Film adaptation Murakami's "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" in the works

[Taro Toporific]

[Jack]

Wow!! I'm reading this book as we speak. This Murakami guy is pretty good. His got a great casual writing style. Is this gonna be an English language film?

[Taro Toporific]

Wow!! I'm reading this book as we speak. This Murakami guy ...[has] got a great casual writing style. Is this gonna be an English language film?

Most snooty Japanese bitch about his novels being too Western. The film might be bilingual or subtitled but right now there's ZERO info about it even in the IMDB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami

Since his early years as a child Murakami has been heavily influenced by Western culture, particularly in terms of Western music and literature. He grew up reading everything from the works of American writers such as Vonnegut and Brautigan, to Dostoyevsky and Balzac, and he is often distinguished from other Japanese writers for his western influences. Japanese literature often puts emphasis on beautiful language, which can result in stiff, restricted composition, while Murakami's style is relatively free and fluid.
Murakami studied drama at Waseda University in Tokyo where he met his wife, Yoko. His first job was in a record store (which is where one of his main characters, Toru Watanabe from Norwegian Wood, works). After finishing his studies, Murakami opened the jazz bar "Peter Cat" in Tokyo, which he ran from 1974-1982. Many of his novels have musical themes and titles referring to a particular song, including Dance, Dance, Dance (from The Dells), Norwegian Wood (after the Beatles song) and South of the Border, West of the Sun (the first part being the title of a song by Nat King Cole).
Murakami taught literature for several years at Tufts University.

[72hw]

Film?

Sounds more like some kind of stage play to me, the Craigslist poster states "The show will eventually be performed both in Tokyo and New York. "

Either way, I shudder to think what the end result might be!

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EDIT: And I don't think it's in any way related to Mirimax Films - the person posting the ad was 'formerly' with Mirimax.

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[AssKissinger]

Either way, I shudder to think what the end result might be!

Yeah, me too. Some things are better left alone.

[Taro Toporific]

Film?
Sounds more like some kind of stage play to me, the Craigslist poster states "The show will eventually be performed both in Tokyo and New York. "

Yep, my bad.
The posting says, "multi-media theatrical adaptation for Haruki Murakami".

[72hw]

Yep, my bad.

HA! No movie? Sounds more like 'Our Good'!