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  • KUMITE IS DEAD !

    Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 3:43AM / News / Hong Kong Cinema / Members only
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    From what I heard, the CEO of "Kumite", a French magazine dedicated to Asian cinema where I used to write regularly since 2002, decided recently to kill the magazine, just like that, after eight years of existence.


    The already finished n°35 issue of “Kumite, which was supposed to be published in March 2008, will never be released, but the journalists who worked on it will be paid and will maybe have one collector issue for themselves (how generous).



    Among all the magazines I wrote for, "Kumite" was my favourite one. But most of all, I’ll miss to work with Charles Ferragut, the most serious, passionate and coolest chief-editor that I’ve ever met.


    Frédéric Ambroisine (February 27th, 2008)

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  • JasonJason
    JasonJason
    posted on Saturday, Mar 1, 2008 4:32PM [Report]
    Wow, sounds like the magazine had a lot of really great content from some thoughtful, passionate writers. It's a shame to hear it's folding. Too bad I can't read French. Have you ever thought of writing for any English language publications or websites?
  • soohoo
    soohoo
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 1:54PM [Report]
    Oh, that's too bad about Kumite..  well, you could post stories on your very own blog now.  =)  You do a very good job.  Bonne chance.
  • StarKiss
    StarKiss
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 1:23PM [Report]
    yes you will... :-)
  • FredAmbroisine
    Official artist Frederic Ambroisine
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 11:29AM
    I guess the official reasons should be the last disappointing sales, but I don't think it's only that. I think the bosses of Kumite just didn't care about the magazine at all since they're running more "important" things like Patty guessed (they're releasing DVD too)...
    I'm quite sure they could let the magazine live if they wanted to. They were maybe in a bad mood this time, who knows ? (I never met the bosses of Kumite, only talked and worked with the chief-editor and the other journalists).  The good thing about Kumite was the complete freedom of writing. No compromise concerning the contents of the articles. Everything was very flexible for the interviews as well. The most interesting ones could have more pages, and the less interesting ones could be reduced, famous artist or not. It's because of this freedom that I could published my entire Daniel Wu career interview on 6 pages, or make a big Cantonese Musical article with the interviews of Nancy Sit and Inoue Umetsugu... I don't think I'll have this freedom again...
  • pokedpenguin19
    pokedpenguin19
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 10:52AM [Report]
    Do you know why they just quit on it?! That totally sucks dude!
  • pattykeung
    Official artist Patty Keung
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 10:42AM [Report]
    Oh dear!  How sad!  But I agree that running a niche magazine is for love rather than money... So, I guess the boss of KUMITE may have other more important things in his life at the moment to care about... Nonetheless, I am sure your love and expertise for Asian cinema will be put to good use in many other ways!
  • Yes_Tom
    Yes_Tom
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 10:19AM [Report]
    that sucks to hear dude. =(
  • tinlunlau
    tinlunlau
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 6:27AM [Report]
    Looks like a good magazine.
    Too bad...mon francais est tres mal.

    and who knows if this magazine was sold in Montreal...I still wouldn't be able to get it.

    :(
  • StarKiss
    StarKiss
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 5:45AM [Report]
    Is the CEO really wanting to kill the publication of Kumite?  I mean what is his reason? Was it souly his plan or was it voted for also?
  • mariejost
    Official artist Marie Jost
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 5:26AM [Report]
    Bummer.  The world of niche print publications is a really tough one these days.  Hopefully you find other (paying) work that will take full advantage of your expertise, allow you to share it with the rest of us, and make a living, too.
  • FredAmbroisine
    Official artist Frederic Ambroisine
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 5:13AM
    It's more complicated than that Jaine. But I can say that It's not a fair decision.
  • Jaine
    Jaine
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 5:00AM [Report]
    oh what a shame!
    was the decision based on poor sales?  The covers you have posted look interesting.
  • Etchy
     Etchy
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 4:20AM [Report]
    doh.  at first i thought you were talking about 'Bloodsport'.  ;-)
  • andy_lau_spain
    andy_lau_spain
    posted on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 4:00AM [Report]
    doh, sorry to hear....I often wonder if the only magazine abt asian cinema we have here will last long...

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