tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post115094315559018236..comments2023-12-27T22:36:01.407-06:00Comments on Anna's Clue Tank: Current ReadingAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-1151162896377129692006-06-24T10:28:00.000-05:002006-06-24T10:28:00.000-05:00Red Anna huh? Rot Anna. Anna Rouge. Wild. Only...Red Anna huh? Rot Anna. Anna Rouge. Wild. Only reason I use annapuna for this blog/posting is because my usual nic of annapuma was taken by someone on Live Journal. Been using that name for like lots of years, tis my email address, and she stole it! Wah! :)<BR/><BR/>As for Remains of the Day, not watched it and I realize I should have been more specific. I am looking for other books on Japan to read. :) Gomen nasai Pekka-san, doumo arigato.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-1151118851521442752006-06-23T22:14:00.000-05:002006-06-23T22:14:00.000-05:00I don't know if I should even mention this but you...I don't know if I should even mention this but your name sounds Finnish and it would translate; The Red Anna. Ironic, isn't it? :). But then again, it works there in the States.<BR/><BR/>I been trying to think what I should recomend for your reading pleasure and I always come back to The Remains Of Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was adapted to a movie in 1993 by James Ivory and the two main characters were played by Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins. Movie got raving rewiews but to me the book was much better. Dispite the author's name the book is deeply British and profoundly sad. Sadness is not kind of that you want to climb to attic and hang yourself. It's sadness that you feel for the main character who lives his life for not for himself but to his choosen profession - being a trusted butler. If by any chance you haven't read it, please do, you will not regret!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-1150983166861455242006-06-22T08:32:00.000-05:002006-06-22T08:32:00.000-05:00That is what maks Memoirs of a Geisha different, n...That is what maks Memoirs of a Geisha different, no Hollyweird lets really blow things up. Instead lets try to make interesting characters carry a story.<BR/><BR/>Anyone for Wuthering Heights or Gone with the Wind? Or maybe Sands of Iwo Jima?<BR/><BR/>I would love to be able to visit Japan. :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13364196938058625069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9198020.post-1150957620780142382006-06-22T01:27:00.000-05:002006-06-22T01:27:00.000-05:00I watched part of the movie with my wife, but coul...I watched part of the movie with my wife, but couldn't finish it. I have a rare medical condition called adversinitis a chickus flickus. Break out in complete boredom when one is shown. I have to have at least one car chase, explosion or raging monster and tons of blood in my modern movies,OR .....................the old black and whites with some acting in them. Just watched "Bataan" with Robert Taylor and "Back to Bataan" with John Wayne, also have "Flying Leathernecks" and "They Were Expendible". Just think that there are really no actors or actresses in the modern generation, or they are few and far between ( to me, just a lot of pretty faces and plastic boobs). In the new movies, all you have to have is a couple of pretty faces, a lot of explosions and killings and a lot of special effects to make a movie. The old B&W's now seem corny now, but relied more on acting than special effects. This could be why the best movies these days are the computer generated ones.<BR/><BR/>Oh, back on topic, I spent 3 months in Japan in the late 60's, and just LOVED the country<BR/><BR/>AndyJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com