company is very supportive. Yeah, they did.
573
00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:22.119
And so this is a Que was shot on mini
574
00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.000
dv so it was a digital video and so they
575
00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:28.079
had your master tape and they did a fresh scan.
576
00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:30.319
So the Blu ray is going to look really good
577
00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:32.119
compared to the old DVDs, which are really sort of
578
00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:36.599
compressed and has this weird Yeah. So but yeah, that's
579
00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:38.960
that was like a holy grail for me because it's
580
00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:41.440
the film so messed up, but it's so funny.
581
00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:41.839
Yeah.
582
00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:46.519
Yeah, and sort of it's a perfect new wave title
583
00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:48.759
because we were going after, like, you know, the extreme
584
00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.119
inside of Asian cinema. It doesn't get more extreme than
585
00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:54.119
Visit a Q. And it has everything like necrophilia incests,
586
00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.799
it's got it all.
587
00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:57.160
Yeah.
588
00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:02.319
Yeah, so that's like a big get for us, and yeah, yeah, amazing.
589
00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:06.480
Well it's it's kind of interesting then to see that
590
00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:10.839
you're also releasing a cult is my Passport because that
591
00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:16.319
seems completely different from all this other extreme cinema that
592
00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.119
you're putting out.
593
00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.960
So how how did that come about?
594
00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.440
Exactly?
595
00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:23.279
Because as I understand John, that's your favorite film.
596
00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.079
Yeah, yes, absolutely, it's one of my my top Japanese
597
00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:29.920
films of all time. Yeah, And something about where it
598
00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.880
was and I think about New Waiver is that I
599
00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.759
think also, and motto is to just release cool movies
600
00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:40.160
in general, so it doesn't need to be extreme like
601
00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:42.559
a like a like a movie that you'll be blown
602
00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:44.880
away by and so cold is my Passport was when
603
00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.680
I saw years ago, it's just like, wow, this is
604
00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:49.960
like like it's a and John Woo's The Killer completely
605
00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:53.599
ripped it off. It's about a hitman double crossed, you know,
606
00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:55.640
and and there's a full on John Woo style action
607
00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:59.640
shoot out at the end. It's it's amazing, Yeah, and
608
00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.920
it's black and white. It's I think it's better than
609
00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:03.759
Brandy to Kill. It was just a case where we
610
00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:06.240
spoke to the Katzu and they said, oh, yeah, look
611
00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:09.559
that that's available and we were like, oh okay, and
612
00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:13.000
I was like, because I think I think Radiance tried
613
00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:16.359
in the UK but it wasn't available because there's I
614
00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.880
think it yeah, for some rights reason. It wasn't because
615
00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:21.000
everyone was like, oh well, I'll wait for the Noir
616
00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:23.240
boxed it from Radiance. I hate to say it's not
617
00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:25.920
going to happen, and Radiance has confirmed is not be
618
00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:29.720
a a UK release, so I wouldn't hold out. The
619
00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:32.880
only thing is Criterion on it as an Eclipse a
620
00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:36.279
DVD box it they upgrade it. It's going to be barebones,
621
00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:39.000
it'll be no extras. So so just a case where
622
00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.880
the opportunity arose, and we've done that with a few films.
623
00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.279
It's just like the opportunity is there, so just you know,
624
00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.119
like a film like you know, Love Exposure was like
625
00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:49.160
you know that it's there, let's just you know, let's
626
00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:51.039
just grab it, like we know there's an audience for it.
627
00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:54.440
But yeah, that was a once again things to you know,
628
00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:56.480
your negotiations with the kats who were able to.
629
00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:04.200
I love to hear it was quite young. Yes, yeah, so.
630
00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:13.440
Maybe she wasn't aware of the Oh yeah, sure, but
631
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.079
the problem the thing in the Cats is the caw long.
632
00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:17.599
It's just like a embarrassment of riches. There's so much
633
00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.359
good stuff and it was really hard to narrow it down.
634
00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.880
But Colt was one that was like, it's one of
635
00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:23.440
my favorites. Let's just let's just go for it and
636
00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:24.200
try and grab it.
637
00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:29.079
Yeah, quite open to us. Yeah.
638
00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:33.079
I actually watched it before doing this interview using the
639
00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:36.200
Criterion channel, so I think that's why I was a
640
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.640
little confused. I kind of assumed, yeah, Criterion would be
641
00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:41.799
putting it out, but as you said, there is a
642
00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:44.839
Criterion Blu Ray coming out of the film as well.
643
00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.440
Yeah.
644
00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:49.200
No, yes, what I meant was there's been no announcement,
645
00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.880
but it's it's been released in the Eclipse DVD box
646
00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:57.960
and the Eclipse Criterion sets that basically have no extras.
647
00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.839
What they are. It's so like they take movies that
648
00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:02.359
they don't see worthy, they put them in like a
649
00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:06.400
box set with no extras, no special features. So if
650
00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:09.559
they do upgrade it, yeah, which there's been no no
651
00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:12.960
plans or anything announced, there'll be no to just be
652
00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.359
like Blu Ray. Yeah, that's what I was saying. So,
653
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:18.920
and I think I think that's why Criterion they in
654
00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:21.559
I think various territories because they have the streaming rights,
655
00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.839
but they don't own it in Australia. So we're like,
656
00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:27.319
we'll take that, thank you. But but yeah, so so
657
00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:29.960
we wanted to give it the real Yeah, and we
658
00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:32.000
think it is it's strong enough.
659
00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:36.119
To Oh definitely. Yeah. Does that so.
660
00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:41.079
There's they don't own the Australian streaming rates. Does that
661
00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:45.559
mean that you will be going into getting getting the
662
00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:48.839
film to stream in Australia? Like, are you working with
663
00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:50.160
streaming films as well?
664
00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:55.839
Yeah, we were thinking of the idea. We've we've been
665
00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:59.160
in talks. It's something we were considering doing, getting into streaming.
666
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:02.359
Right now, our main focus is obviously physical media and
667
00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:04.640
the odd theatrical film if we have the theatrical rights,
668
00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.559
will play it in the cinemas too. But yeah, streaming
669
00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.880
is something that we we definitely do, but we just
670
00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:13.360
I think right now we're just focused on physical media
671
00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.840
is our main thing. But yeah, something later on down
672
00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:18.519
the line, you know, because we own the physical rights,
673
00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.599
but there is also you can get the streaming rights
674
00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:24.679
too if you you want to negotiate a bit further,
675
00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:28.039
but yeah, something maybe later on down the track we'd consider.
676
00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.199
Okay, cool? Cool?
677
00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:33.400
And so if that was, you know, your dream film,
678
00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:35.840
do you have any other dream films that you'd love
679
00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:39.039
to put out? And that goes for you maker as well,
680
00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:42.199
because you know, I feel like hearing what John wants
681
00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:42.679
to put out?
682
00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:44.159
What do you want to put out as well?
683
00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:47.360
Movie? The dream movie?
684
00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.440
Yeah? Any favorite?
685
00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:50.639
Yeah?
686
00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:57.039
Since the actor maybe you know, last movie in a cinema,
687
00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:04.119
like you know, I've watched a cinema but cocka ho? Yeah,
688
00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.880
I have I ever heard of Coca hole?
689
00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.760
What's it called? Coca ho?
690
00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.119
Coca hole? It's a very new movies. Actually it's released
691
00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:19.760
I mean last year. Yeah, Coca CoA referring like a
692
00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:25.800
natural national treasure. It's a okay you know.
693
00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:31.039
Was this it's nominated for an Oscar.
694
00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:34.119
Oh cool? Cool?
695
00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:34.880
Wait?
696
00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:38.079
So would you guys try to distribute that?
697
00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:43.199
I hopefully I want it? But that that's actually.
698
00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:54.599
Very big Okay, okay, okay, they're they're like Disney.
699
00:35:55.760 --> 00:36:00.239
Yeah, okay, you know hmm, yeah, but just you know
700
00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:06.360
dream you know movie? Sure, Yeah, I have to check
701
00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.880
this out.
702
00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:10.599
Yeah, it's it's amazing. It's how.
703
00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.239
Seriously ours, but it goes.
704
00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.039
By really quick.
705
00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.159
Okay.
706
00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.039
Yeah, I saw a trailer for it the other day
707
00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:22.960
and it looked beautiful. I think it might be playing
708
00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.239
in Toronto somewhere, so I should try to go see it.
709
00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:30.000
It sounds amazing. Yeah, it's doing the festival round, or
710
00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:33.840
it's doing the round because the awards season as well.
711
00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:37.760
Yeah yeah, but it's more for ours.
712
00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:41.440
Yeah, that would be more of a dummy film type launched.
