Tokyo Decadence (1992) dir. Ryu Murakami
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Tokyo Decadence (1992)
Ryu Murakami
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EV.Cafe 超進化論 村上龍+坂本龍一
講談社
装幀=浅葉克己
ゲスト:吉本隆明、河合雅雄、浅田彰、柄谷行人、蓮實重彦、山口昌男
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Round 1
My name is Kenji. As I pronounced these words in English I wondered why we have so many ways of saying the same thing in Japanese. Hard-boiled: Ore no na wa Kenji da. Polite: Watashi wa Kenji to moshimasu. Casual: Boku wa Kenji. Gay: Atashi Kenji 'te iu no yo!
-The Miso Soup, Ryu Murakami
The primroses were over. Toward the edge of the wood, where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond, only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog's mercury and oak-tree roots.
-Watership Down, Richard Adams
History has failed us. But no matter.
-Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
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Ryu Murakami - Ecstasy cover image
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Tokyo Noise (2002 Documentary)
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Recent watch. For some reason, I was hesitant to finally see this film, the first live action effort from my admired director, that weird guy Hideaki Anno. Was I nervous about its content? Afraid my beloved director would let me down? Not sure its low-budget production could deliver?
Whatever I was worried about, I hadn't any need. This film is incredible. Raw yet refined. Beautiful and ugly. Outrageous yet nuanced. Bleak and hopeful.
Can't recommend it lightly because of some fairly disturbing elements for some viewers, but it's such a wonderful encapsulation of a moment in time for particular kinds of people. Anno's sense of Tokyo, for me, simultaneously captures what it feels like for me while also pulling back layers I don't know about. His idiosyncratic camerawork makes the city feel like the secret main character.
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Tokyo Decadence · トパーズ
Dir. by Murakami Ryu, 1992
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EV.Cafe 超進化論 村上龍+坂本龍一
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装幀=浅葉克己
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I usually have a tbr for October, but I've been busy and tired lately, so my tbr this year is more modest 🥲 I'm hoping to finish at least one of these!
Frankenstein by Junji Ito
In The Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Are you guys reading anything spooky this month? 🍂
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