Thanks Godfrey, I'd especially like to see the Japanese film, having read the Flags book. War is never a one sided taleof right versus wrong. I have great respect for the men on both sides who 'died for their country.' Regards, Bob S.
On 7/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 22, 2007, at 3:10 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > I read the 'Flags of our fathers" book on the way to New > > Zealand/Australia last fall. I believe it was the basis for the Clint > > Eastwood directed movie of the same name. It was written by the son > > of an undertaker/funeral home director from central Wisconsin > > (Appelton?). > > Bob, > > Clint Eastwood did "Flags of Our Fathers" based on the book of the > same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the Battle of > Iwo Jima and the book "Raising the flag on Iwo Jima". The companion > film of the Battle of Iwo Jima was told from the eyes of the Japanese > in "Letters From Iwo Jima", which was based on the book "Picture > Letters from Commander in Chief" by Tsuyoko Yoshido and Tadamichi > Kuribayashi, as well as "So Sad To Fall In Battle: An Account of War" > by Kumiko Kakehashi. > > These are two very powerful films. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