713
00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:46.760
So that's like the sub label, right, Okay.
714
00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:48.840
That would fit there. But for me, it's it's hard
715
00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.440
like this, and that's the thing. I come back to
716
00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:53.119
Toho because Toho owns so many gyms, and that's the
717
00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:57.400
problem is we haven't looked I haven't even approached them yet.
718
00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:59.119
It's just a case where I think we have to
719
00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.360
build ourselves up a bit and then when the time
720
00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.480
is right, we might, you know, reach out. But it's
721
00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:05.199
I've just heard some of the stories, like Toho, they
722
00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:08.000
don't reply to emails or phone calls or just because
723
00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:11.079
it's it's like it's like dealing with Disney. Unless you're Criterion,
724
00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:14.559
you won't get a response basically, or unless you have
725
00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:17.360
big players but yeah, there's there's a film they own
726
00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:21.320
called The Face of Another and it's a nineteen sixties film.
727
00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:25.360
Oh yeah, it's like, yeah, it's the same director did
728
00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:29.519
Woman in the Dunes, but it's yeah, like Criterion released
729
00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.360
on DVD, but they never upgraded to Blue Round that
730
00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:34.800
that DVD's out of print and goes for big money now.
731
00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:39.480
But it's it's an amazing, eerie sort of like black
732
00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:41.679
and White. It's almost like a film where a guy
733
00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:45.519
gets disfigured and he does his face transplant sort of operation,
734
00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:47.920
and he doesn't his identity, doesn't know who he is,
735
00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:51.039
and it's it's a really strange film, but it's a masterpiece.
736
00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:54.199
But it's one once against on Toho's Lesson, So that
737
00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:55.920
would be a dream title, Like it's one of my
738
00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:58.119
favorite Japanese films of all time. Thinking about me is like,
739
00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:01.079
so I love you know, every night show on video,
740
00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.920
Whido Gore movies, and you know, like, but I love
741
00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:07.079
my classic Japanese cinema as well, So that's one of
742
00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:09.280
my favorites. That would be a dream but maybe maybe
743
00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:12.639
one day, you never know, we can reach out. We'll see.
744
00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.880
Yeah, that's a great movie.
745
00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:18.159
I really love Women in the Dunes and I read
746
00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:22.400
quite a few Cobo Abbe books, like twenty years ago.
747
00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.760
I got really into his books because they've all been
748
00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:28.920
translated in English here and they're they're fantastic. You are
749
00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:32.440
making me think of another film that would love to
750
00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:36.440
see you put out, which I think maybe Radiance also tried.
751
00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:39.760
So but maybe you guys could get this one. Demons
752
00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:41.280
by Toshio Matsumoto.
753
00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:47.760
Yeah, yeah, that's yeah, that that's an incredible, eerie film
754
00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.920
that that's that was on our list as well. We
755
00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:54.119
don't know that, yeah, and that was a situation where
756
00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:56.239
we were try and I was trying to track down
757
00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:58.360
the rights. It's a bit of a it's a bit
758
00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:00.360
of a gray area too, but it is. We haven't
759
00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.360
really looked into it, but is on a wish list
760
00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:05.159
as well. I'd be very keen to go after that film.
761
00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:08.559
It's incredible, yeah, because I saw Radiance tried in the
762
00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:11.280
UK and it just it wasn't available or something but
763
00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:15.239
or d get it. But yeah, so look it is
764
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:17.639
it is one. Yeah, definitely on the wish list as well.
765
00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:20.840
It's an amazing film, but yeah, we you never know,
766
00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.880
like it's worth trying, Like you know, like a visit
767
00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:24.599
a queue that people said it was impossible, it was
768
00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:27.239
never going to come out again, and so you never know.
769
00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:29.599
Mike Go got it.
770
00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:32.559
Yeah she did it.
771
00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:34.039
Yeah that's great.
772
00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:38.920
But there's there's certain films out of our control, like yeah,
773
00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.559
I don't mind mentioning it. We tried to get you know,
774
00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:47.119
the Guinea Pig movies as you know, okay, the Japanese
775
00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:52.880
but yeah, that's a situation where where it's we tried,
776
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:54.840
like we went to their office, we met them, but
777
00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:57.760
it's a situation where it's pretty much confirmed it's not
778
00:39:57.760 --> 00:40:00.920
coming out because of the not at this stage. Not
779
00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:03.400
at this stage. Yeah, so there's a sort of we
780
00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:05.519
can't go into it, but there's sort of something holding
781
00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.280
it up. And it's a real shame because I I
782
00:40:08.360 --> 00:40:10.679
love the original Guinea Pig movies, but I think it's
783
00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:14.079
a bit gross.
784
00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:19.440
I don't know why watch.
785
00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:23.440
Oh there's a big audience, too much for me. But yes,
786
00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:25.480
there is an audience.
787
00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.480
For sure, for sure.
788
00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:33.159
I remember I think Unearthed Films originally put it out,
789
00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.840
Is that right on DVD?
790
00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:38.280
A long time? Yeah, And that's the thing where we're
791
00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:41.239
scratching ahead because yeah, Unearth did a box set. That
792
00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:43.480
box set goes for like a thousand bucks now go
793
00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:47.960
for like yeah, and yeah, you're right, unearth did it
794
00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:51.280
back in the day, and yeah, and the Guinea Pig
795
00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:54.480
Movies was that there was a true crime, like a
796
00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:57.760
Miyazaki gives like a serial killer, and what happened was
797
00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:01.719
basically they police raided his house and they found you know,
798
00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:03.639
like Guinea Pig movies and they thought that was the
799
00:41:03.679 --> 00:41:06.840
reason why he was a serial killer. But and it
800
00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:09.599
cause it was controversy. And that's why in Japan in
801
00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:11.559
the eighties you had this sort of boom of all
802
00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:14.039
this indie horror and gore and like like all these
803
00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:16.719
so like shot on video and all that. But then
804
00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:20.199
when that Miyazaki case happened, everyone horror stopped in Japan.
805
00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:22.920
It completely stopped. And that was in the early nineties,
806
00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.559
and that's why there was a bit of a gap
807
00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:27.079
before the j horror boom. There wasn't much horror in Japan.
808
00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:30.760
And I think there's still that kind of is still
809
00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:32.440
lurking around the Guinea Pig movies, and I think it
810
00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:35.320
brings the companies a lot of shame. So it's a shame.
811
00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:37.920
But yeah, Obviofully one day it'll come back out again.
812
00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:38.800
Yeah.
813
00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.559
I've heard a lot of stories surrounding that, and I've
814
00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:45.639
heard I think it was one of them was mistaken
815
00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.079
for real footage by Charlie Sheen or something.
816
00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:54.159
Yes, that's an urban legend too, Yeah they ray.
817
00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.639
Yeah, But I was curious then if you've if you've
818
00:41:58.679 --> 00:42:03.039
spoken to ste even Biro at Unearthed Films, because maybe
819
00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:06.000
he would be someone that could help you with these
820
00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:07.440
kinds of acquisitions.
821
00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:13.440
Yeah, yes, Stephen. Yeah. I actually met Stephen in La
822
00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:17.599
like two years ago in La because I just he's
823
00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:21.559
the nicest guy. And he actually drove out to catch up,
824
00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:24.119
so I was Actually there's another I was doing a
825
00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:28.199
documentary in the US with a colleague of mine, Danny.
826
00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:30.360
We were over there with shooting a docco and and
827
00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:32.480
we said to Stephen, hey, you know, and he came
828
00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.519
out and he drove all the way out and we
829
00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:36.119
had we had dinner with him at a Japanese restaurant
830
00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:38.920
and it was and we spoke about you know, and
831
00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:41.519
he really helped because I said, look, you know, because
832
00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.320
this is when we're starting new I said, look, you know,
833
00:42:43.639 --> 00:42:45.519
because he released Rubber, his lover back in the day.
834
00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:48.000
And he was very helpful because he said, oh yeah, yeah,
835
00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.719
blah blah blah, give me a bunch of info. And
836
00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:52.159
he really helped us. And and I did ask him
837
00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:53.880
about the Guinea Pig movies and he said, yeah, look
838
00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:56.280
you can try, but blah blah blah, this is why
839
00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:59.119
it's not going to come out. But he was very transparent,
840
00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:01.840
and yeah, I still keep in contact with him on Messenger,
841
00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:05.199
but he's he's he's a great guy, Stephen, very supportive
842
00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:08.039
and really great part of the community. And but he
843
00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.960
did help us a lot with who owns what and
844
00:43:11.039 --> 00:43:12.920
whatnot because he I think some of these films he
845
00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:15.199
didn't plan on releasing again, but he said that I
846
00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:17.800
can happy to give you some advice. So he helped them,
847
00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.559
especially Robber's Love. He helped us with materials as well.
