The event was held at the Culture Club in the Qurum area of Muscat, a very suitable location for such an event. There were three screens presenting the work making it very easy for all members of the audience to view the films easily. Unfortunately for the event holders the audience was minimal, mostly consisting of students who are studying Japanese at Sultan Qaboos University. However, with these events only beginning to get a foothold in the Muscat social calendar I am sure they will not be abandoned so soon.
The history of Katsuben and how it affected Japanese cinema and consequently anime was fascinating and it was obvious that Mr Greenberg is not only fluent in Japanese, but also Japanese film culture.
All of the films we watched have been digitally restored by Mr Greenberg's companies and are now being marketed as boxsets of anime's. While I am not a hugs fan of anime's Mr Greenberg did a great job of picking selections that would appeal to all sorts. My favorite being an anime about a baseball game between rabbits and beavers. Truely beautiful animation and amazing understanding of human body language and how that can be reflected in the animal kingdom.
Thankfully, this event has not and I"m sure will not be the only of it's kind in the coming year. This will be the second day of the Korean film festival here in Muscat and tomorrow starts a Documentary Film festival at The French-Omani Center here in the capital, both of which run for three days showing one film a night. Shame I'm cooped up at home with the flu. However, I may try and pop out to catch the last Korean film tomorrow night. It's so true that if people don't show up for these events, then often they never happen again. Let's hope this is not the case cause right now I"m loving all the media exposure here. It's way more than I was getting in New York and much more affordable!
Next - Bring on the Muscat Film Festival! :D
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