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PROJECT INFO

JAPOP! (Japan+Pop=Japop) is a 4-volume documentary exploring culture and sub-culture in contemporary Japan, examining 4 key themes: 

ROBOTISM: the all-Japanese passion for robots, from fictional (manga, anime) to real ones.
COSPLAY: the realm of role-play, from real cosplayers to ganguros via crossplay.
DEMOLITION: destroying to rebuild like Godzilla, but also destroying to break new ground, like Tetsuo or noise music.
LOVE: sex, love and perversion, i.e. hentai, from comics to real life.

Special mention at Pesaro Film Festival.

©Massimo Di Felice → Super8 footage available for sale

CONCEPT / FILMMAKING
Massimo Di Felice

EDITING
Adriano Mestichella / Massimo Di Felice

CONSULTANT/ CASTING / INTERPRETER
Pio D'Emilia

PRODUCTION
Cécile Glevarec per Elettrosofia srl

BROADCAST
JIMMY Italy / JIMMY France 2000 (4x30')

FESTIVAL
XXXVII Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema - Pesaro Film Festival

JAPOP!

PROJECT INFO

JAPOP! (Japan+Pop=Japop) is a 4-volume documentary exploring culture and sub-culture in contemporary Japan, examining 4 key themes:

  • ROBOTISM: the all-Japanese passion for robots, from fictional (manga, anime) to real ones.

  • COSPLAY: the realm of role-play, from real cosplayers to ganguros via crossplay.

  • DEMOLITION: destroying to rebuild like Godzilla, but also destroying to break new ground, like Tetsuo or noise music.

  • LOVE: sex, love and perversion, i.e. hentai, from comics to real life.
    Special mention at Pesaro Film Festival.
©Massimo Di Felice → Super8 footage available for sale

CONCEPT / FILMMAKING
Massimo Di Felice

EDITING
Adriano Mestichella / Massimo Di Felice

CONSULTANT/ CASTING / INTERPRETER
Pio D'Emilia

PRODUCTION
Cécile Glevarec per Elettrosofia srl

BROADCAST
JIMMY Italy / JIMMY France 2000 (4x30')

FESTIVAL
XXXVII Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema - Pesaro Film Festival

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