848
00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:24.159
Wow, well, that's good to know that you've made that
849
00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:28.199
connection with him. And from what I understand, then you've
850
00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:31.360
you've got none in real pell coming out, and you've
851
00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:33.559
you mentioned that you might have some more pink films
852
00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:36.960
on the way. Can you tease it all any of
853
00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:39.079
those titles or talk about them?
854
00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:42.840
Yeah, yeah, So look, we'll see how it goes, but
855
00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:45.280
we were quite surprised. The reception to None and Ropel
856
00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:50.440
was quite overwhelming, more than cold. I was quite surprised. Yeah,
857
00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:55.719
there's a lot of Yeah, you surprised all the reactions
858
00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.079
to None.
859
00:43:56.199 --> 00:44:02.400
It's kind of yeah, I've watched it for the first line.
860
00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:09.840
I didn't know this, okay, but quite yeah, right.
861
00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.480
Erotic.
862
00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:19.199
Yeah, it's a bit worried that could like tell this. Yeah.
863
00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:23.599
Yeah, it's a little little little boundary pushing, yes, but
864
00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:28.360
but the fans were very responsive. It's fine. But yeah,
865
00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:31.760
we'll see how young if younger as well. Yeah, definitely
866
00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:35.159
you have plans for more pinking and definitely Roman pornos
867
00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.440
from the.
868
00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:41.159
Yeah, kind of courage.
869
00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:43.960
They are and the Katsu really want us to release
870
00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:47.199
more Roman pornos because they and because it calls Roman porns.
871
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:50.719
What's that sounds like Roman Gladiator. No, it's just it's Norman,
872
00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:55.320
which means yeah, romantic pornography, which means that you go
873
00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:57.840
with your date to the movies and you'd watch it.
874
00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:59.880
And it was and these movies I said that they
875
00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.840
not hardcore, they're just soft call. But they were made
876
00:45:01.880 --> 00:45:04.760
for couples and and they had big name actresses, big
877
00:45:04.840 --> 00:45:08.719
name stars and them as well. But they're really pushing us, like, hey, guys,
878
00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:11.480
like release more because I think there's an anniversary coming
879
00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:14.039
out for this year for Roman Porno, and so they
880
00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:16.960
really want us to release one. So we're very keen.
881
00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:19.400
We're very keen. Yeah, and there is a there is
882
00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:22.039
a hunger. Like I know eighty eight were doing a
883
00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:24.599
bunch and then they just stopped and I heard they've
884
00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:27.320
kind of finished with it. We'd love to pick up
885
00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:30.000
that that and then keep it going because there's so
886
00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:32.199
many like like I said, I'm a big fan and
887
00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:36.440
the Katsu rom Porto. So no particular titles, but we
888
00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:38.639
we are definitely interested. There will be more coming. I
889
00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:42.360
can definitely confirm that. Yeah, and pink films as well. Yes,
890
00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:46.719
it definitely is pink films because we we look like
891
00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:51.039
I mentioned the story, we've come across a some some
892
00:45:51.840 --> 00:45:53.679
film prints that were about to be thrown in the
893
00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:57.159
bin and they were actually a bunch of pink films,
894
00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:59.639
a bunch of mystery pink films. So we don't really
895
00:45:59.679 --> 00:46:02.320
know what they are, but but we will. We're going
896
00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:04.320
to investigate and get them scanned and see what they are.
897
00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:06.679
But there is a plan to release definitely more pink
898
00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:08.440
films in the future, because.
899
00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:15.920
That is very bizarre. They're just miscellaneous pink films. Yeah,
900
00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:18.800
you don't know what they are at all, no idea.
901
00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:21.679
Yeah, it was actually it was kind of like it
902
00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:24.679
was a it was like a widow of a you know,
903
00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:29.360
like a family member who basically was related to a
904
00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.639
director and he made all these, you know, tons and
905
00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:33.559
tons of pink films, and and it was a case
906
00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:35.280
where it's like, hey, she's going to throw these in
907
00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:38.280
the bin. Get around here, now, let's let's inspect them.
908
00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:42.480
And I went around and and it's pile we can like,
909
00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.360
don't throw these out because you want to preserve history.
910
00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.639
So then that's what we do as well. We kind
911
00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:49.960
of try and serve as well. So it's a case
912
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:53.000
where we listen, we're still negotiating, but it's just a
913
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:55.159
case where it's like, wow, you know, we have to
914
00:46:55.199 --> 00:46:57.159
save these, like and figure out what they are, and
915
00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:59.679
if they're really good then we'll we'll see. So it's
916
00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:01.079
just a case so we'll have to scan it and
917
00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:03.559
figure out what it is. Mystery.
918
00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:08.480
Okay, that's exciting though. Can you say who the director was?
919
00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:09.960
Uh?
920
00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:13.199
No, I can't at this stage. Yeah, because they've they've
921
00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:16.840
they've asked us to keep it the directors, I love
922
00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:19.599
to but once we sign it off and they go
923
00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:21.519
for it. But right now, I think because the family
924
00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:23.119
is a bit private, it's like, oh, can it kind
925
00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:24.840
of keep some there, But like i'monell happy to tell
926
00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:28.039
about share it's definitely coming. And that's thing like there
927
00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:30.519
were so many directors and filmmakers in the industry. It's
928
00:47:31.239 --> 00:47:33.519
and uh and yeah, they're they're great films. Are there
929
00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:37.719
great dramas, comedies, thrillers, like it's pretty amazing and yeah,
930
00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:39.760
there's so many that have been made over the years.
931
00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.760
Yeah, and it's it's having a real boom right now
932
00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:48.559
with Vinegar Syndrome putting out those Hessiasudo SAIDs and other
933
00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:52.000
companies are putting out pink films, so it seems like,
934
00:47:52.679 --> 00:47:54.519
you know, you get to strike when the iron is
935
00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:58.480
hot and people will be drawn to it.
936
00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:02.000
So yeah, that's a saying Yeah, I.
937
00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:04.480
Think so, you know, I like I loved this for years,
938
00:48:04.480 --> 00:48:06.519
like you know, even before the you know, for many
939
00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:09.400
years I've kind of track things down, So I'm glad
940
00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:11.559
to see it's getting the love and appreciation. Because they're
941
00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:13.599
all they're proper movies that they shot on film. They're
942
00:48:13.599 --> 00:48:15.440
not you know, a b it's like shot on video
943
00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:18.440
that they're proper, proper movies. So it's it's great to
944
00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:20.360
see it get a revival totally.
945
00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:25.440
Yeah, which makes me think of Mako. Your your label
946
00:48:25.599 --> 00:48:27.360
is your sub labels called Nammy?
947
00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.360
Is that right?
948
00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:33.400
Yeah? Meaning way?
949
00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:39.079
Oh okay, because Nammy is is a recurring character in
950
00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:42.320
the Angel Guts series. She's the main star of all
951
00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:44.000
those films which you pick film.
952
00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:54.199
Yeah, it's called Japanese Girls, right, Yeah, it's relation to
953
00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:59.079
a new ways Yeah cool, it's just me.
954
00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:01.400
Yeah, it means way from Japanese.
955
00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:02.440
So sounds good.
956
00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:05.280
Yeah, I like you.
957
00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:08.920
Yeah, we were thinking for a long time. Yeah, it
958
00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:10.760
was kind of hard to pick a name, and there
959
00:49:10.760 --> 00:49:14.199
are certain names that just didn't stick and sound. But
960
00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:17.639
I mean it's quite simple and it kind of easy
961
00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:18.159
to remember.
962
00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:23.480
Yeah, definitely. Yeah. What do you have planned for Nami? What?
963
00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:25.239
What films do you have planned for it that you
964
00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:26.039
can talk about?
965
00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:26.760
Yeah?
966
00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:29.360
The first one and look what kind of started this
967
00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:32.239
is that? Like I said, we the first one will
968
00:49:32.239 --> 00:49:38.039
be come on the diner, come on, which means Seagull Diner.
969
00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:40.880
But originally it started because we we were looking in
970
00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.039
obviously a new way. It's gotten to point now it's
971
00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:46.079
got sort of a I guess expectation from the audience,
972
00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:49.679
like you want something cool or genre or extreme and
973
00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:53.920
so but we love Japanese dramas and coming of age
974
00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:57.119
stories of well, so we thought and we really wanted
975
00:49:57.119 --> 00:50:01.239
to buy this film because she's a fantastic who made
976
00:50:01.280 --> 00:50:03.719
the film, and she's done a number of incredible works,
977
00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:06.400
and so it was just it was in Nakatsu film
978
00:50:06.400 --> 00:50:08.599
actually Come a med and we saw on the list
979
00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:11.320
and we're like, we love to Acquie Come a mid Diner,
980
00:50:11.400 --> 00:50:13.480
but we can't put on New Way because it was
981
00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:15.239
just you know, if you put it next to you know,
982
00:50:15.320 --> 00:50:18.599
Blosky Doji legendly Overfiend, it's not gonna it's not gonna
983
00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:18.960
line up.
