Personally I think that it will be very difficult to adapt Genji Monogatari in a movie (also if it will be very long). It’s not a story like Lord of the Rings, where lots of things happen; here is more conceptual and I think it will be very hard to condense all the love stories, the passions and the feelings of Genji Monogatari in a movie.
A second reason for which I hope they wouldn’t do this movie is the set: of course the could shoot it in Uji, but anyway it will be almost impossible to represent the original set of Genji Monogatari.
Third reason: actors/actress?! All the best Japanese actors are dead: Kinuyo Tanaka would have been perfect for Murasaki’s character.
I agree with Kenji about Kuroi Ame by Imamura.
Yari no Gonza by Shinoda Masahiro is one of the greatest Japanese movies on the 80s. Also the unknown Ningen no yakusoku by Yoshida Kiju is a great movie.
1) Lancelot du lac….Bresson
2)A Woman Under The Influence….Cassavetes
3)Chinatown….Polanski
4)(Maruhi) shikijô mesu ichiba….Noboru Tanaka
5)The Yakuza…Pollak
6)Gruppo di famiglia in un interno…Visconti
7)First Page….Wilder
8)Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia….Peckinpah
9)Alice in den Städten…Wenders
10)California Poker….Altman
TOP BERGMAN over 3 years ago
1) Scenes fom a MArriage (TV Version)
2) Fanny and Alexander (TV Version)
3) Wild Strawberries
4) Persona
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The longest movie you've ever sat through over 3 years ago
Die Zweite Heimat by Edgar Reitz. 25 hours.
(It’s not a Tv-series as reported on imdb! It’s a movie!)
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Come and See-Greatest War Film of All Time over 3 years ago
The 10 hours Masahiro Kobayashi’s “Ningen no joken” (The Human Condition)
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The longest movie you've ever sat through over 3 years ago
I read something about the release of HumanConditon about one year ago, but actually I don’t now if they will release it.
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Criterion Coming Soon and Discussion about 3 years ago
Waiting for Human Condition!
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection about 3 years ago
Some movies directed by Uchida Tomu, expecially the 3 hours masterpiece “Kiga Kaikyo”
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Last movie you saw and rate it about 3 years ago
Kiga Kaikyo (The Fugitive from the Past) 9/10
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The best couple-filmmakers of all-time? about 3 years ago
Powell and Pressburger
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection about 3 years ago
Some movies by Satyajit Ray
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection about 3 years ago
Sergio Leone! Expeciallly “Once upon a time in America”
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Top 5 (or rating) Mizoguchi about 3 years ago
I saw 16 movies directed by Mizo:
1) Ugetsu Monogatari (which is the greatest Japanese movie ever made, imho)
2) Sanshô dayû
3) Chikamatsu monogatari
4) Yôkihi
5) Taki no shiraito
Other masterpieces: Utamaro o Meguru Gonin no Onna, Zangiku monogatari.
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Holiday, the credit crunch and how Katharine Hepburn won me over about 3 years ago
Holiday is one of the best movies with Kate, but my favourite one is Bringing up Baby.
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Last movie you saw and rate it about 3 years ago
Kapurush (The Coward) by Satyajit Ray 7.5/10
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The Tale of Genji - a potential adaptation to film? about 3 years ago
Personally I think that it will be very difficult to adapt Genji Monogatari in a movie (also if it will be very long). It’s not a story like Lord of the Rings, where lots of things happen; here is more conceptual and I think it will be very hard to condense all the love stories, the passions and the feelings of Genji Monogatari in a movie.
A second reason for which I hope they wouldn’t do this movie is the set: of course the could shoot it in Uji, but anyway it will be almost impossible to represent the original set of Genji Monogatari.
Third reason: actors/actress?! All the best Japanese actors are dead: Kinuyo Tanaka would have been perfect for Murasaki’s character.
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The Tale of Genji - a potential adaptation to film? about 3 years ago
Yeah, Kwaidan has good sets.
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What is your favorite ending? about 3 years ago
2046, Ugetsu Monogatari, Kill Bill, The Deer Hunter, Sevmek Zamani.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection almost 3 years ago
Anything with “the divine” Greta Garbo
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First Photos: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland almost 3 years ago
Great pictures!! I definetly wonna see it
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What are the best Japanese films of the 1980s? almost 3 years ago
I agree with Kenji about Kuroi Ame by Imamura.
Yari no Gonza by Shinoda Masahiro is one of the greatest Japanese movies on the 80s. Also the unknown Ningen no yakusoku by Yoshida Kiju is a great movie.
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Top 10 - 1974 almost 3 years ago
1) Lancelot du lac….Bresson
2)A Woman Under The Influence….Cassavetes
3)Chinatown….Polanski
4)(Maruhi) shikijô mesu ichiba….Noboru Tanaka
5)The Yakuza…Pollak
6)Gruppo di famiglia in un interno…Visconti
7)First Page….Wilder
8)Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia….Peckinpah
9)Alice in den Städten…Wenders
10)California Poker….Altman
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Top 10 - 1974 almost 3 years ago
Yeah, Front Page…not First!
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