Charles Angelich wrote
 
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PM> Terry Something? Something Terry? Koestler [or his writing]
PM> is still something of an institution in England.
 
> Terry Gilliam was the only American in the Python
> group but I do think he probably was influenced by
> Koestler, yes.
 
> It's a dark comedy but I enjoy watching it when my
> mood is right and the dark side of the story won't
> fire me up. Spoiler:  it does not have a 'happy' ending.
 
  What really does? except for Hollywood pot-boilers.
 
> "Brazil" is quite old now.
 
  I've just looked it up in my Movie Guide
 book. 1985 -- nearly 20 years ago. Shows how
 speedy I am in following up on these things. I
 guess the MOnty Python and social satire aspects
 is what caught my eye way back.
 
> If your hardware and software are up to the
> task there are some very good film clips you can
> view online at: http://www.trond.com/brazil/multimedia.html
 
  Thanks for the url, but no, my computer isn't up to it.
 I shouldn't have any trouble finding it locally, however.
 
>> There is a Japanese anime now where a female cyborg literally
>> becomes a part of the Internet also titled "The Ghost in the
>> Machine" that is somewhat popular with younger people.
 
 PM> Hmm. Wasn't aware of any of the above....
 
> I only found it accidently because I have an
> interest in oriental history/philosophy and was
> renting a series of videos about their most famous
> swordman played by Tisiro Mifune (sp?).
 
> Which reminds me (rambling a bit here) if you want
> a giggle and can find "Yojimbo" anywhere
> (library?) Mifune is in that one too. It is the
> movie Clint Eastwood's "Fistful of Dollars" is
> cloned from but it's a Japanese film. The layout
> of the town, and the storyline are so very close
> it makes me smile when I see it on PBS or rent it.
 
  That's an odd coincidence -- a friend of mine,
 a Kurosawa fan, has been after me to watch that as
 well. I have his list here somewhere.  Ah, Voici:
 
 Drunken angel [videorecording] 1 videocassette
 VHS) (102 min Japanese dialog, English subtitles.
 1948 Director, Akira Kurosawa --- The story of a
 physician who tries to be a healer in a world of
 hoodlums. - Uegusa, Keinosuka. Mifune, Toshiro,
 1920- Shimura, Takashi, 1905- Yamamoto, Reizaburo.
 
 Rashomon [videorecording] directed by Akira
 Kurosawa. -- videocassette (VHS)(83 min. In
 Japanese with English subtitles. 1950. Toshiro
 Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. --- In
 medieval Japan, two travelers attempt to discover
 the truth about a rape-murder, as three
 participants and one witness give conflicting
 accounts of the crime.
 
 Yojimbo [videorecording] : the bodyguard -
 directed by Akira Kurosawa. -- videocassette (VHS)
 (111 min.) Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono.
 
 Etc.
 
 Rashomon has a Hollywood remake version as well,
 doesn't it? Can't recall the title.
 
> "Seven Sammurai" is another Mifune movie that is
> considered a classic.  It explains why the
> Sammurai became criminals after such a glorious
> earlier history.
 
> Both Japanese films are B&W with subtitles btw.
> Some people reject B&W and/or subtitles regardless
> of the stature of the film itself.
 
  You're forgetting that I go back to when there
 were -only- black and white films and foreign
 films were never dubbed. [g]
 
 

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