984
00:50:18.960 --> 00:50:19.480
Well, so.
985
00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:24.719
Yeah, so yeah, it was that we'd we'd have to
986
00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:27.239
separate because we want to do sort of dramas and
987
00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:31.400
most of the films like two thousands, like there's a
988
00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:33.519
lot of great Japanese films like a Limbo that haven't
989
00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:35.679
had good releases, and so the vision for is sort
990
00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:45.840
of how would you describe peaceful, cooling yet house cute
991
00:50:46.079 --> 00:50:49.639
as well. So Come a mid Dina is sort of
992
00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:51.880
like the first there, and it's a great film about
993
00:50:51.880 --> 00:50:55.280
these that's one of your favorites, these three women who
994
00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:59.400
open a restaurant in Helsinki, Japanese restaurant and it's just
995
00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:03.800
a great calm like I can't almost like the way
996
00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:06.159
it shocked, almost like sort of like a Wes Anderson film.
997
00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:10.760
It's it's it's really incredible. People love it. It's had
998
00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:12.719
a huge cult following, but it's never had a proper
999
00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:15.519
sort of release, and so it had like a Japanese
1000
00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:17.519
blue ray that goes for like, you know, one hundred
1001
00:51:17.519 --> 00:51:20.280
dollars on eBay, but more so, we were glad to
1002
00:51:20.280 --> 00:51:23.719
bring it back. But it's one that you're, yeah, quite
1003
00:51:23.760 --> 00:51:27.159
excited we will, yeah, and we got the director in.
1004
00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:30.280
She was very supportive and so yeah, I guess the
1005
00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:33.079
vision is sort of more like films like that, and
1006
00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:35.480
and there might be some darker dramas as well, but
1007
00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:39.320
in a new way sort of just for and Nammi's
1008
00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:42.280
more for sort of yes dramas and whatnot.
1009
00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:46.719
Are you are you guys familiar with Shinji some the
1010
00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:52.079
director I might be butchering his name. He did Thay
1011
00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:56.280
Film Club. Yeah, yeah, I feel like he has a
1012
00:51:56.360 --> 00:52:01.480
few films that might be worth looking into, Like Ppe Writer,
1013
00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:03.159
I don't think. I don't know if that's had a
1014
00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:05.719
proper release, at least in North America.
1015
00:52:06.199 --> 00:52:10.719
It's a fantastic yes is yes, yeah, his his works
1016
00:52:10.719 --> 00:52:13.760
are that that would yet that once that would totally
1017
00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:16.440
be an AMI film, so more than the drama signed
1018
00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:21.079
amazing and that's it. Kind of it allows us to,
1019
00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:23.440
I guess, like, sort of be a bit more free
1020
00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:25.360
in the experiment a bit with that label because we
1021
00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:28.840
don't feel so restricted to just genre titles. So it's good.
1022
00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:30.400
It kind of opens the door for us a bit
1023
00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:34.960
as well. So yeah, kind of and quite an interesting process.
1024
00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:38.000
But for come on here. Hopefully we'll announce more soon.
1025
00:52:38.079 --> 00:52:41.039
The artwork's being done right now, so hopefully shouldn't be
1026
00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:45.000
too long artists. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll see.
1027
00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:46.760
Is that?
1028
00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:49.599
Do you have any other titles lined up that you
1029
00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:52.119
can talk about for for Nami.
1030
00:52:53.360 --> 00:52:53.440
Not?
1031
00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:56.000
Yeah, we have a few of mine, but not they're
1032
00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.280
not signed yet, so we can't discuss by love.
1033
00:52:58.159 --> 00:52:59.880
To you can?
1034
00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:07.880
Yeah, yeah there was yeah, actually there was one actually
1035
00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:10.360
I'm more happy to speak about it. We were thinking
1036
00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:16.639
we're close to negotiating. There's a the director of Cockaoa
1037
00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:22.000
actually did a film called Hula Girls from two thousand
1038
00:53:22.039 --> 00:53:22.480
and six.
1039
00:53:22.840 --> 00:53:27.280
It was directed by some Illly son.
1040
00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:32.199
Ily yes, and it's a true story about these like
1041
00:53:32.280 --> 00:53:35.079
in Hawaii in like the nineteen sixties. The film I
1042
00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:37.760
think year two thousand and six, and it's just a great,
1043
00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:40.000
really great story and that that was sort of phit
1044
00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:43.320
Nami film. So that's one that we were sort of thinking,
1045
00:53:43.400 --> 00:53:47.079
like we were quite close to negotiating as well. So yeah,
1046
00:53:47.119 --> 00:53:49.840
Hula Girls is a Yeah, it's a great film. So yeah,
1047
00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:52.719
that's sort of stuff films as well. And there's there's
1048
00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:56.519
one like a really it's a drama. It's a very
1049
00:53:56.719 --> 00:53:59.639
dark drama. It's a bit bleak. I can't say what
1050
00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:02.760
we unfortunately yet, but yeah, that would that would definitely
1051
00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:03.960
fit on Nummy as well.
1052
00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:07.719
Mm hmm okay, I like a blief drama.
1053
00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:10.320
Yeah, I mean if you could get Hula Girls, which
1054
00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:12.920
is the same director as Coco Huro is that what
1055
00:54:13.079 --> 00:54:15.760
is that what it was called? That would be great
1056
00:54:15.840 --> 00:54:20.199
because that film is getting so much hype right now,
1057
00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:23.320
so people would see, Oh my god, that's the director's
1058
00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:25.719
earlier film. I have to get that as well, you know,
1059
00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:27.559
so that would be great.
1060
00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:27.880
Yeah.
1061
00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:30.920
Yeah, it was like you a lot of those sort
1062
00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:33.440
of like like swing Girls and all these sort of
1063
00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:36.159
movies that were coming out during that time around dancing
1064
00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:38.679
and music, and so yeah, it fits nicely.
1065
00:54:38.760 --> 00:54:40.079
But yeah, I think that would be a good sort
1066
00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:43.039
of tie in piece and and and sometimes it's just
1067
00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:46.360
a coincidence. Like we culture is my Passport, we licensed it,
1068
00:54:46.400 --> 00:54:48.800
and then like two weeks later it got announced that
1069
00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:51.719
a big Hollywood remax being made for Cultures My Passport
1070
00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:59.360
by Amazon Studies. Yeah, yes, yeah, it was like and
1071
00:54:59.400 --> 00:55:01.960
that was just complete infidence. They didn't even mention it
1072
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:04.159
to us, and we like and we're like, wow, so
1073
00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:06.519
this is ties in quite nicely because I think people
1074
00:55:06.519 --> 00:55:08.840
will see the remake and go okay, I want to
1075
00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:12.360
see the original now. So sometimes yeah, you just while
1076
00:55:12.400 --> 00:55:14.800
the iron is hot and you never know, so, especially
1077
00:55:14.840 --> 00:55:17.119
some of like who Girl Awards.
1078
00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:18.280
True.
1079
00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:21.199
Yeah, I was actually going to ask you about that
1080
00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:24.519
because I saw Geareth Evans was doing the remake, and
1081
00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:27.360
I don't know if you're a fan of his films
1082
00:55:27.360 --> 00:55:29.880
at all, but I really loved the Raid films. I
1083
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:32.800
thought they were fantastic, So I think he'll do a
1084
00:55:32.800 --> 00:55:33.360
good job.
1085
00:55:33.760 --> 00:55:37.599
So the Master of Action, so I think he can
1086
00:55:37.679 --> 00:55:40.519
really if he was to do a remake, it'll be fantastic.
1087
00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:43.199
But yeah, just like complete coincidence. We had no idea
1088
00:55:43.239 --> 00:55:45.280
that was coming. And then yeah, after we signed the
1089
00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:47.920
paperworker's like, wow, so that works.
1090
00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:48.079
Now.
1091
00:55:48.880 --> 00:55:50.599
Yeah, I'm very excited to see.
