bullwinkle wrote:Has anyone seen Papurika yet.
Tttttthhhh---!
It's very hard to see a movie when it's basically showing in 40 or fewer theaters nationwide (U.S.) and the distributor is doing such a piss-poor job promoting it beyond websites.
It's HARD to find theater listings for this film, and the Sony Pictures' Paprika website doesn't even list all the theaters in the U.S. that will be showing this film within the next month!
I got lucky and found a date for my local art theater but it's rough going since their website seems to be down for the moment.
Again, Sony could and should have done a much better job promoting the movie.
The lack of theater showings and lack of a localized dub will hurt its earnings in the U.S. I really think Sony's goal is to get an Oscar for the film if at all possible but they're stupidly avoiding common sense measures to keep the director happy -- like lack of a decent English dub for the movie.
Subtitle-only releases in the U.S. just DO NOT SELL TICKETS OR DVDS in high numbers.
I'll see this movie when it opens in my area late this month since I'm a Satoshi Kon fan, too, but I'm telling you it's continuing the trend of anime features basically doing poorly in the States simply because the distributor doesn't have the balls to MARKET the thing right!
FYI -- I saw Howling's Moving Castle in BOTH subtitled and English dub formats. I'm not one of these anime fanatics that's against dubs. They do serve the purpose of opening up the niche to more people.
I DO like to listen to films in their original language WITH subtitles, but I'm certainly not against dubs if they keep the eventual DVD release prices down! The more DVDs that got presold, the cheaper the eventual store price is for all of us. Sub-only releases DON'T sell well in the U.S., PERIOD.
I'm sometimes called negative for having very strong opinions and not cow-towing to be "NICE" to everybody, but I consider myself more of a realist. If you want to see a real bootlicker, watch the evening news or Letterman or Leno on late night...