Eight the Dog (PART 2)

Eight the Dog (PART 2)

【Himiko's Monologue】

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Kato has watched 1,737 movies at the Vancouver Public Library so far.

When I take a look at the following movie list, I notice a film called "Marley & Me."

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■"Actual List"

It must be another dog story.

I checked the catalogue page.

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■"Actual Page"

Kato jotted down the following comment:

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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008 and based on the book by John Grogan, this 115-minute comedy-drama depicts an amazing, amusing and incorrigible dog called Marley.

The film portrays John Grogan and his family's life during the thirteen years that they lived with their dog Marley, and the relationships and lessons from this period.

Marley, a yellow Labrador Retriever, appears as a high-strung, boisterous, and somewhat uncontrolled dog.

He is strong, powerful, endlessly hungry, eager to be active, and often destructive.

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It is definitely a good movie for dog-lovers.

Although I enjoyed it, the first two-thirds of the film are somewhat repetitious and boring.

"Hachi" is certainly much better as a docudrama.

Kato says, "'Hachi' is much better."

Anyway, I past the trailer here.

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■"Watch the clips on Denman Blog."

It looks amusing and amazing, doesn't it?

I think I'll borrow the DVD.

How about you?

In any case, I expect Kato will write another interesting article soon.

So please come back to see me.

Have a nice day!

Bye bye ...

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If you've got some time,

Please read one of the following artciles:

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■"Glorious Summer"

■"Biker Babe & Granny"

■"Genetically Modified"

■"Tyrannosaur"

■"Love@Magic"

■"Yellow Ball"

■"Welcome Back"

■"Forbidden Love"

■"Merry X'Mas"

■"Heaven with Mochi"

■"Travel Expense Scandal"

■"Love@Redemption"

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■"JAGEL"

■"JAGEL Again"

■"Say NO!"

■Happy Gal in Canada

■Roof of Vancouver

■Aftershock

■Whiplash

■Sex Appeal

■Better Off Without Senate

■Fire Festival

■Sweets@Paris

■Scary Quake

■MH370 Mystery

■Putin's Way

■Trump @ Vancouver

■Otter & Trump

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■Changeling

■Fiddler on the Roof

■Flesh and Bone

■Maiden's Prayer

■Romeo & Juliet

■Trump @ Joke

■Halloween in Shibuya

■Trump Shock

■Happy New Year!

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■Life or Death

■Way to Millionaire

■Adele Hugo

■Middle Sexes

■Romance@Madison

■Hacksaw Ridge

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Hi, I'm June Adams.

Kato is a real movie lover, who tries to watch 1001 movies.

As a matter of fact, he has already accomplished his goal.

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■『Actual List』

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Kato watched "The Arabian Nights" or "One Thousand and One Nights" as his 1001th movie.

You might just as well want to view it.

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The stories in "the Arabian Nights" were collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West, Central, and South Asia and North Africa.

The tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian folklore and literature.

In particular, many tales were originally folk stories from the Caliphate era, while others, especially the frame story, are most probably drawn from the Pahlavi Persian work Hazār Afsān which in turn relied partly on Indian elements.

What is common throughout all the editions of the Nights is the initial frame story of the ruler Shahryār and his wife Scheherazade and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves.

The stories proceed from this original tale.

Some are framed within other tales, while others begin and end of their own accord.

Some editions contain only a few hundred nights, while others include 1,001 or more.