1092
00:55:52.639 --> 00:55:55.920
Yeah, I was going to ask if you guys have
1093
00:55:56.239 --> 00:56:00.400
interest in releasing films other parts of Asia, but I
1094
00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:03.199
can appreciate why you'd maybe want to be sticking to
1095
00:56:03.280 --> 00:56:07.239
mostly just Japan, But is there by any chance interested,
1096
00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:10.480
like you know, even in China or Korea or anything.
1097
00:56:11.679 --> 00:56:15.480
Definitely is. Yeah, we we we will be branching out
1098
00:56:15.519 --> 00:56:17.719
a bit, so we do. Actually we have a Hong
1099
00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:23.400
Kong film coming as well, hopefully we soon. So yeah,
1100
00:56:23.559 --> 00:56:27.840
we definitely do, especially Southeast Asia as well, because obviously
1101
00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:30.719
you know, not that it's going to run dry, but
1102
00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:33.559
because Japan's are bread and butter. But I love sort
1103
00:56:33.559 --> 00:56:36.760
of Southeast Asian films as well, So definitely, like in
1104
00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:39.480
the Philippines. Like a good friend of mine, Andrew Levolt,
1105
00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:42.639
he's a real Philippine expert. He's telling all these genre
1106
00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:45.440
films in the Philippines. Wow, so that's something as well.
1107
00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:48.599
But yeah, definitely we would like to drink a bit
1108
00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:52.039
eventually into other regions as well. Do you think maybe
1109
00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:55.320
we should get other countries. I think that'll be a
1110
00:56:55.360 --> 00:56:58.119
good kind of good kind of way of doing things,
1111
00:56:58.280 --> 00:57:01.159
especially Hong Kong because so but the Hong Kong film
1112
00:57:01.159 --> 00:57:03.440
we picked up, it's never had a blue rays. It's
1113
00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:06.880
amazing film. Can't wait to announce it. But yeah, we
1114
00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:10.960
should be able to maybe yes soon, But yeah, it's
1115
00:57:11.000 --> 00:57:14.039
something that we Yeah, we definitely keen to branch out
1116
00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:15.480
as well other countries.
1117
00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:18.880
So you don't need to tell me the title. But
1118
00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:24.880
is it horror or action? Yeah, it's it's actually more
1119
00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:30.159
on the action side. Actually yeah, actually it's one of
1120
00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:30.599
a kind.
1121
00:57:30.840 --> 00:57:38.079
It's hard, it's it's it's it's very dark, dark comedy too. Yeah,
1122
00:57:39.480 --> 00:57:40.360
it's just the like.
1123
00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:42.559
You're describing a Category three film.
1124
00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:48.360
Yeah, well, exactly exactly, and we love to announce it,
1125
00:57:48.360 --> 00:57:50.280
but it's just the license. So it's a it's a
1126
00:57:50.280 --> 00:57:52.519
big Hong Kong and they're a bit funny about announcing
1127
00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:56.119
you this. Don't announce until you know you're we're little Okay, fine,
1128
00:57:56.159 --> 00:57:59.000
so but I loved it, but yeah, it's a it's
1129
00:57:59.000 --> 00:58:03.440
a actually and it's it's luckily it's critically claim like
1130
00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:06.719
you know, it's sitting on your rotten tomatoes like ninety percent,
1131
00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:08.880
and to let a box of great reviews, it's like, well,
1132
00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:10.599
no one's put it out. And so that was thanks
1133
00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:13.880
to a colleague of ours, William. He helps us a
1134
00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:17.320
lot with to production. He's for he can speak Cantonese,
1135
00:58:17.320 --> 00:58:18.920
he's from Hong Kong, so he's the one that kind
1136
00:58:18.920 --> 00:58:22.000
of made that deal happen. But yeah, William's been very
1137
00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:23.400
helpful for us too.
1138
00:58:23.719 --> 00:58:27.760
Perfect Okay, Well I will look forward to that because
1139
00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:31.719
I love Hong Kong cinema just as much as Jeff.
1140
00:58:31.880 --> 00:58:35.760
Maybe a little less than Japanese cinema, but it's definitely
1141
00:58:35.880 --> 00:58:40.280
up there. Yeah, but we're just approaching we're just approaching
1142
00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:43.440
an hour now, So if we're cool to wrap things
1143
00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:46.920
up and maybe move on to the questionnaire, is there
1144
00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:50.599
anything else that you guys wanted to plug or tease
1145
00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:52.559
if you're comfortable to do.
1146
00:58:52.519 --> 00:58:56.199
That, Yeah, I think I can think of. But yeah,
1147
00:58:56.480 --> 00:59:00.639
just we're still kind of figuring out out rhythm of
1148
00:59:00.679 --> 00:59:03.760
how we announce things and and the things we don't
1149
00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:06.239
want to we've kind of learned now with especially with
1150
00:59:06.599 --> 00:59:09.559
we announced it Oscy Dog like ages ago. And the
1151
00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:12.880
problem is we got too excited when it's coming, and
1152
00:59:12.920 --> 00:59:15.119
then we realized, oh, this is a huge project. We're
1153
00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:17.320
gonna have to get all these multiple disc creators and stuff.
1154
00:59:17.280 --> 00:59:19.400
I was like, ah, so we we're kind of trying
1155
00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:22.199
to avoid announcing too early now because because every day
1156
00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:26.400
we get a message, where's where's yoursky Dog? So but
1157
00:59:26.400 --> 00:59:29.679
but yeah, there's there's definitely more. Yeah, just just keep
1158
00:59:29.719 --> 00:59:32.679
your eyes out, like it's this very exciting first time
1159
00:59:32.760 --> 00:59:34.440
on Blu ray. And and we're going to do a
1160
00:59:34.480 --> 00:59:37.159
four k as well, at four k uhd. Finally we're
1161
00:59:37.159 --> 00:59:39.719
going to do like for a big title. So we're
1162
00:59:39.760 --> 00:59:43.519
scanning the original thirty five. We're scanning a print right
1163
00:59:43.559 --> 00:59:46.400
now from from Japan, so we can't wait to announce
1164
00:59:46.400 --> 00:59:48.480
that as well. But yeah, just keep your eyes peeled
1165
00:59:48.480 --> 00:59:51.480
and we've got first time on disc. We're exciting stuff coming,
1166
00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:54.039
amazing going.
1167
00:59:54.360 --> 01:00:00.400
I I'm really curious about this. It's the legend of
1168
01:00:00.400 --> 01:00:01.039
the Overfield.
1169
01:00:01.719 --> 01:00:13.920
Yes, yeah, righty.
1170
01:00:08.559 --> 01:00:13.239
Gojiji Okay, I feel like I'm probably saying it wrong.
1171
01:00:13.320 --> 01:00:16.639
I apologize, but.
1172
01:00:16.360 --> 01:00:17.840
Yeah, we definitely see.
1173
01:00:20.599 --> 01:00:22.320
That's that's one.
1174
01:00:22.760 --> 01:00:26.199
Because John, you kept mentioning seeing these films in high school.
1175
01:00:26.719 --> 01:00:28.760
I feel like when I was in high school or
1176
01:00:28.800 --> 01:00:33.800
maybe even younger friends having clips of that movie maybe
1177
01:00:34.159 --> 01:00:37.880
on VHS and showing like, look what I found, you know,
1178
01:00:38.119 --> 01:00:41.480
So it's kind of built up in my mind as
1179
01:00:41.480 --> 01:00:46.639
something very scary, depraved, creepy. I feel like I have
1180
01:00:46.719 --> 01:00:50.079
to see it now. So yeah, oh yeah, it was.
1181
01:00:49.920 --> 01:00:52.320
It was passed around in my school and because I
1182
01:00:52.320 --> 01:00:55.000
actually came out here on video amazingly and it was
1183
01:00:55.039 --> 01:00:57.559
passed around and it was like yeah, and it's just
1184
01:00:58.079 --> 01:01:01.000
like it's it's one of the most toorious animes of
1185
01:01:01.039 --> 01:01:03.639
all time. Like it came out nineteen eighty nine, I
1186
01:01:03.679 --> 01:01:06.679
think it was during that era like Gold and like,
1187
01:01:07.000 --> 01:01:09.280
you know, Wicked City and all this great stuff was
1188
01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:12.639
coming out. But yeah, Legend, the animation is incredible. I
1189
01:01:13.239 --> 01:01:14.559
can't wait to get it out. But it's one of
1190
01:01:14.639 --> 01:01:17.159
my favorite animes of all time. But it's it's very
1191
01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:19.400
extreme and just heads up.
1192
01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:22.800
You know. It was one of the first tentacle genre
1193
01:01:22.920 --> 01:01:25.079
films of all time. But if you take that out,
1194
01:01:25.119 --> 01:01:27.480
you've got this really great story and great characters and
1195
01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:31.519
amazing animations. We're on it to be releasing it. But yeah,
1196
01:01:31.559 --> 01:01:33.280
I think you love it. It's it's one of the
1197
01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:36.719
most extreme animates I've made. It's yeah, it's really.
