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Welcome. What you will find here will be my random thoughts and reactions to various books I have read, films I have watched, and music I have listened to. In addition I may (or may not as the spirit moves me) comment about the fantasy world we call reality, which is far stranger than fiction.

Showing posts with label AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke. Show all posts

Showing posts with label AKUTAGAWA Ryunosuke. Show all posts

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Tales of Times Now Past: stories from a medieval Japanese collection

Tales of Times Now Past: Sixty-two Stories from a Medieval Japanese Collection Edited and translated by Marian Ury Introduction by Marian ...

Friday, March 20, 2009

Kurosawa's _Rashomon_ and Martin Ritt's _The Outrage_

Warning: I have included considerable information about both films, including the endings. As anyone who has visited Fred's Place mig...

Friday, December 12, 2008

Akutagawa's short story: In a Grove (cont.)

In October 2008, I posted an entry about Akutagawa's short story, "In A Grove." According to the translator, he based his sto...

Friday, October 24, 2008

Akutagawa's short story: In a Grove

One of Kurosawa's best known films is Rashomon , the story of a rape and death from three different points of view: the husband, the wif...

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