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Happiness Of The Katakuris
I think I have been witness to see this film in the first steps of a new genre films. God knows what would be called? A surreal musical perhaps?
ISN, but the idea of people suddenly bursting into the song and dance routines surrealista anyway? Perhaps Horra soap-opera will be enough?
Maybe not, whatever moniker to hang on this film that s certainly different, but that does not necessarily work either as a piece of cinema. If, like me, who do not like sand, you will find the musical song and dance routines very boring, very quickly segueing between the real action and animated sequences is rather pointless and adds nothing to the film as a spectacle than that with s the initial impact. S Is it possible that some comments on the characters are puppets of circumstance, but it is clear that much anyway.
The act is not surprising, given the topic a bit hysterical at that times.But sa brave stab by the director of the Hearing equally bizarre to do something original and then the mixture of horror, family drama, comedy and music is undoubtedly different. Imagine The Sound of Music re-written by Wes Craven s o Walton led by David Lynch.
The problem is that no longer work well in reality not enough on any level is really memorable, or worthy of repeated viewings. A fine, but anything outside of entertainment to make a song and dance about.
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:20 am
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June 29th, 2009 at 5:40 am
si’ lo so, infatti era propedeutico. in compenso ho visto il trailer (di 2012) e ho sbadigliato.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Blink and AVA are different types of music. Stop comparing them.
June 30th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
and this song is called what again?
June 30th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Cool video, but the subtitles are hard to read.
July 3rd, 2009 at 5:19 am
Won't know since i won't be around by January 1 2101.
July 4th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
um, i dont think theres anything left, hah
but i was gonna say skateboardiing:)
July 7th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
BBC Radio broadcast a short audio reading of Fleming’s book last year. The 3Yen website has a link to a download if you fancy something to listen to on the all accounts, Connery had a miserable time filming in Japan and wore a permanent scowl. He was getting tired making the Bond films and found the attentions of the Japanese press and Japanese fans very intrusive to the extent that one photographer tried to get shots of him in the toilet.
I listened to the DVD commentary track for the film some years ago and Tetsuro Tamba, who died in 2006, played a key role in handling the two Japanese actresses. Toho may have put up talent up for the jobs but the producers found most of the actresses badly wanting. They seriously considered rejecting them all and using Asian Americans or Hong Kong Chinese instead. They eventually plumped for Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi but soon ran into trouble.
Mie Hama was chosen to play the role of Suki but couldn’t master the dialogue. Tamba was told over dinner that she would have to be fired and was asked to break it to her. He allegedly came back and said that she would accept the decision without complaint but would have no choice but to commit suicide. The shocked producers asked if he could do anything. Tamba came up with the compromise where Hama would play Kissy Suzuki, swapping roles with Wakabayashi who instead played Tiger Tanaka’s agent Suki – except she managed to rename the character Aki. The producers say they still don’t know whether Tamba told them the truth or conned them.
It was quite common for the Bond producers to dub characters. Gert Fröbe’s Goldfinger was dubbed and Tamba’s own dialogue in “You Only Live Twice” was spoken by Robert Rietty. Consequently, Hama didn’t actually have to speak English well but her performance fell somewhere between the two: it didn’t look natural enough to be successfully dubbed but wasn’t comprehensible either. She also had a problem later with the swimming scenes because she had cramps. The woman you see swimming in the film is actually Diane Cilento, Connery’s wife at the time, in a black wig.
Ironically, the producers were told that the biggest miscasting, as far as Japanese audiences were concerned, was Tamba himself because he was far too young to be the head of the country’s secret service.
July 8th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I’ve heard of that book and generally agree with its premise. People seem to think there is a “winner takes all” result coming. Considering how many well-placed players there are going into this paradigm shift I think that is unlikely.
July 8th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I would kill anyone who would do anything to my baby….
….my baby isn't even born yet, but since i found out that my fiancee was pregnant i have been very protective.