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Originally Posted by winjer
Was loving it up until about half way through...
>>click<< - one of my favorite bloggers nails the dilemma for any fan of Murakami... I dunno if I agree that he has 'nothing to say'... but theres definatley something to that statement...
still, the book is a pleasurable read, and full of great Murakami moments... but... I hate saying 'Murakami moments'... |
That link really hit on some good points. Thanks for adding it.
Regarding the film references, I wish I could locate the interview at this moment, but I remember reading around the release of
Kafka on the Shore that the only filmmakers he would give his novels to outright would be David Lynch and Woody Allen.
While reading
After Dark something about the milleu of the evening city setting seems like a perfect match up for Wong Kar-Wai. There is some congruency in
After Dark and the rather plotless structure of WKW's film, especially where the mood and feeling is more important than the plot more often than not.
(digression: I'm really curious to see WKW's new film
My Blueberry Nights as it's his first forray into an entire English language film.
link to the trailer can be found here.)