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...when the big 25th comes around and I feel like an old man, I'll just unearth my 1978 Ron Guidry and sniff him for all he's worth. Only time will smell...
Juzo Itami's film is light and fast-paced. It tells the story of a female Japanese tax auditor/collector, whose job is to sniff out the clever schemes to avoid paying Japan's high taxrate. Nobuko Miyatomo is a spunky investigator who doesn't shy away from her task which often pits her against swarms of male mobsters...
...soundstages designed by Santo Loquasto. Narrow cobblestone streets, gaslights and footbridges enhance the gloomy atmosphere. Shimmery ponds and a fake night sky further increase the mood and the comedy. Allen establishes the tone of the picture when a mystic (Charles Cragin), who uses his sense of smell to sniff out the strangler, leads to a torch-bearing mob through the winding streets...
...past is any indication, Kaplan's ability to sniff out the truth has not been infallible. Two years ago, the Star ran a story about the slide into homelessness of Peter Criss, the former drummer for the rock band Kiss. It turned out to be a hoax...
...plan was beaverish: to walk, sniff, conn and brood every one of the county's 12 central grids, 744 sq. mi. on the U.S. Geological Survey maps. With much satisfaction, he reports it was Thomas Jefferson who directed that all of the nation except the already mapped East be ruled into grids, never mind natural or political borders. "Chase County sleeps north-south or east- west," he digresses (if that is possible in a project that depends on serendipity), "the square rooms squared with the world, the decumbent folk like an accountant's figures neatly between ruled lines, their slumber...