At 10:11 PM 4/6/00 -0500, Martha wrote:
>until the dvd quit working (after an hour and 19
minutes-- the suspense is
>killing me!), i spent the evening watch kurosawa's
HIGH&LOW. i don't know
>what the general opinion on this film is, but i was
totally riveted by the
>story and sincerely stunned by the professionalism of
the direction and
>acting. wow.
>
>my gushing aside, i know the film is based on a
mcbain book (87th PRECINCT?)
>and was wondering if it is as high quality as the
film. i've never ready
>any mcbain-- is this one ok to start with, or is it
not worth it?
>
McBain is like Kurosawa....even the bad stuff is
worth your time. I would say start with McBain's _The Mugger_
but almost all of them are good.
James
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