Busted in Beiruit

[Nornes, Markus]

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:

> 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?
> 
> Best
> 
> Matteo Boscarol
> Il Manifesto
> 
> 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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