structuring of hana-bi

[Andreas Leixnering]

hi!

sorry to bother you with this rather special request but has anybody dealt 
with the achronological structure of the narrative in kitanos's hana-bi?

i think there's a logical break (or rupture?) in the conception of the 
narrative's perspectivity. the film relates to the events in nishis past on 
two levels: the repeated flashback (the shooting of the gangster) which is 
obviously shown as a subjective moment of memorization. but what about the 
presentation of the first episode in the past (nishi and horibe on their way 
to the place of the gangster's observation; nishi going to hospital and 
horibe being shot)? it can't be nishi's memory of the past as he is not 
present in all the scenes. but kitano exactly suggests just that, when 
during the car-ride he inter-cuts a shot of nishi leaning on his car in 
front of horibe's house, which is the filmic present.

i am quite desperate as i am writing my final thesis on this film. does 
anybody have an idea?

andreas leixnering, germany
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