Dersu Uzala in Kirghistan???

Henry Musikar gravity at nicom.com
Mon Mar 17 23:09:05 CST 1997


In trying to keep my messages short, I apparently often don't make
myself clear. GR doesn't plagiarize Dersu Uzala. I am not aware,
however, of other depictions of a colonial Russian friendship with
native Asian.

On 17 Mar 97 at 21:00, Bob Norton <rnorton at unm.edu> wrote:

> Huh? The setting of Dersu Uzala is as far from Kirghistan as Cabo
> San Lucas is from Goose Bay.
> 
> It IS a superb movie, though.
> 
> 
> >Dersu Uzala is on calbe (Bravo) again tomorrow. IMHO, those of you
> >who haven't seen it should, as it not only provides a background
> >for Tchitch and friend, but is a very good Kurasawa movie.

AsB4,
Henry Musikar

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