There was some news recently that James Cameron might be producing or even potentially directing a film about Hiroshima. He'd optioned a book called The Last Train From Hiroshima, by Charles Pellegrino, a friend of the director. Now publication of the book is being halted, because publisher Henry Holt and Company "was not able to…
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While in Japan to promote Avatar, James Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who until his death this week was the only man to have been officially recognized as a survivor of the bombs dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While visiting Yamaguchi, Cameron pledged to "pass on his rare and harrowing experience to future generations." Because…
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Update: Sad news. Tsutomi Yamaguchi has died. A tragic reminder of how important Cameron's promise to honour the victims of this tragic moment in history actually is. Here's the Guardian's report. After years and years of slaving away over Avatar - though most definitely, I think we're agreed, not in vain - what is James…
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