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Kenneth Yap's avatar

Recently I was talking to someone about the Japanese concept of aimai, or ambiguity. In art there is room to be deliberately mysterious sometimes: to leave people wondering. Holly seems to be that kind of character, which is becoming more rare in American cinema.

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Daniel Sherrier's avatar

A nice benefit of ambiguity is how it encourages rewatching or rereading, ensuring that it's not disposable.

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E. H. Lau's avatar

I haven't read/watched the book/film, but I enjoyed this look at how the film chose to adapt certain things - like giving the nameless narrator more character (pun intended 😆) in the movie!

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Sheila Galloway's avatar

George Pappard was a once in a lifetime actor and new it too. He was a man's man . I love the fact that he never apologize for being who he was. So sad that his drinking did him in. He was great in the "Blue Max" film.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

The biggest flaw the movie has is the absurd miscasting of Mickey Rooney as a Japanese man. 21st century Hollywood would not let that slide....

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Daniel Sherrier's avatar

Agreed. You've got this nice little movie, and then there's this racist cartoon character running around and embarrassing the whole thing.

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