The Face of Another (1964) Tanin No Kao By Kobo Abe With an Introduction by Kaori Nagai Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders Penguin Classics, 237pp For his second novel Kobo Abe attempted… more →
Blogging The Classicswrote 1 month ago: Woman in the Dunes (1964) Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara Teshigahara’s film is a masterpiece of surr … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Friday nights after 7pm, admission to the Rubin Museum of Art’s galleries are free. CabaretCin … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Creative Intuition: The Power of Listening and Praying. “The great book, always open and which we sh … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Each work group of Shochiku nouvelle vague is wonderful. I am charmed very much by the surrounding w … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Master of Ikebana, installation artist, director of operas and Noh theatre, Hiroshi Teshigahara was … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Onibaba (Demon Woman) from Kaneto Shindo is uncannily similar to Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Woman i … more →
wrote 11 months ago: A few weeks back, my partner was heading out of town for the weekend, which is when I hightail it fo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: DATE: 12/19/2008 FIRST VIEWING WHERE: at home, on IFC Funny how this works…but I happened to … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Face of Another (1964) Tanin No Kao By Kobo Abe With an Introduction by Kaori Nagai Translated f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Woman in the Dunes (1962) Suna no Onna By Kobo Abe Penguin Modern Classics, 240pp With an Introd … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I can’t look at the pictures, but today’s news stories are saying that face transplants … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: I love this! Chris B. demonstrates how Shadowplay has brainwashed him, forcing him into buying DVDs … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Jigoku Kôshien aka Battlefield Baseball (2003). Dir. Yudai Yamaguchi. So, you looked at the name of … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Anyone who has seen any movies filmed in Barcelona, Spain, has undoubtedly caught a glimpse or maybe … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The Face Of Another, from the amazing Hiroshi Teshigahara box set, has one of the most disturbing op … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Yet there is never a moment when the film doesn’t look absolutely realistic, and it isn’ … more →