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It may not be Rod's best performance, but who cares, he remains a super number one: every time I hear that acidic voice shout "good day in the afternunnnaaaaaaa," it brings a tear to my eye...

It looks like a very interesting movie. Great review.

Well, there's a lot to say about the relationship between Japan and Korea... among other things, I read that it seems the Japanese imperial family might have very distant Korean origins... hehehe... the Japanese are just like that, you definitely know them better than I do. The discussion about Zorzi is extremely complicated; it's clear that we're dealing with a whole other level of political complexity. I really can't imagine what connections and circles Mr. Zorzi might have, who, just for the record, has never been poor... It seems pretty clear that he's untouchable, in every sense. And thanks for the info about dual citizenship.

@Psychopompe
There is a substantial difference between Delfo Zorzi aka Roy Hagen and Battisti: the former is a Japanese citizen (Japan, by the way, does not allow dual nationality), and moreover, there are no extradition treaties between Italy and Japan. Additionally, Hagen is "only" an accused person in an ongoing trial, that of the Brescia massacre (while Battisti is a convicted felon with a final sentence), as he has been repeatedly acquitted for Piazza Fontana. When you add to this that Japanese legislation does not recognize the validity of trials conducted in absentia, you realize very well how unthinkable, from a legal point of view, the extradition of Roy Hagen is. Then the paradoxical thing is that Zorzi has a politically weight that is infinitely greater than that poor loser Battisti, and we should be talking much more about him than about others: but it is known that in our country things work the other way around, so...

In fact, I am convinced that the Battisti case exists, oh yes, it exists. What is striking is the relevance that our media give it. The problem is that in Italy there are so many "cases" that it is ridiculous that all this uproar is made for the Battisti case when our recent history is worse than Swiss cheese, filled with black holes as big as abysses... Given that such a piece of shit image is being portrayed by our government has never been seen... is it possible that even third-world countries like Brazil pretend to come and teach us about democracy? We are considered on the level of Burma or Colombia... is it possible that no one is asking questions? Well...

Cesare Battisti is a loser, a real loser, something he has abundantly demonstrated over the years and with his cowardly statements in recent days. The classic poor guy who found fertile ground to do what he did, but who otherwise would have remained a nobody for life. His case is only talked about for political reasons (as usual, the Italian government is making yet another international embarrassment). There are many other red and black Italian terrorists hiding abroad who are not discussed when, instead, it would be appropriate to talk about them much more. By the way, in my view of a book, an instant book is always a crazy piece of crap. They are truly the worst you can find in a bookstore. I give it a 2 for the review because he tried too hard to be a sycophant out of fear of taking a stand.

@Tiger
just so you know, "Last concert in Japan" and "This time around in Tokyo" are the same album, except that the first one is a bootleg, while the latter is official: it’s still about the concert on December 15, 1975, in Tokyo...

I know the album very well, and I have to say it’s certainly not one of the best performances by the Mk IV Purple (whom I adore). Unfortunately, with Bolin, it was like this: wonderful live shows alternate with terrible ones, since it heavily depended on Bolin's (and the rest of the band's) health. I consider this concert as "normal administration." In the video of this concert, for example, you can see Coverdale vomiting backstage between songs (just to give you an idea of how the Purple were doing back then). Some things on this record are still very interesting. Nevertheless, the album was officially re-released a few years ago: the audio version is definitely better than this one (and there are no overdubs).

Great review. I don’t rate the book because I haven't read it, but the show with Antonellona is an absolute cult.

Beautiful review: I didn't know whether to give you a 1 or a 5, since I strongly agree with some points and very little with others. Nonetheless, a remarkable book, one of the few cases of truly superlative writing that pleases everyone. To Alia76 (whom I am increasingly convinced is a fake): how can you read The Name of the Rose three times without understanding the last sentence? It refers to nominalist philosophy, according to which we cannot grasp the essence of things since we can only focus on the name, on appearances. Of course, my explanation is an extreme simplification, as a serious deepening would be out of place (and I don't even think I would be able to do it).