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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  When I looked at the extra features on Massacre Gun, it was really weird to see Tony Rayns present one of his visual essays on a non-Eureka/Masters of Cinema release! |
Much like myself, he's a freelancer who's happy to contribute to any label that will make him an attractive enough offer - as demonstrated by the fact that he's regularly featured on Criterion and BFI releases as well, and doubtless elsewhere.
And he was the obvious go-to guy for
Massacre Gun and
Retaliation, because how many other people are out there with that kind of encyclopaedic knowledge of Japanese cinema
and extensive presenting experience, who speak English as a native language and who also live conveniently close enough to one of Arrow's producers? Jasper Sharp is the only other person I can think of, and he was already on booklet-essay duties.
Tony's one of those people like Kim Newman and Philip Kemp who get hired a lot by multiple labels for one very very obvious reason: they're bloody good at what they do. And having worked with all three in recent months (full disclosure: I produced, shot and edited both the Tony Rayns pieces on
Massacre Gun and
Retaliation), I'm more than a little envious of their single-take fluency, which is all the more impressive when you're actually in the room with them!