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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah, did you expect any more from them? On the
other hand, maybe some great controversy will erupt from it all and provide some
interesting side show.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=amnornes@umich.edu href="mailto:amnornes@umich.edu">Mark Nornes</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> They all look the same...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>A few years ago, Spielberg was interviewed in the midst of
preproduction for <?/x-tad-bigger><U><?x-tad-bigger>Memoirs of a Geisha. <?/x-tad-bigger></U><?x-tad-bigger>The reporter describes costume designs for
the film's kimono spread out over a table, and admires all the elaborate
images of dragons decorating the costumes. Ever since that moment, I've been
looking forward to how cheesy the final film would be. Looks like I won't be
disappointed. The dragon motifs foreshadowed the casting: Watanabe Ken will be
joined by Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, and Li Gong. <BR><BR>Markus<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>