FORKNI-L
Digest - 3 Apr 2009 to 4 Apr 2009 (#2009-61)
Sat, 4 Apr 2009
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Topics of the day:
1. Looking at Cherry Blossoms
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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
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End of FORKNI-L Digest - 3 Apr 2009 to 4 Apr 2009 (#2009-61)
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