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3 unusual facts about Tony Rayns


Hirokazu Koreeda

"This is your life: Tony Rayns interviews After Life's director Koreeda Hirokazu" Sight & Sound, March 1999.

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara

It was said by Tony Rayns at the 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival that "Sri Lankan Cinema has found its true modernist" and he has also said that "Flying Fish (Igillena Maluwo) is indecently beautiful".

Woman of Tokyo

The reasons for this are unknown, although Ozu scholar Tony Rayns has suggested either Ozu or the studio were responsible, possibly to avoid the attentions of the censor.



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