Wakamatsu Koji's "United Red Army"

[M Arnold]

Thanks for all the comments on the film. I remember the mixed reactions 
people had in Japan a couple of years ago every time Wakamatsu announced 
that he was going to film the "definitive" history of the Red Army, once and 
for all, before it's too late, so people can finally know what "really" 
happened. I'm anxious to see it!

And thanks to Justin for the info on the Igarashi article.

>From: "Mark D. Roberts" <mroberts37 at mail-central.com>
>  scenes, and (2) surprised to hear music of, shall we say, pedestrian  
>sentiment, from a former member of Sonic Youth. To be

I wouldn't really be surprised (or disappointed) to find "pedestrian 
sentiment" in a Wakamatsu Koji film. If we're going to make comparisons to 
earlier work, we might wonder why the director of Simpler Than a Kiss, Scrap 
Story, Netorare Sosuke, and pop idol music videos has made a movie so full 
of violence. . . As I understand it SY is just one of many projects O'Rourke 
has been involved in over the years, and Wakamatsu personally wanted him to 
do the music.

Is it just my imagination or is there some kind of Wakamatsu retrospective 
going on in Paris now?

Michael Arnold