New Murakami

[kelber at mindspring.com]

It's a classic of Japanese cinema, which doesn't, of course, mean that it's not excruciating to watch.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 29, 2006 1:24 AM
>To: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>Cc: "MalignD at aol.com" <MalignD at aol.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: New Murakami
>
>A movie version of Woman in the Dunes, if I remember the book
>correctly (been a few years) would possibly be one of the most dull
>movies ever.   Has anyone seen it?  It seems that some things just
>can't translate well but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
>
>On 6/29/06, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There was a movie version of Woman in the Dunes.
>>
>> I'm curious about this InterIce Age 4 thing.
>>
>>
>> On 6/28/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
>> > << Japanese guy named Kobo Abe. Do any of you guys know anything about
>> this
>> > cat. >>
>> >
>> > I read Woman in the Dunes, some years ago.  Very strange and, I thought
>> then,
>> > very good.  There may have been a movie made from it.
>> >
>> > Another novel called The Ruined Map is also supposed to be good, although
>> I
>> > haven't read it.
>> >
>>
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