Busted in Beiruit

[matteo boscarol]

Thank you for the information

Best

Matteo Boscarol

2010/5/13 Nornes, Markus <amnornes at umich.edu>:
> It proved such an expensive script to produce that it never went anywhere, or transformed into "Terrorist". He continues to work on things, but I was encouraging him to return to the spirit of Wan and Sain and make some short films.
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> On May 12, 2010, at 10:40 AM, matteo boscarol wrote:
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>> Sorry if I`m a little off topic but talking about Adachi, last time
>> I`ve met him he was still busy ghathering funds for "13gatsu" any news
>> on that?
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>> Matteo Boscarol
>> Il Manifesto
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>> 2010/5/12 Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>:
>>> Over dinner with Adachi Masao, I learned that Wakamatsu Koji was arrested a
>>> few weeks ago in Beirut. Wakamatsu was in Lebanon for film screenings, and
>>> he had visited the prison where Adachi, Okamoto Kozo, and other Red Army
>>> members were imprisoned before extradition to Japan. As they approached the
>>> area, there were signs everywhere warning "no photography allowed."
>>> Wakamatsu left his camera in the car when he and three companions approached
>>> the prison by foot. There were people watching them from every
>>> direction...and he noticed that one of his companions had brought a video
>>> camera and was shooting from the hip. They immediately got busted and thrown
>>> into said prison. After many hours of worried calls to Japan, a lawyer
>>> managed to spring them. I'm sure we'll be hearing Wakamatsu telling this
>>> story whenever he has the chance!
>>> Markus
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