Movie Kamataki & SRP...

I'm listed as a Junior Member, but I used to be quite active on the SRP a few years back. I was the guy buying all those razors and making a movie in Japan called Kamataki, putting many of them in it. I wonder if some of you remember... Anyhow, I didn't want to use the SRP as a promotion tool for my movie and sort of faded away, especially since all the new stuff was a bit complicated for me... But thinking about this, I do owe quite a lot to this place and I did give a mention at the end of the credit of the movie for the SRP... So I thought it might not be a bad idea to give you some news about the movie and where you might be able to see it in the coming weeks or months... If some of you express the interest of having more information, I will gladly let you know what happened to this film... Have a good shaving time!... Claude

Yes, I remember and am interested to see what has happened.

X

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Originally Posted by xman

Yes, I remember and am interested to see what has happened.

X

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That makes two of us! Any release dates yet?

Me three...

ditto! I think most of our members would be interested.

cool let us know

I will try to be brief. Even though my movie is not your typical Hollywood movie, nor an action one, I’m quite proud of it. Since September ’05 until now, we did the film festival circuit from Montreal, to Palm Springs to Berlin, Bangkok, Mar del Plata and quite a few others on the way. We did win quite a few prizes on the way, but humility forces me not to be too specific here. For those of you a bit more curious, you might find some more information on the Kamataki official website: http://www.kamatakimovie.com/ I’m not sure if everything is listed, but it should give you a certain idea… I felt stupid for not mentioning it earlier, since I probably missed the chance to meet some of the members of the SRP… If you happen to be in the Philadelphia area, we will be at the Philadelphia Film Festival on the 4rth of April, at 12:30 PM and on the 10th of the same month at 9:30 PM. I will present the movie myself on the 10th and would love to meet some of the SRP members if anyone of you shows up… The movie will also open the ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto on the 19th of April. I will also be attending the opening… There is Calgary in May and a few other places in the USA later on, but I don’t have yet the confirmations… Kamataki is actually playing in Montreal and doing fairly well at the box office. We will open in April in Toronto and the rest of Canada in the following weeks… As for the USA, I know that our export company is in negotiation with some interesting players, but it’s always a bid tricky with American Independent Distributors… We will keep you posted on that one…. As for the role of the straight razor in our story, some would say that it is minor. I personally love it and I feel it’s fairly important. Anyway, many of you contributed to this and I want to thank everyone for it… Let’s all shave the right way… the only way… the straight razor way!... Claude

Yea I remember you also. Definitely let us know when the movie will be in the U.S.

Congratulations on your success. It looks like a wonderful movie. I look forward to catching it in my neck of the woods.

X

Cool. Both X and I are from Toronto and I'm most definately curious about the movie :)

Edit: Especially since I'm very interested in the process of creation. That's why I enjoy Modesitt's books.. They deal with smithing, carpentry and various other trades, extensively.

Thanks for the interest... If you are in Toronto, The Reel World Film Festival will open with our movie on the 19th of April at the Paramount Toronto, 259 Richmond Street West... And we have a limited commercial run starting on the 21rst of April, at CanadaSquare
2190 Yonge St. (at Eglinton Ave. W.), Toronto... Please manifest yourself if you can come on the 19th since I will be presenting the film and would love to meet some of the guys from the SRP. Best! Claude

I'm looking into obtaining a ticket as we speak :)

Claude,

The trailer looks great. I'm in Los Angeles so if there's a showing in LA, please let the SRP group know.

Ed

The festival people haven't emailed me back yet. If they don't until this time next week, I'll harass'em over the phone.

Yes Claude I remember you. Your the guy who wanted a Carbo Magnetic razor really bad! That put you at odds with both me and Lynn! And you did start driving up the prices on Ebay besides!:)

Glad to see you back,:)

Hi Randy! I knew that I would make my mark with all this eBay buying... Lol!... And I now can see that they don't need me to keep the prices out of reach... Well... The worst in all of this is that after several discussions with my art director, I ended up not finding any visible place for my Carbo Magnetic in the movie... But I have plenty of razors to shave with and I enjoy every single shave. I only wish I could shave a few times a day... Claude

Too bad there isn't a straight in the trailer, though...

Dude you should seriously consider joining the RA... Razorholics Anonymous :D

Razorholics Anonymous? Hey, my name is Nenad, and I'am Razorholic. And I'm proud of it ;)

You need some help bro. Let me send you my Islamabad-Solingen.. It should cure your obsession after 3 strokes :D

At the end of the screening in Philadelphia, during the Q&A period, someone in the audience asked me if I shaved with a straight. Was it one of our members? Unfortunately, I couldn't find him after. Almost every screening, someone asks a question about the razors, but this time was a bit different. If it's anyone of you, please let me know... Cheers! Claude

Claude, are you comming in Europe with the film? Maybe Skopje Film festival??

Nenad, Skopje, Macedonia

Want to know what I think?

X

Hey, you didn't said, what kind of razor is it??

Thiers Issard leaf spine, and there's actually a little shrine of about 20 TI's. Claude confessed they were all in his personal collection. Surprise surprise. :D

X

X Man, my friend, I went to see what you thought about my film Kamataki and I wish you were a film critic... It was great fun to meet you and I hope to have the chance to meet some other guys from the SRP in the future...