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Postby Mulboyne » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:22 am

[floatr]Image[/floatr]A press release (Japanese) reveals that Fuji Televison and Asmik-Ace will produce a film of Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood". No cast members have yet been announced but the director will be Vietnamese-born Anh Hung Tran who helmed "The Scent of Green Papaya". Filming will start next February and it should be released in 2010. Tran met Murakami as long ago as 2004 but final consent from the author only came in April. The book, which came out in 1987, made Murakami's reputation in Japan where over 8.7 million copies of the book have been printed to date. It is also widely read overseas and has been translated into 36 languages.
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Postby Torimaro » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:24 pm

Thats cool. I dig Murakami. Im re-reading "The Wind-up Bird Chronicle" right now. I havent read "Norwegian Wood" mostly cuz i dont really like the Beatles. I guess i will have to get over it so I can be prepared to poo-poo the movie when I see it.
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Postby Charles » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:40 pm

Torimaro wrote: I havent read "Norwegian Wood" mostly cuz i dont really like the Beatles.


:doh:

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.
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Postby kurohinge1 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:39 pm

Torimaro wrote:
I havent read "Norwegian Wood" mostly cuz i dont really like the Beatles.

Charles wrote::doh:

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


Well, that's not entirely true:

Nadyne Mielke wrote:
. . . The story starts out with the older Toru reminded of this time as he hears the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" on an aircraft. However, we never revisit this older Toru. He is simply left by the wayside. It seems odd to open the book with him, but to never have him come back into play. . . more


But I imagine that you'd really have to hate the Beatles with a passion to have avoided the story for that, and the title, references.

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Postby Torimaro » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:47 pm

Charles wrote::doh:

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


as kurohinge pointed out it has at least a little to do with the Beatles cuz norwegian wood is the name of the Beatles song. Maybe your just too fucking punk to know that.

I dont hate the beatles just kinda sick of em since it seems theyve been the background music for my life (usually in shopping malls in muzak form). However, if Toru is in the book even momentarily i will probably pick it up fairly soon.

I feel kinda disillusioned to see I have something in common with mr. takeashit or havetopoo or whatever his name is and will avoid the titles he mentioned like the crap on my thumb when i wipe in haste.
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Postby Charles » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:14 pm

kurohinge1 wrote:Well, that's not entirely true:

Yes, it's entirely true. It is a book about a guy and his screwed up relationships with women. It makes references a Beatles song but only briefly. It is not a book about the Beatles.

And yes, I've read the book. Twice. First in English, then in Japanese, for the reading practice.
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Postby Torimaro » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:24 pm

if the book is as dense as you are then i really dont want to read it.
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Postby Charles » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:25 pm

Torimaro wrote:if the book is as dense as you are then i really dont want to read it.

Murakami is known for his extremely simple, plain language. So yeah, it's probably too dense for you.
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Postby Torimaro » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:31 pm

Charles wrote:Murakami is known for his extremely simple, plain language. So yeah, it's probably too dense for you.

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Postby IkemenTommy » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm

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Postby Torimaro » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:57 pm

IkemenTommy wrote:Image
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Postby Jack » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:10 pm

IkemenTommy wrote:Image
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Postby Iraira » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:43 pm

Charles wrote:It is a book about a guy and his screwed up relationships with women.


Like I really need to read a book about that when I can just look at the e-mail on my cell phone.

I am an uncultured degenerate, huh?
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Postby AssKissinger » Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:30 pm

I hope it's good. My feeling is they should probably leave it alone. It goes without saying but that's a wonderful wonderful book.
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Postby hundefar » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:25 am

The book is about a scandinavian bloke's cock. Isn't it?
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Postby Torimaro » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:53 am

yeah, and "Wild Sheep Chase" is a Greji biography.
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Postby kurohinge1 » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:27 am

Charles wrote::doh:

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


Charles, rather than show a complete lack of understanding of the phrase "nothing whatsoever" and then pretend you said something different, you should've just moved the "doh" smiley from before the mistake to after it.

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Postby Charles » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:18 pm

[quote="kurohinge1"]Charles, rather than show a complete lack of understanding of the phrase "nothing whatsoever" and then pretend you said something different, you should've just moved the "doh" smiley from before the mistake to after it.

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The "Help" button on your computer has the same name as a Beatles song, but it also has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.
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Postby Iraira » Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:42 pm

Charles wrote:The "Help" button on your computer has the same name as a Beatles song, but it also has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


If it did, I imagine that the surviving Beatles would get even mo' money suing Bill Gates.
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Postby Torimaro » Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:48 pm

Charles wrote:The "Help" button on your computer has the same name as a Beatles song, but it also has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


AssKissinger wrote:You're such a fucking faggot


still true still funny
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Postby kurohinge1 » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:20 pm

Charles wrote:
The "Help" button on your computer has the same name as a Beatles song, but it also has nothing whatsoever to do with the Beatles.


"Help" is what you need - starting with English comprehension.

Nadyne Mielke wrote:
. . . The story starts out with the older Toru reminded of this time as he hears the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" on an aircraft.


Charles contradicting himself wrote:
. . . It makes references a Beatles song (sic) . . .


"nothing whatsoever" is, still, "not entirely true".

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Postby Charles » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:12 pm

And the Bible makes reference to a serpent, but the Bible has nothing whatsoever to do with serpents.

Apparently you do not know the difference between a reference in a book and the subject of a book.

Your trolling has become tiresome. Go crawl back under your bridge.
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Postby kurohinge1 » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:58 pm

Charles wrote:
And the Bible makes reference to a serpent, but the Bible has nothing whatsoever to do with serpents . . .


If you can't see the fallacy in that statement, then you have little hope of understanding your original mistake.

Charles wrote:
Apparently you do not know the difference between a reference in a book and the subject of a book . . .


Oh I do, but that's not what you said, and you've already used the "pretend-you-said-something-else" card once in this thread.

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Postby AssKissinger » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:18 pm

To understand his writing you need to be aware of what he believes is the mystical power of certain music, which is a common theme in much of his literature. Obviously, there's a reason for the title of the book. There's a spiritual connection between the song and the book because the ambiance of the song reverberates and even amplifies through the pages. You can click the music link of his website to see how important music is to his literature
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Postby Greji » Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:40 pm

"There are those that learn by reading. Then a few who learn by observation. The rest have to piss on an electric fence and find out for themselves!"- Will Rogers
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