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Der Spiegel, Spiegel Interview with Haruki Murakami:

“SPIEGEL: Are you a better writer because you run?

Murakami: Definitely. The stronger my muscles got, the clearer my mind became. I am convinced that artists who lead an unhealthy life burn out more quickly. Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin were the heroes of my youth — all of them died young, even though they didn’t deserve to. Only geniuses like Mozart or Pushkin deserve an early death. Jimi Hendrix was good, but not so smart because he took drugs. Working artistically is unhealthy; an artist should lead a healthy life to make up for it. Finding a story is a dangerous thing for an author; running helps me to avert that danger.”

1 mei 2008: Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. (via)

Zie voor een vroege bespreking Canuck in Asia, Harakui Murakami Talks to Himself While Running, but only in Japanese (So You Can’t Hear Him). En zie verder vooral ook Haruki Murakami Resources: Excorcising Ghosts.

Haruki Murakami: “I never had any intention of becoming a novelist — at least not until I turned 29. This is absolutely true.”

Monocle: “All God’s Children Can Dance is the first film adaptation of a Haruki Murakami story in the US. Director Robert Logevall cut a special trailer of the film for Monocle, which we’re delighted to present here.”

De VPRO en seriousFillm presenteren Dinner with Murakami. Een documentaire van Yan Ting Yuen. “Regisseur Yan Ting Yuen neemt ons mee in de surrealistische wereld van de Japanse bestselller auteur Haruki Murakami.”

Uur van de Wolf: Zondag 4 maart 2007, 19.00 uur Nederland 2.

Tony Takitani (2002), een kort verhaal van Haruki Murakami in vertaling van Jay Rubin: “Tony Takitani’s real name was really that: Tony Takitani.”

Tony Takitani (2004), een film van Jun Ichikawa met muziek van Ryuichi Sakamoto. (De UK Trailer.)

Midnight Eye: “An adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami, even at only 75 minutes Tony Takitani feels laboriously over-protracted.”

Indy Wire: “Fashion Victim: Jun Ichikawa’s “Tony Takitani.” (Kristi Mitsuda with responses from Jeff Reichert and Michael Koresky.)

The Observer: “exquisite Japanese movie.”

The Guardian: “a numb and nebulous experience.”