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- From: justin@nx30.mik.uky.edu (justin sullivan)
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- Subject: Re: Yoshi Hattori
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- Date: 24 Nov 92 01:25:15 GMT
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- In <1992Nov23.165738.1384@island.COM> fester@etorofu.island.COM () writes:
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- >Well, Japanese TV shows (especially the afternoon 'hard-boiled' detective
- >shows) quite often show fancy gunplay (detective gets off about 37 rounds
- >from his .38 detective special, completely missing the culprit who is only about
- >15 feet away UNTIL the culprit takes a hostage, at which point the detective
- >shoots the knife out of said culprit's hand at about 75 yards). My guess is
- >that the the young man didn't even notice the revolver. Before you ask "How
- >could he NOT see the gun?", remember how many accidents are caused by people
- >in autos who "don't see" the other auto, truck, tree, etc, all of which are
- >assuredly larger than a revolver. Then bear in mind that the driver in my
- >example would (should, more properly) be looking for other dangers, but a
- >guy approaching a house may not be looking for a weapon, particularly if he
- >is approaching the house with absolutely no bad intent, or even with friendly
- >intent.
-
- Ugh.. And I thought the Brady Bunch was hard to come home to. :)
- Speaking of typical Japanese television.. I've seen some contemporary
- Japanese films, and well..They're awful. The acting is terrible.
- Just an observation.. Granted, Hollywood puts out mountains of garbage
- every year, but (by mistake, I'm sure) good ones come to a theater near
- you every now and then.
- When I saw some of the new stuff, I was really surprised.. The films back
- in them good 'ole days (long before my time :) are superior to these
- modern flicks. Remember "Toshiro Mifune?" Not an academy-award winner,
- but it was an interesting film. Arguably, on par with "The Maltese Falcon."
- There's an even older one about some sort of labor camp or prison that involves
- a broken samurai. Pretty funny, too.. There was a scene where the samurai
- gets angry with his cellmates (about five minutes after he arrives, of course)
- and starts going on about what he would do if he only had a sword.. He
- says: "I used to be a good samurai.." and a peasant hands him a stick and
- says: "Here.. This used to be a good sword!" Every 'classic' Japanese film
- I've ever seen is subtitled, fortunately.
- The master of Japanese cinema, in my opinion, is Akira Kurosawa. He's
- an artiste! :) "Dreams" is the best of its kind (I have to look for it in
- the 'alternative' section in the video store, so it must be to artsy for most
- people :). Fine film and a fine filmmaker. I used some of the themes in
- "Dreams" in my new novel. Kurosawa-san is an inspiration..
- Wish I could say the same for the new stuff.. <ick>
-