There is 1 message totalling 60 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Looking at Cherry Blossoms ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:07:04 -0600 From: Angela Gottfred <agottfre@t.......> Subject: Looking at Cherry Blossoms Some thoughts on re-viewing Cherry Blossoms: I like the fact that the Chinese crime boss has a couple of white guys for muscle. Once again, FK avoids the obvious casting choice. Nick's use of Schanke as a diversion in this episode is very funny; at first, Schanke is clearly going along with it (when he's babysitting the guy from Immigration so Nick can poke around on his own), but later he falls for the appeal to his vanity when Nick suggests Schanke is the one to organize the door-knocking campaign in Chinatown. You can just see the wheels turning in Stonetree's head as he sees exactly what Nick is doing. Blooper: Nick turns a knob to get into Dr Chung's office, but the inside of the door has a pushbar on it. So the outside should have a lever, not a knob. But maybe that wouldn't work well visually with the idea that Nick is breaking the lock to get in? Can you just imagine what a locksmith would be thinking when he's called in to fix one of these broken doorknobs? My guess is that the bolt would tear up the inside of the door frame until either the bolt or the frame finally broke. And it might be clear that it broke while moving up or down, rather than being pushed inwards (by pushing on the door). It would be very unusual... On moviemistakes.com, someone (Jean Graham?) notes that it was incorrect to have Janette refer to Nick as "an immoveable feast" in the 1916 flashback, because Hemingway's book, _A Moveable Feast_, wasn't published until the 1950's. However, the term "moveable feast" doesn't come from Hemingway, but from Christianity. A moveable feast day is a church celebration with a date that is not fixed (e.g. Christmas is always Dec. 25). For example, Pentecost is considered a "moveable feast" because it falls 50 days after Easter. Once Dr Chung has Nick in his rooms, do you think he is really helpless, or is he just faking it? Janette seems quite adamant that he could have killed Chung at any time, if he wanted to. Any ideas on what kind of car Janette was driving? I think this is the only time we ever see it. In the final scene in Nick's apartment, it is interesting to see that even when Janette *knows* the glass contains cow blood, she makes herself take another drink. Why? Curiosity? Stubbornness? I think she is just interested in a new experience. And of course the first meeting between Nat and Janette is pure gold. Your humble & obedient servant, Angela Gottfred ------------------------------ End of FORKNI-L Digest - 3 Apr 2009 to 4 Apr 2009 (#2009-61) ************************************************************
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