1198
01:01:36.559 --> 01:01:39.079
Great, cool, I'm excited.
1199
01:01:40.079 --> 01:01:42.440
Okay, well we'll move on to the questionnaire then and
1200
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I'll let you guys get on your way. But yeah,
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01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:47.559
thank you so much for coming on, and hopefully I
1202
01:01:47.599 --> 01:01:50.239
can have you guys on in maybe a year's time
1203
01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:54.760
and try to get some more titles out of you. Okay,
1204
01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:58.280
So first question, what is one item you can't live without?
1205
01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:04.079
Yes, I think because I yeah, just because I love
1206
01:02:04.239 --> 01:02:08.559
my physical media. I'd say my probably my player, my
1207
01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:11.360
my four K player. I just yeah, I love it.
1208
01:02:11.400 --> 01:02:14.480
I just yes, it's like my baby. I watch everything
1209
01:02:14.480 --> 01:02:18.599
on it, and it's a it's a Panasonic I've models
1210
01:02:18.639 --> 01:02:20.760
to the top of the line. It's it's region free
1211
01:02:20.760 --> 01:02:23.079
as well. But yeah, that's that's my sort of go
1212
01:02:23.199 --> 01:02:26.400
to I love it, so go to player.
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01:02:28.519 --> 01:02:28.840
Nice.
1214
01:02:29.079 --> 01:02:34.920
Do you have a favorite as a Japanese differently bust tub?
1215
01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:38.480
Yeah? Bathtub?
1216
01:02:38.559 --> 01:02:38.760
Yeah?
1217
01:02:38.800 --> 01:02:39.800
Yeah?
1218
01:02:39.960 --> 01:02:40.679
Oh bathtub?
1219
01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:43.760
Oh yeah, I totally respect it.
1220
01:02:43.880 --> 01:02:46.800
Yeah.
1221
01:02:47.000 --> 01:02:53.320
I live in Australia and you know Australia, you know buffing,
1222
01:02:54.000 --> 01:02:59.480
no here, so that's why we don't have a right now.
1223
01:03:00.239 --> 01:03:04.159
So okay, yeah, but always missed you know bath and
1224
01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:08.000
you know bus stars. Yeah, and also it's hot spring,
1225
01:03:09.000 --> 01:03:17.480
that's okay. We you know have a bush the culture, yeah,
1226
01:03:17.639 --> 01:03:24.119
that's culture and so just reacts and Australia, but we
1227
01:03:24.159 --> 01:03:28.599
don't have also a very quite you know warm here. Yeah,
1228
01:03:28.719 --> 01:03:35.719
very needed, but no yeah for me, yeah, something.
1229
01:03:35.400 --> 01:03:41.400
That I yeah, my my wife is a big bath
1230
01:03:41.679 --> 01:03:46.480
fan as well. So uh, it's it is nice when
1231
01:03:46.519 --> 01:03:47.480
you can get to do it.
1232
01:03:47.519 --> 01:03:47.719
You know.
1233
01:03:48.000 --> 01:03:50.480
I'm sorry you don't have a bathub in Australia.
1234
01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:53.679
Certain houses have them, but you know, so like fancy,
1235
01:03:53.719 --> 01:03:56.239
really fancy houses, but it's kind of yeah, it's just
1236
01:03:56.239 --> 01:03:59.400
not common. You don't see the new design houses kind
1237
01:03:59.400 --> 01:04:01.679
of yeah.
1238
01:04:00.920 --> 01:04:02.840
That's too bad. Okay.
1239
01:04:03.199 --> 01:04:06.199
What was the last great movie you saw in theaters?
1240
01:04:06.519 --> 01:04:07.480
Mm hmm, how you.
1241
01:04:07.400 --> 01:04:11.519
Can oh, yeah, as I mentioned earlier, cocker.
1242
01:04:11.320 --> 01:04:15.119
Hole, right, yeah, yeah, you.
1243
01:04:15.079 --> 01:04:19.519
Know I will last movie that was so in the theater.
1244
01:04:19.679 --> 01:04:23.760
Yeah, my one was. Last time I saw it was
1245
01:04:23.840 --> 01:04:26.840
when I was in Brisbane. For the love exposure screening
1246
01:04:27.360 --> 01:04:29.360
friend of mine because I caught up with some friends
1247
01:04:29.360 --> 01:04:31.199
in Brisbane, like, hey, let's go see a movie, and
1248
01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:34.880
I saw. I didn't have any expectations the twenty eight
1249
01:04:34.920 --> 01:04:39.199
Days the Bone Temple and I went in cool. Sorry
1250
01:04:39.199 --> 01:04:41.480
twenty eight years later, sorry years later the Bone Temple.
1251
01:04:41.519 --> 01:04:45.320
Oh yeah, I knew what you were talking about. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
1252
01:04:45.360 --> 01:04:47.559
and I loved that. I was. I was shocked how
1253
01:04:47.599 --> 01:04:49.320
good it what. I was blown away because I because
1254
01:04:49.360 --> 01:04:51.320
I love I do like modern horror if it's good,
1255
01:04:51.360 --> 01:04:54.199
and so as a zombie film, I thought the characters,
1256
01:04:54.199 --> 01:04:56.719
in the world building and the performances are incredible. So
1257
01:04:57.639 --> 01:04:59.199
that was the last one. That was a couple of
1258
01:04:59.239 --> 01:05:02.199
weeks ago. It was wow, I'm shameless, film is bombed
1259
01:05:02.199 --> 01:05:06.199
because it's really good. And yeah, that was the last one. Surprising.
1260
01:05:06.719 --> 01:05:08.880
Yeah, I'm excited to see that. I'm excited to see
1261
01:05:08.880 --> 01:05:12.039
both films. I definitely will see that as soon as possible.
1262
01:05:12.320 --> 01:05:15.880
I just saw Surrat with my wife. Have you guys
1263
01:05:15.920 --> 01:05:16.360
heard of that?
1264
01:05:16.920 --> 01:05:19.280
No, not yet, I've heard of I haven't seen it yet, right,
1265
01:05:19.280 --> 01:05:23.239
I've heard. Okay, it's amazing.
1266
01:05:24.800 --> 01:05:28.320
Yeah right, Yeah, definitely definitely see it when you get
1267
01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:32.239
a chance, it's it's great. Yeah, really heavy though very
1268
01:05:32.280 --> 01:05:37.159
heavy film. Yeah, all right, Next question, what what was
1269
01:05:37.199 --> 01:05:39.039
the last great concert you went to?
1270
01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:44.159
We actually went to a Jet Dragon K Pop Star
1271
01:05:44.719 --> 01:05:46.440
Dragons concert.
1272
01:05:47.599 --> 01:05:52.480
Dragon Dragon okay, okay, cool.
1273
01:05:52.760 --> 01:05:56.840
Never heard of them, no, but they just I had neither.
1274
01:05:56.840 --> 01:05:58.679
It was my first time. But the show they put
1275
01:05:58.719 --> 01:06:00.880
on amazing effects.
1276
01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:04.320
And yeah, I'm a huge fun of him. Okay, you
1277
01:06:04.320 --> 01:06:07.519
know maybe you mean.
1278
01:06:09.079 --> 01:06:14.920
Okay, yeah, it's been around, but it was. Yeah, but
1279
01:06:15.000 --> 01:06:19.239
I I saw two years ago I saw so I
1280
01:06:19.320 --> 01:06:20.840
used to go to concerts all time, not not so
1281
01:06:20.920 --> 01:06:23.639
much anymore. I love to, but there's not yeah, because
1282
01:06:23.639 --> 01:06:25.599
I used to go to you know, there was a
1283
01:06:25.639 --> 01:06:27.880
consert got sound Wave in Australia. It was great. It's like,
1284
01:06:28.440 --> 01:06:31.880
you know, all day, like you'd have you know, bands out,
1285
01:06:31.920 --> 01:06:35.400
you know, like Slipknot and Limp Biscuit and that was
1286
01:06:35.400 --> 01:06:37.599
sort of Yeah, That's why I used to go to concerts.
1287
01:06:37.639 --> 01:06:40.880
But but two years ago I saw they came to Australia.
1288
01:06:40.920 --> 01:06:44.440
It was baby Metal the oh yeah, yeah, they were
1289
01:06:44.440 --> 01:06:46.800
here in Sydney and they put on a show that
1290
01:06:46.960 --> 01:06:49.280
was that was amazing. It was just so loud and
1291
01:06:49.400 --> 01:06:53.000
heavy in the in the in the auditorium.
