From Cary Welling
Your readers might enjoy knowing that the Rashomon software, which syncs video of street protests from multiple sources (29 June, p 22), is almost certainly named after a 1950 Japanese cinematic masterpiece by director Akira Kurosawa.
According to Christoph Koettl of Amnesty International, the software will produce a “comprehensive view” of a situation that “could be very, very helpful in our investigations”.
In a comparable manner, Kurosawa’s Rashomon retells the story of a crime by stitching together different accounts.
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