tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post3725876977156251909..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: Deep Riversagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-47357798474805931622012-01-21T18:57:07.636-05:002012-01-21T18:57:07.636-05:00Sage: I was exposed to both of those films in the ...Sage: I was exposed to both of those films in the late '60s when my Japanese insurance man was showing Japanese movies in a rented theater in Chicago. Unfortunately, I was so taken with the stylized hyper-violence of Samurai films that I watched nothing else.DEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017391447185559177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-15054245510480280352012-01-20T14:14:21.157-05:002012-01-20T14:14:21.157-05:00I have so many books on my "to read" lis...I have so many books on my "to read" list (sigh), one day I shall allow myself the pleasure to devour my way through it, maybe then I might be able to pop this one on it, too!Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-59830762569238519552012-01-20T10:31:46.203-05:002012-01-20T10:31:46.203-05:00DEK, there are some Japanese movies that address t...DEK, there are some Japanese movies that address the war. I have reviewed one, "the Burnanese Harp". Another is a trilogy produced by a Marxist with Christian themes mixed in is titled The Human Condition". The first is subtitled "no Greater Love"sagehttp://www.sagecoveredhills.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-92106423927682313882012-01-20T09:26:39.946-05:002012-01-20T09:26:39.946-05:00I suspect that the Japanese perspective on the war...I suspect that the Japanese perspective on the war is not, for various reasons, much translated. A very accessible version of it in film is Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima", which enables you to empathize with the Japanese characters, but retain no doubt that the right side won.DEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017391447185559177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-41751441471757818822012-01-16T18:53:14.568-05:002012-01-16T18:53:14.568-05:00Sound like a deep book though not theologically wi...Sound like a deep book though not theologically within my realm.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179486046864119527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-63128214453049714782012-01-16T12:27:21.636-05:002012-01-16T12:27:21.636-05:00I am in constant awe of writers of books like this...I am in constant awe of writers of books like this with such an intricate plot. I'll put Endo on my list (which is long.)Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984802196897920610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-39656051434316975402012-01-16T11:27:30.581-05:002012-01-16T11:27:30.581-05:00Ooh sounds like my kind of book!Ooh sounds like my kind of book!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735148155885016692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-68025450089671104392012-01-15T12:38:21.910-05:002012-01-15T12:38:21.910-05:00I was reading about this and for some reason I tho...I was reading about this and for some reason I thought of you http://www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk/projects<br /><br />They have somehow gotten all the community involved. They've even got veg growing in the CoE graveyard !!!.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-68497226875494552782012-01-14T13:51:34.765-05:002012-01-14T13:51:34.765-05:00With Noh you are working from a known. In our cult...With Noh you are working from a known. In our cultural shorthand they are a knowns, Hamlet etc. But how many these days know why Antigone was walled alive with her dead brother. And why it's tragic.<br />With Noh is all about the fog or mist that subtly and elusively changes the sharply framed picture. But you need to see a play numerous times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-59557029700340904602012-01-14T12:28:21.939-05:002012-01-14T12:28:21.939-05:00Roaring 40s: I have seen a noh play... I was you...Roaring 40s: I have seen a noh play... I was young (22) and probably didn't appreciate it, but I wasn't impressed!<br /><br />Charles, I do try to read all genres, but really enjoy reading and learning from those outside our culture.<br /><br />Randall, if you don't know Endo, I would recommend "Silence"Sagehttp://www.sagecoveredhills.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-43889606637827176602012-01-14T11:32:35.734-05:002012-01-14T11:32:35.734-05:00It sounds interesting, but it's good to know t...It sounds interesting, but it's good to know the writer's background before diving into one of these, especially from a writer with an Eastern cultural background.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-40400287189885437612012-01-14T10:02:18.441-05:002012-01-14T10:02:18.441-05:00I admire your wide ranging reading habits. Althoug...I admire your wide ranging reading habits. Although I read in many genres, I don't read much international work, and I should do more.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-18829266247840417792012-01-14T00:29:53.521-05:002012-01-14T00:29:53.521-05:00To a certain extent you need to view the novels fr...To a certain extent you need to view the novels from Japan as plays. And not the newfangled novelised plays of Europe and Shakespeare but the Noh. Where you find the more exact and formalised the more flexible. Basically if you go back to this a few times the ancillary characters will flesh out and change the overall mood. Just remember you are not the jury/audience of Euripides but a player also and the mood you hold while reading will nudge the whole. That was a good part of what was so seductive to those 60s pot-heads that went to India in the 60s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com