I meant Youth of the Beast. That's the name of the film. Also, I
meant "recommend."
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Nathan Cain <indiecrime@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll second the endorsement of both Branded to Kill and Tokyo Drifter,
> and further reccomdend Life of the Beast, another or Suzuki's films.
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
>>
>> Can't really help you with the book about the contract killer with the
>> samurai code, but it sounds like something I'd like to read.
>> As for the others, Ross Thomas rules.
>> As for Melville, be sure to check out Le Doulous.
>> If you like Ghost Dog, check out Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill, one of the
>> influences on it (you'll recognize a scene Jarmusch cribs). His Tokyo
>> Drifter ain't bad either.
>> Mark
>>
>>> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>>> From: zoebleck@gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:05:29 +0000
>>> Subject: RARA-AVIS: an intro and a question
>>
>>>
>>> I've been lurking for a few weeks--joined because I was looking around for
>>> information and got a hit from a post here about Ross Thomas --whom I'm
>>> presently obsessed with...I don't know how I've missed him for all these
>>> years--have gone through John D. MacDonald periods, and Ross MacDonald
>>> periods--for some reason I thought he wrote police procedurals in the McBain
>>> vein and didn't bother with him. (nothing against McBain, I just am not that
>>> into procedurals)
>>>
>>> I picked up Briarpatch in the paperback exchange section of the library
>>> and was blown away.
>>>
>>> As for me--I've always loved detective novels--from Nancy Drew on--and
>>> read both old ones and new.
>>>
>>> I'm devoted to Film Noir also--Kiss Me Deadly, Detour--you name it, I'll
>>> watch it.
>>>
>>> I'm currently working my way through the films of Jean-Pierre
>>> Melville--started with Army of Shadows, have seen Le Deuxième Souffle,Bob
>>> le flambeur, and just watched Le Samourai last night--what an incredible
>>> filmmaker--his control and style is pretty astounding--I'm theorizing
>>> without enough evidence probably, but it occurred to me this morning that
>>> his subject is death--and death looked at squarely in a way that is pretty
>>> rare.
>>>
>>> But, this is my question for you all--in the Jim Jarmusch film, Ghost Dog:
>>> The Way of the Samurai, Forrest Whitaker plays a killer, a kind of holy man
>>> who kills, and of course follows the way of the Samurai. I could swear i
>>> read a mystery about a very similar character--a loner who did contract
>>> killing and lived by the Samurai code. He lived in a van. I can't remember
>>> the title of the book, or who wrote it--and there are no credits in IMDB for
>>> Jarmusch's film that mention it being based on a novel.
>>>
>>> Does anyone remember this book? I read it not long before the movie came
>>> out--some time in the '90s--and it was new when I read it.
>>>
>>> I associate it with Thomas Perry for some reason--i know Perry didn't
>>> write it, but I might have just started reading him at the same time.
>>>
>>> It's great to be here--Zoe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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