Article: `THE EEL' PROVES SLIPPERY INDEED.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

Article: Meaning of `The Eel' slips by Melancholy Japanese film was ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 5, 1999 ;     687 words ... ... starting today. "The Eel," however, is only ... letters that, like the eel, may not have even existed ... the pier, or hunting eels with a neighbor, but ... dreams of swimming with his eel, his pet in prison ... directed the 1988 film "Black Rain," about a family that ...

Article: Humanity shines in dark 'The Eel'.
The Boston Herald;  October 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... His only possession is an eel he has kept as a pet, an eerie ... plot and characters, "The Eel" is a treasure trove of poetic ... In one scene, Imamura ("Black Rain," "The Ballad of Narayama ... of his life. The mysterious eel itself, of course, is the ...

Article: Japanese 'Eel' Makes You Squirm; Imamura's Violent ...
The Washington Post;  November 20, 1998 ;     679 words ... ... his lesser works, like "The Eel," which has just opened here, as of his masterpieces like "Black Rain" (not the cheesy American ... him. His only companion is an eel he's captured in prison who ... ve got to look hard. The Eel (117 minutes, at the Cineplex ...

Article: 'Black Rain' opens to excellent business in Japan ...
PR Newswire;  October 11, 1989 ;     700+ words ...BLACK RAIN' OPENS TO EXCELLENT BUSINESS IN JAPAN ... HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- "Black Rain," a Jaffe-Lansing production starring ... United International Pictures (UIP). " Black Rain' is likely to become one of the big ...

Article: 'Black Rain' grosses $9.6 million on 1,610 screens ...
PR Newswire;  September 25, 1989 ;     700+ words ...'BLACK RAIN' GROSSES $9.6 MILLION ON 1,610 ... HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- "Black Rain," a Jaffe/Lansing production starring ... 936. In Los Angeles, with 65 runs, "Black Rain" grossed $951,236 with a per-screen ...

Article: `Black Rain' // Dark and gloomy thriller is all ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 22, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Black Rain (STAR) (STAR) Nick Conklin Michael ... The grim specter of Osaka dominates "Black Rain" the same way Gotham City looms over ... characters inhabited their city, and in "Black Rain" they are crushed by it. The production ...

Article: 'BLACK RAIN' IS JUST AN EXCHANGE OF CLICHES
The Boston Globe;  September 22, 1989 ;     700+ words ...BLACK RAIN -- Directed by Ridley Scott, screenplay ... bloodshed, beatings, profanity). "Black Rain," an American cop movie set in Japan ... one original idea . . ." In short, "Black Rain" gives us a pretty boring and superficial ...