Kon Ichikawa

“Some time ago, I was amazed that a number of TT'ers knew a lot of the films of Kurosawa. Is anybody familiar with the work of Kon Ichikawa? I don't know his stuff very well, but his movie "The Burmese Harp" which is now being called "The Harp of Burma" is one of the most extraordinary things I have ever seen.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is doing a series of his films. Does anybody have any recommendations???”

“zazel”

“ignore that last one, ooops”

“What a Kon job!”

“hmm...never heard of him, but i'm going to have to keep an eye out if you're comparing him to Kurosawa. i took a film class in which we studied Yojimbo, and it was awesome...”

“Isn't "konichikawa" how Hop Sing you to greet the Cartwright boys (you know, HOss, Little Joe, Adam) when the got back from riding the range.??


NO! Wait . . .it was The Karate Kid . . or shogun . . . .hmmmmmmmm”

“take the pebble, lee.”

“Ahhhhh SOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Zank you Grasshopper!!

(oh . .wait . . ..I am grasshopper)”

“Squish, crunch...
What's that on my shoe?”

“Lyra: Ichikawa has done a huge variety of stuff... a good video rental place will have some of his classics like "Burmese Harp."

A lot of his films were way ahead of their time in terms of perspective and subject matter.”

“So there I was . . .sitting between two white lines on the road trying to figure out what the man on the yellow sign was doing, generally minding my own business rubbing my legs together when . . .BAM!!!!!”

“I'm a big fan of the 'Godzilla' movies.”

“LOL!
Incarnation on a higher plain!
Quick have someone read this to you!

Grasshopper resurection”

“dude, i've been sitting here reading the "Grasshopper" stuff, and someone behind me said something like "Be careful, young Grasshopper" at the very same time! eeeekk!”