Tom Mes
@midnightmes
Writes and talks about Japanese movies a lot. Producer of the best Blu-ray release of 2023. New book TAI KATO: BY A MAN'S STYLE SHALL YOU KNOW HIM out now.
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http://www.midnighteye.com 19-11-2013 15:51:07
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The first 6 releases in our Directors Company series are now out and available Terracotta Dist! shop.terracottadistribution.com/collections/di… All featuring new HD masters and bonus features Jasper Sharp Tom Mes Josh Slater-Williams and more! Limited Edition versions w/slipcases Gokaiju!
One of the great, rare pleasures of my career has been the opportunity to record audio commentaries on every single 塚本晋也tsukamoto_shinya film that's come out on Blu-ray (which is nearly all of them). I get to continue on this new Third Window Films release of his latest
And speaking of Tsukamoto, 睡蓮みどり Midori Suiren and I just produced a new interview with him for an upcoming release - of a film he didn't direct, but whose director he much admires
And there it is: 塚本晋也tsukamoto_shinya 's latest plus the 20th anniversary of one of his most enigmatic films. Great to see Vital back in circulation after two decades in UK rights limbo. The commentary on this is the one I recorded for the Tartan DVD all those years ago.
Shinya Tsukamoto’s Venice Film Festival winner SHADOW OF FIRE gets selected as one of the Top 10 Blu-Rays (UK) for September 2024 AVForums.com Bluray & digital out September 30! Order it Terracotta Dist avforums.com/articles/top-t… 塚本晋也tsukamoto_shinya Robert Edwards Tom Mes
My latest production for Radiance Films is this stylish and moody 1980s neo-noir starring Yusaku Matsuda, set in one of my favourite cities in the world
Shinya Tsukamoto’s award winning SHADOW OF FIRE ほかげ gets its first international bluray release on Sep 30! Order it Terracotta Dist shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/shado…
Out now from Radiance Films featuring contributions from Suzuki scholars Will Carroll and Tom Vick, plus newly edited archive interviews with Suzuki and art director Takeo Kimura