KhakiBlueSocks wrote:"I'm going to make you a prayer request you can't refuse..." Cue the violins.
ClosetOtaku (post: 1484520) wrote:Kurosawa: I've seen three of his films, Seven Samurai, Ran, and Kagemusha. I can say that two of them (Samurai and Kagemusha) had a very strong emotional impact on me -- I think his films convey not only story, but stir up feelings without making you feel manipulated (like I do with many Western directors). I've also seen films by his contemporary, Yasujiro Ozu, and think he manages to do the same, although much more subtly.
ClosetOtaku (post: 1484520) wrote:Philip K Dick: Why fantasy? My first novel of his was The Man in the High Castle, an alternative history story where Germany and Japan had won World War II. I considered it a very philosophical work, and not at all science fiction (although it appears I am in the minority here). I guess I always anchored him there, even though his other works I've read (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, for example) are solidly in SciFi territory. I guess I feel he is so much different than other SciFi writers, maybe he deserves his own category.
KhakiBlueSocks wrote:"I'm going to make you a prayer request you can't refuse..." Cue the violins.
Furen (post: 1484600) wrote:Which one is the lie?
bigsleepj (post: 1484672) wrote:If you ever get the chance you should try 'Ikiru' and 'High and Low', as well as his gritty 'noir' thriller 'Stray Dog'. You should try them.
Now, some more questions:
From what is your current avatar?
What would you consider the worst movie you've seen?
Worst book you've read?
shooraijin (post: 1484810) wrote:I thought you had Osaka-chan at one point "On The Ball!" -- or was that in your sig?
Kaori (post: 1485000) wrote:What are your favorite books by Philip K. Dick? I’ve only ever read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which I thought was terrific.
Also, what are your favorites by Lewis, Bonhoeffer, and Kierkegaard?
Last but not least, what places in Japan have you traveled to, and what has been your favorite experience in Japan?
ClosetOtaku wrote:I will say that I do not totally agree with [Bonhoeffer] on all of his doctrine, but he is dead on target with his criticisms of the modern church.
Kaori (post: 1485244) wrote: You must have visited Tokyo at very nearly the same time I did, since the Gundam was up for less than two months. There can’t have been more than a month's difference. Several of the places you mentioned I have been to, and some I have not, but this I find mind-boggling.
rocklobster (post: 1485537) wrote:1. Favorite C.S. Lewis book?
2. Favorite Narnia character?
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 61 guests