After reading Murakami's The Strange Library, it felt like a very Murakami-esque story due to it's mysterious and surreal aspects. The story as a whole had the same haunting tone to its characters, and even shares the same character, the Sheep Man, with his novel A Wild Sheep Chase. As we discussed in class, the female character was also similar to other female characters Murakami has written, where she cannot speak or convey her thoughts or words in a typical manner.
In discussing the move Norwegian Wood and comparing it to the novel, there were many similarities, but also details that I hadn't imagined when reading the novel. For example, although I did not have an exact image of Naoko and Midori in my mind, I found that the women who played the two characters in the movie had an appearance that I hadn't expected to see in portraying the female characters. However, I can see the two characters well in the actresses. In Naoko's instance, the haircut and stature of the actress matched the fragile, doll-like image Murakami seemed to portray in his writing. And the cool appearance of Midori, with her sunglasses and chic air reflected her written character well, also. I found myself reacting in this way to a lot of the movie, in seeing aspects of the novel portrayed in unexpected ways, but also relevant and accurate manners.
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