Modern Japanese Horror

N. Bertram ame16 at uni-koeln.de
Fri May 17 04:53:44 CDT 2002


and - for all you bookies out there (i know you'll love this): 
READ OR DIE - http://www.readordie.com/

a friend of mine recently introduced me to the movie, and it just 
blew me away. it's a three-parts-series about an otaku (IRL a young
and beautiful teaching assistant) with special powers over paper
(yes, really) and an addiction to books - and it adds as original a
twist to your usual superhero stories as the title suggests..

nika 

--
"I am digital - I am bored - I am pregnant." (lama in Simlife)

stranger than fiction - http://www.kahunamodus.de


On Tue, 14 May 2002, Richard Romeo wrote:

> I saw Spiral last weekend--it's definitely worth a look--a partial 
> explanation is alluded to in the movie, but it's sorta like the Chipco 
> vignettes in Vineland ( i was re-reading parts of vineland recently). Some 
> real interesting movies coming out of japan--much more clever than what's 
> mass -produced here.
> 
> Rich




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