1292
01:06:53.000 --> 01:06:53.159
It was.
1293
01:06:53.239 --> 01:06:56.719
It was incredible. They Yeah, so my Baby Medal was
1294
01:06:56.760 --> 01:06:59.960
like the sort of fusion of sort of cute Japanese
1295
01:07:00.039 --> 01:07:02.280
a pop with extreme like sort of heavy metal in
1296
01:07:02.320 --> 01:07:04.559
the background, and it just works really well. And so
1297
01:07:05.119 --> 01:07:07.280
you've got them singing the cute little songs, got these
1298
01:07:07.679 --> 01:07:10.519
metal guitar riffs in the background. So it's it's incredible
1299
01:07:10.519 --> 01:07:12.400
to see live. That was that was amazing thing. It
1300
01:07:12.400 --> 01:07:13.679
was two years ago when they came out.
1301
01:07:13.760 --> 01:07:16.400
Yeah, okay, did you both go to that?
1302
01:07:16.800 --> 01:07:17.000
No?
1303
01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:20.960
I just went, Yeah, I went with a friend Baby Medal,
1304
01:07:21.039 --> 01:07:26.159
So yeah, you've heard I think so. Yeah, yeah, but
1305
01:07:26.280 --> 01:07:28.159
a bit too intense.
1306
01:07:30.639 --> 01:07:31.599
It's not for everyone.
1307
01:07:33.360 --> 01:07:36.679
Okay, our next question, what was the last great book
1308
01:07:36.719 --> 01:07:37.159
you read?
1309
01:07:37.760 --> 01:07:41.760
Yeah, for me, it was actually it's actually not like
1310
01:07:42.760 --> 01:07:46.719
it's actually more so non fiction. It was because obviously
1311
01:07:46.760 --> 01:07:49.960
starting a business is quite a quite a task because
1312
01:07:49.960 --> 01:07:53.360
I worked obviously you know, bigger companies and as an employee,
1313
01:07:53.760 --> 01:07:55.920
and so you're not not really move related to this book.
1314
01:07:56.039 --> 01:07:59.039
It was just it was called the Art of Getting
1315
01:07:59.079 --> 01:08:02.000
Things Done. And uh, the reason I really is it
1316
01:08:02.079 --> 01:08:06.000
really helped just just like because as a business, like
1317
01:08:06.239 --> 01:08:07.760
small business with us, even though we have you know,
1318
01:08:07.840 --> 01:08:10.679
contractors and you know sort of employees. It's it's just
1319
01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:13.440
it's it's really overwhelming. You know, you've got customer orders,
1320
01:08:13.480 --> 01:08:18.000
you've got you know, complaints, you've got suppliers and all
1321
01:08:18.039 --> 01:08:19.960
like it's all coming at you once. It's just like
1322
01:08:20.640 --> 01:08:22.279
and so I got recommended to this book and I
1323
01:08:22.319 --> 01:08:25.640
read fantastic. It showed me just how to just manage
1324
01:08:26.000 --> 01:08:28.600
manage your sort of if you're too overwhelmed by just
1325
01:08:28.600 --> 01:08:30.239
just like too much going on. It just helps you
1326
01:08:30.279 --> 01:08:32.319
like manage it like to do list and and just
1327
01:08:32.399 --> 01:08:35.319
kind of manage the chaos of running and running a business.
1328
01:08:35.359 --> 01:08:37.279
So yeah, it was a really great book and it
1329
01:08:37.359 --> 01:08:40.199
kind of helped me just like get on top of things,
1330
01:08:40.239 --> 01:08:42.800
like just kind of manage things as well. So yeah,
1331
01:08:42.920 --> 01:08:45.279
not not really fiction, but it was. It was yeah,
1332
01:08:45.359 --> 01:08:47.319
sort of a more sort of self help as a
1333
01:08:47.399 --> 01:08:49.479
you know, just just to manage and you know, your
1334
01:08:49.560 --> 01:08:51.520
daily life and everything at once. So it's pretty pretty
1335
01:08:51.520 --> 01:08:54.439
amazing read. I forgot the author a mental length, but yeah,
1336
01:08:54.439 --> 01:08:57.119
it's cool art of getting things done. It's really pretty
1337
01:08:57.119 --> 01:08:57.920
amazing cool.
1338
01:08:57.920 --> 01:08:59.319
No, it sounds really helpful.
1339
01:08:59.399 --> 01:09:05.600
Yeah, Mako, uh yeah, when whenever I go back to Japan,
1340
01:09:05.840 --> 01:09:10.199
I bring I know, I buy books and then bring
1341
01:09:10.239 --> 01:09:14.680
back to Australia. But yeah, kind of similar to John
1342
01:09:14.760 --> 01:09:21.840
but kind of sealth self help or self improvement and yeah,
1343
01:09:21.920 --> 01:09:27.560
something like this and it says you want everyone.
1344
01:09:27.239 --> 01:09:28.520
You love to read.
1345
01:09:29.920 --> 01:09:31.880
So kind of.
1346
01:09:33.279 --> 01:09:40.239
Communication relationships stuff and are still on the way.
1347
01:09:42.239 --> 01:09:45.479
Yeah yeah, I love cold you.
1348
01:09:45.439 --> 01:09:48.960
Know, self improvement and stuff.
1349
01:09:49.079 --> 01:09:53.039
Yeah sure, yeah, yeah, you got to read it sometimes.
1350
01:09:53.119 --> 01:09:54.199
Yeah. Uh.
1351
01:09:54.479 --> 01:09:58.920
Second last question, So for his final meal, John Wayne
1352
01:09:58.960 --> 01:10:03.680
Gacy picked KFC chicken, shrimp and strawberries for your final
1353
01:10:03.760 --> 01:10:05.279
meal before being executed.
1354
01:10:05.319 --> 01:10:06.039
What would you pick?
1355
01:10:07.239 --> 01:10:12.800
I would say my mom's meal like home cook Oh nice.
1356
01:10:13.640 --> 01:10:13.920
Yeah.
1357
01:10:14.079 --> 01:10:16.800
Otherwise yeah, sushi.
1358
01:10:17.680 --> 01:10:22.319
Sushi, okay, great. Anything to drink.
1359
01:10:23.680 --> 01:10:28.439
A drink, drink I don't, you know, drink alcohol. So
1360
01:10:29.479 --> 01:10:30.319
I'm pretty happy.
1361
01:10:30.840 --> 01:10:33.800
Just tea tea why not?
1362
01:10:34.119 --> 01:10:34.239
Yea?
1363
01:10:35.720 --> 01:10:40.960
Yeah? For me, my favorite food is ramen. It's my
1364
01:10:41.039 --> 01:10:44.520
favorite in the world. I love it. There's a particular
1365
01:10:45.000 --> 01:10:52.159
ramen shop called Local Talmon and it's like a red
1366
01:10:52.279 --> 01:10:54.800
store and every time I'm there, I have to go.
1367
01:10:54.880 --> 01:10:58.520
It's my favorite. I just dream about this ramen and
1368
01:10:58.600 --> 01:11:03.079
so if bro and have it sort of transported across
1369
01:11:03.159 --> 01:11:07.159
and heated, because yeah, it's just so delicious. It's like, yeah,
1370
01:11:07.199 --> 01:11:10.319
it's it's incredible. The base as well, you can choose
1371
01:11:10.319 --> 01:11:13.760
the you can choose the spiciness too, yes, so you
1372
01:11:13.760 --> 01:11:15.680
can go all the way up to ten, which is
1373
01:11:15.720 --> 01:11:21.279
extreme even in the middle, quite hot. Yeah, really really delicious.
1374
01:11:21.840 --> 01:11:25.159
Mico Talmon is my favorite. And maybe to drink maybe
1375
01:11:25.199 --> 01:11:28.000
like a melon soda on the side.
1376
01:11:28.239 --> 01:11:32.279
That sounds awesome. Cool, Oh, that sounds delicious.
1377
01:11:32.279 --> 01:11:36.000
I love ramen and there there's a lot of spots
1378
01:11:36.039 --> 01:11:39.239
in Toronto that serve ramen, but I'm sure they're not
1379
01:11:39.319 --> 01:11:40.199
nearly as good.
1380
01:11:40.039 --> 01:11:41.720
As what you can get in Japan.
1381
01:11:42.039 --> 01:11:45.239
So hopefully my wife and I can get to Japan
1382
01:11:45.279 --> 01:11:46.800
and we can have the real thing.
