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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Does anyone know if there is any smoking gun connecting
the tobacco industry with Japanese cinema?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I noticed this report about Hollywood in the Guardian
on-line</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/26/tobaccoindustry.smoking">http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/sep/26/tobaccoindustry.smoking</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>and it is, doubtless, reported elsewhere.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've been watching as many films as I can of the 'Japan in
Black' season here at San Sebastian. The 'noir' elements of many of the
films are debatable (as the organisers readily admit). Femmes fatales are
passing rare, along with private detectives, etc. etc. Train scenes figure
strongly and memorably, but all the films share two elements: they were popular
films that featured well-photographed scenes of stars, smoking (or was it "
stars' smoking ").</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>