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Sunday, 15 June 2003
Japón ::
Saw Japón Saturday night. A grippingly direct, real, honest film set in a remote canyon in Mexico. The scenery is beautiful but in a way very different from, say, the spectacular color of Bryce Canyon—this canyon is stark, harsh, forbidding, almost bleak, and central to the story. B and I wondered about the title. He mentioned a connection with the misty mountains and asceticism, and I agreed; it reminded me of Daily Zen quotes referring to mountain hermitages. ...
recent reading ::
The Guardian: Lost from the Baghdad museum: truth [broken link] ...