1383
01:11:47.880 --> 01:11:49.920
Yeah, yeah, any shop, like even if it's like an
1384
01:11:49.960 --> 01:11:53.000
average shop, it's still amazing like quality over there. But
1385
01:11:53.319 --> 01:11:55.840
in Sydney we have some spots as well. There's one
1386
01:11:55.960 --> 01:12:01.720
that's quite accurate, quite good. Niche getsudo. But apart from that, yeah,
1387
01:12:01.760 --> 01:12:04.079
it's it's kind of hard to find good quality.
1388
01:12:05.439 --> 01:12:09.479
Ah fair all right, last question, This one is a
1389
01:12:09.479 --> 01:12:10.359
bit of a doozy.
1390
01:12:11.319 --> 01:12:14.600
Can art go too far? I look like I don't
1391
01:12:14.640 --> 01:12:15.079
think so.
1392
01:12:15.319 --> 01:12:18.039
Yeah, like I think, and I always say this, and look,
1393
01:12:18.119 --> 01:12:21.119
even the films they release, they're quite boundary pushing, and
1394
01:12:21.760 --> 01:12:24.159
I think, as long as people are not getting harmed,
1395
01:12:24.359 --> 01:12:27.399
I don't believe art can go too far as long
1396
01:12:27.439 --> 01:12:30.039
as there's no sort of you know, yeah, someone's been
1397
01:12:31.079 --> 01:12:33.119
some sort of torturous you know, some sort of injury
1398
01:12:33.239 --> 01:12:35.319
injury to someone that it's fine, like because art is
1399
01:12:35.680 --> 01:12:38.159
because I think it really helps culture move forward. And
1400
01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:40.720
you have to have boundary pushing stuff to really take
1401
01:12:40.960 --> 01:12:42.960
this level. And so what may seem extreme back in
1402
01:12:43.000 --> 01:12:45.640
the day obviously seems tame now, but it helped culture
1403
01:12:45.760 --> 01:12:47.800
be pushed forward, So I think, so I don't think
1404
01:12:47.880 --> 01:12:50.399
art can be taken too far. I think, you know,
1405
01:12:50.439 --> 01:12:53.199
I actually like boundary pushing stuff, and that's sort of
1406
01:12:53.239 --> 01:12:54.680
and that's like saying the new waves of the stuff
1407
01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:57.479
I'm picking is in its day was really boundary pushing
1408
01:12:57.600 --> 01:13:00.399
and extreme and shocking. But to me, that's the most
1409
01:13:00.640 --> 01:13:03.079
fighting sort of art is that it's really kind of
1410
01:13:03.239 --> 01:13:06.239
challenges you. And so yes, I don't think it be
1411
01:13:06.279 --> 01:13:08.279
too far as long as you just keep pushing the
1412
01:13:08.279 --> 01:13:11.319
boundaries that that that's fine. I don't see any problem
1413
01:13:11.319 --> 01:13:14.640
with that. But maybe a little bit different opinion or
1414
01:13:14.640 --> 01:13:19.079
what do you think? Oh no, just like art in general,
1415
01:13:19.079 --> 01:13:22.840
like can it be too extreme? Or like what do
1416
01:13:22.880 --> 01:13:26.720
you can it go too far? Sometimes? Like too much?
1417
01:13:27.159 --> 01:13:36.000
Sometimes to me quite astonished that you like a lot
1418
01:13:36.039 --> 01:13:43.199
of extreme movies and which I never seen. Yeah, for
1419
01:13:43.279 --> 01:13:47.000
example like Rosculosy is quite shocking to me.
1420
01:13:48.880 --> 01:13:49.079
Yeah.
1421
01:13:52.760 --> 01:13:58.800
Yeah, also maybe from the man perspective and the woman
1422
01:13:58.960 --> 01:14:04.079
perspective is also different. Yeah yeah, yes.
1423
01:14:04.800 --> 01:14:08.319
So what do you think you can go too far?
1424
01:14:09.880 --> 01:14:16.760
It's just interesting, interesting discovering, like you know, kind of
1425
01:14:17.479 --> 01:14:23.520
and entered a new world. Yes, yeah, yeah, I quite
1426
01:14:23.760 --> 01:14:29.359
you know, just like just normal kind of oh what
1427
01:14:29.439 --> 01:14:39.960
do you say, entertainment or yes, quite safe, just you know, mainstream.
1428
01:14:39.960 --> 01:14:44.560
So that's why I didn't this kind of extreme, underground,
1429
01:14:44.760 --> 01:14:50.359
under ground world before I met John. So you're kind
1430
01:14:50.359 --> 01:14:52.560
of new discovery.
1431
01:14:52.199 --> 01:14:56.479
Yes, yeah, yes, and yeah mm hmmm.
1432
01:14:56.840 --> 01:14:59.520
I think uh, I think when you see when you
1433
01:14:59.560 --> 01:15:03.600
see these types of films really young, they're shocking and
1434
01:15:03.680 --> 01:15:07.039
probably how you felt, Michael when you watched it, that
1435
01:15:07.199 --> 01:15:10.239
same shock. So as you get older, you kind of
1436
01:15:10.680 --> 01:15:14.439
chase that you want that shock again, the shock you
1437
01:15:14.520 --> 01:15:15.520
had when you were young.
1438
01:15:16.199 --> 01:15:19.079
You know. I think that's what it is.
1439
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What draws people to these movies is trying to relive
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that shock, you know, so I think, yeah, but it
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is hard to wrap your head around for sure if
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you're new to it, you know.
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Yeah kind of yeah, that's the thing, Like it's kind
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of I'm the same of kind of you feel like
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you've seen everything, but it's kind of hard to really
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shock now with like horror genre film or something. But yeah,
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it's it's always kind of chasing that like next, next thing,
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next sort of artistic thrill.
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So yeah, definitely, yeah, yeah, well we can look forward
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to New Way Video providing those shocks, whereas I guess, yeah.
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You are, Yeah, like there's a few shockers coming, so yes,
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especially I think that's the high end of the shock scale.
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Yeah did you watch it, Baker? I did?
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Yeah, yeah, And then so that I interviewed director, right,
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but I knew that there behind the story and then more,
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you know, I get into a really into the interview
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because it's a low budget movie, yeah right.
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And the yeah, and the like milk.
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Milk, I forgot about that. I look forward to.
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Your milk, your milk, yes, yeah, because she was pregnant.
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She just recently pregnant maybe and then she wanted to
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use the use the milk. Milk that is kind of
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the wonderful thing. Maybe she has yes gift. So then
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she director, she's the one that came. She can contribute,
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contribute the milk clow.
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Lots of.
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It was interesting.
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Yeah, and then I'm saying that that movie, yeah, it
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kind of like yeah, like I said that shock value,
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going back to that Visit cue kind of haunted me
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for a while because and I even shared with that
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greater because even though you know it's the killer all
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this extreme stuff, but you know, Visit is the one
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01:17:38.920 --> 01:17:40.680
that it feels it feels like a whole movie. It
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01:17:40.720 --> 01:17:43.880
just feels like you've watched something very taboo. And I
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think even though I was listening to the podcast with
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ari Asta, so he's directed Midsummer and all these great films,
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and he used to about me, he's a Visit. Out
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01:17:54.439 --> 01:17:57.039
of all the films, Physic You really disturbed him the
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most because he called it an evil film, which is great,
1481
01:18:01.880 --> 01:18:04.640
but very perverse film. It's just like the images don't
1482
01:18:04.680 --> 01:18:06.359
leave your mind, they stick with you forever. And so
1483
01:18:06.399 --> 01:18:08.880
that was one I remember just oh my goodness, and
1484
01:18:08.920 --> 01:18:10.479
I was seeing this, you know, when I was you
1485
01:18:10.520 --> 01:18:14.680
know your teenagers are wow. So yeah, there's it's an
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01:18:14.680 --> 01:18:17.119
honor for us to release it so I can shock
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people again.
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So yeah, mm that'll be huge when you guys announce it,
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which I mean at the time of when this comes
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out would have already happened. So I'm excited to see
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what everyone will be saying about it.
1492
01:18:31.800 --> 01:18:41.880
Yeah, yeah, but more hopefully Yeah yeah, fingers crossed. Well,
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thank you guys so much for taking the time to
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talk with me. Yeah, I'll make sure to include all
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01:18:47.239 --> 01:18:51.239
the links for new a video and yeah, we'll keep
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01:18:51.279 --> 01:18:54.760
in touch. And yeah, just looking forward to what you
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01:18:54.760 --> 01:18:56.880
guys put out over the next couple of years, especially
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with Nami as well.
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That sounds like a really exciting sub label.
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Definitely. Now, thank you so much for your time. Really, yeah,
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I really enjoyed it.
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All right, Thanks so much, have a good day.
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Thank you.
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