Martin Stower Wrote:
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> So, you’re watching the Japanese stuff for light
> relief from the Polanski?

Oh, yes - Toshiro Mifune wielding a samurai sword - terrific stuff! ("Pitfall", emphatically not a Toshiro Mifune film, was really rather odd - OK if you like magical realism combined with social criticism, I suppose ...

> Have you read this?

I was looking at some descriptions earlier today ... I might try and get hold of a copy at some stage.

> I suppose that, properly understood, Polanksi is
> light relief. I remember getting considerable
> amusement from Knife in the Water and playing the
> knife game at school, with a compass.

I just thought some of those early films might be interesting ...

I seem to recognise some of the titles you mentioned in your list from "Smoking Astronauts"!

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