Shibata's ARMED ROBBERY

[Tom Mes]

>richie's statement that miike's film RAINY DOG is a kind of
>'remake' of shibata's film. (this idea was also taken up by chuck 
>stephens>in an article on miike
>i guess this was your starting point, Tom, wasn't it?

Indeed it was. I was hoping to research these supposed similarities a bit 
more, but have so far been unable to locate a copy of Richie's book here in 
Paris and therefore only had this English title to go on. I will try to 
track down a copy of 'Reframing Japanese Cinema'.

Based on the background info you gave, a connection between INAZUMA GOTO and 
RAINY DOG seems rather unlikely, which makes me wonder why Richie made the 
comparison in the first place. Or maybe it was just a sly attempt to get a 
few of us youngsters interested in silent cinema?

Tom

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