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友人の英国人 ショーン マックアリスター
[ Mr. Sean.McAllister ]氏がJAPAN - NEW AND OLD?　
撮影開始

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サンダンスでドキュメント部門の審査員賞を取った友人の英国人 ショーン マックアリスター[ Mr. Sean.McAllister ]氏がJAPAN - NEW AND OLD?　
http://mixi.jp/view_bbs.pl?id=23195913&comm_id=101622

NHK,BBC ジョイント コミッション ドキュメント
[ 両社に委託を受て制作する長尺 ]映画作りを始めました。私の悩みや生き様、希望をコアに
来年二月まで撮影を続蹴る予定です。

ドキュメントの尺は
BBC70min.
NHK120min.

Cafe Stingerと東京のスタジオや、彦根市鳥居本の旧丸紅社宅の保存の悩みや、私の作品をBBC,NHKにの為に
半年かけドキュメントしたいのでそのコアになって欲しいとの依頼が私にありました。
今年の一緒に飲み始め、以降、心のこもったメールによる提案が十数回あり根負けした感じです。
Sean MacAllister　（英国人映像ドキュメンタリスト）
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564001/
http://www.seanmcallister.com/

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ョーン本人の英文原稿です

Sean had his 'welcome party' back in Japan on Sunday the 16th sept. 2007
after 5 long months away. He was greeted by his guest and character for the
new Japan film Ray.

Ray has owned the cafe for over 20 years. He bought it after years of
travelling around the world when he was settling back in Japan. He was left
the land by his father and called it cafe stinger after his favourite
cocktail. The cafe is built from a huge tent on the outside but you would
never know so from within. Inside it is a spectacular display of antiques
that Ray collected on his travels. Throughout the Stinger bar area is a
fantastic wooden floor brought in from Britain. Around the place are great
pieces of antique furniture, cabinets, seats, doors, pictures, mirrors,
books, bookshelves.. An incredible display of a life's journey around the
world.

I met Ray through a friend of a friend at the wonderful Tokyo art bar called
The Pink Cow some 5 months ago. We immediately hit it off. He took me under
his wing and has been a great host. The more I discovered about him the more
I knew he was the key to my film here in Japan today. He took some
persuading which is in part the reason I have been away for so long. After
much discussing we are now filming together and on track to make a great
film and fascinating insight to modern Japan.

Ray's girlfriend Chico has been running Cafe Stinger as her own venture
without Ray for most of the past 20 years. But recently she has been
struggling with the business. The law changed in Japan prohibiting anyone
drinking alcohol to drive. As Caf? Stinger lies on the edge of a busy road
transport is needed to get there. I know that Chico has been talking with
Ray about opening something smaller closer to Tokyo. Ray has been thinking
about this and his other concern; the restoration of an old house his father
left him the country. The house lies in ruin and needs urgent attention if
it is going to be saved.

My welcome party was a great night that I filmed as a great opening scene to
the film. Out of the blue a man in a suit appeared wanting to talk with Ray.
It was a developer who's been trying to meet Ray. He has plans to develop
the area into new high rise apartments. So amidst the party celebrations I
was outside the cafe filming heaving discussions about money and land as Ray
was being offered big bucks to sell.

It seems I arrive as Cafe Stinger faces closure. But Ray says the sale of
land will help Chico find something smaller nearer Tokyo. And there may even
be some money left over to help Ray restore his beautiful old house in the
country.