<DIV>Thanks for posting that, Aaron. I shall try and see the film whenever i can. I'll probably have to wait until Universal Video and Laser do a cheap HK copy ;)</DIV>
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<DIV>I agree with what you said about Nakata's mother figures- they also seem to go to absurd lengths to appease these spirits- Reiko in Ringu endangers her father's life in order to save her son, while Yoshimi leaves her daughter in the care of a father who doesn't seem to be ideally suited to raising a child. Just out of interest, is this something taken from Koji Suzuki's original works or is it something the scriptwriters added? I know Dark Water was only a short story with a brief mention of the divorce which leads me to think Nakata added it. I haven't seen Ghost Actress or Chaos yet, so I can't say whether the idea appears in Nakata's other films. Can anyone help? </DIV>
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<DIV>Jim.<BR><BR><B><I>Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow@yale.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">It's been a while since I announced one of my reviews (what with the <BR>move and all), but here's to let you know that my review of Miike's <BR>Chakushin ari is now on the Daily Yomiuri site.<BR><BR>http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm<BR><BR><BR>Aaron Gerow<BR>Assistant Professor<BR>Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures<BR>Yale University<BR>53 Wall Street, Room 316<BR>PO Box 208363<BR>New Haven, CT 06520-8363<BR>USA<BR>Phone: 1-203-432-7082<BR>Fax: 1-203-432-6764<BR>e-mail: aaron.gerow@yale.edu<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><hr size=1><font face="Arial" size="2"> <a href="http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com"><b>
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