12-05-2008, 05:14 AM
Jona,
Speaking of Bowie as an actor...
Did you eve see the film "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" ? If you have not you might find it of interest.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085933/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTroFov ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkuS9FlB7M
The part was originally intended for Robert Redford but he declined saying his audience would never accept him in such a role (meaning he found it less than heroic particularly with the homosexual innuendo real or imagined).
The film also features the Japanese comic Beat Takeshi, who is better know here in the West for his Yakuza films but in Japan for his comedy routines, and the musician Ryuichi Sakamoto who won an Academy Award for his music work on The Last Emperor.
It is a very interesting film -- not perfect perhaps, certainly not Kurosawa, but fascinating all the same.
:wink:
Narukami
Speaking of Bowie as an actor...
Did you eve see the film "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" ? If you have not you might find it of interest.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085933/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JTroFov ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkuS9FlB7M
The part was originally intended for Robert Redford but he declined saying his audience would never accept him in such a role (meaning he found it less than heroic particularly with the homosexual innuendo real or imagined).
The film also features the Japanese comic Beat Takeshi, who is better know here in the West for his Yakuza films but in Japan for his comedy routines, and the musician Ryuichi Sakamoto who won an Academy Award for his music work on The Last Emperor.
It is a very interesting film -- not perfect perhaps, certainly not Kurosawa, but fascinating all the same.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
