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Final Solution, Amores Perros.
Oct. 11th, 2004 08:10 amFor the leftie-liberal pseudo-intellectual pseudo-secularists. (Edit: for those in Bangalore, specifically. Also, the statement was intended to be funny, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gotjanx ;-))
This weekend Collective Chaos will be showing Father, Son and Holy War (by Anand Patwardhan) and Night and Fog (by Alain Resnais, French). SCM Hall, October 16th, 6.30 pm. (Edit: roadmap. Thanksjace, somehow I was under the impression that the place was well-known enough.)
On 9th, Collective Chaos screened Rakesh Sharma's Final Solution at SCM Hall. This is a quite lengthy (3.5 hours), but powerful four-part documentary about the inhuman communal segregation and violence in Gujarat. The film received Censor Board's certificate just a few days before the screening, without a single cut. Thanks to the new central government, possibly.
Final Solution is a very important piece of work that reminds you that after more than half century of independence, Indian society is still very much susceptible for manipulation by the power-hungry. Mutinies continue haunting us almost the way we started way back in 1947. What is most interesting is that the filmmaker didn't have to take sides - recorded public speeches by the right wing leaders leaves nothing for elaboration.
In an email that was forwarded to Collective Chaos mailing list today, Rakesh Sharma says now that the censorship issue is cleared, he's bringing out an abridged version in VCD. He gladly welcomes copying of the VCD, however, he's looking for buyers too. He is also looking for help to translate the film to Indian languages. Pedestrian Pictures is working on Kannada translation at the moment, and they might need help. Similar projects are to be started in Oriya, Malayalam and Bengali.
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Also watched the excellent Spanish feature film Amores Perros at Suchitra Film Society (with English subtitles, of course.) Even after Mani Ratnam gave us an introduction to the slick style of narration (Ayutha Ezhuthu), we are still left with the brilliant storytelling technique, music and camerawork.
Though comparisons are natural, it is not very fair to allege that Mani Ratnam plagiarized. To his credit, Amores Perros and Ayutha Ezhuthu are very different films, and Mani Ratnam did have something to tell his (Indian) audience. And Amores Perros is the kind of movie which would influence most people with an eye on movie aesthetics.
gotjanx ;-))This weekend Collective Chaos will be showing Father, Son and Holy War (by Anand Patwardhan) and Night and Fog (by Alain Resnais, French). SCM Hall, October 16th, 6.30 pm. (Edit: roadmap. Thanks
jace, somehow I was under the impression that the place was well-known enough.)On 9th, Collective Chaos screened Rakesh Sharma's Final Solution at SCM Hall. This is a quite lengthy (3.5 hours), but powerful four-part documentary about the inhuman communal segregation and violence in Gujarat. The film received Censor Board's certificate just a few days before the screening, without a single cut. Thanks to the new central government, possibly.
Final Solution is a very important piece of work that reminds you that after more than half century of independence, Indian society is still very much susceptible for manipulation by the power-hungry. Mutinies continue haunting us almost the way we started way back in 1947. What is most interesting is that the filmmaker didn't have to take sides - recorded public speeches by the right wing leaders leaves nothing for elaboration.
In an email that was forwarded to Collective Chaos mailing list today, Rakesh Sharma says now that the censorship issue is cleared, he's bringing out an abridged version in VCD. He gladly welcomes copying of the VCD, however, he's looking for buyers too. He is also looking for help to translate the film to Indian languages. Pedestrian Pictures is working on Kannada translation at the moment, and they might need help. Similar projects are to be started in Oriya, Malayalam and Bengali.
***
Also watched the excellent Spanish feature film Amores Perros at Suchitra Film Society (with English subtitles, of course.) Even after Mani Ratnam gave us an introduction to the slick style of narration (Ayutha Ezhuthu), we are still left with the brilliant storytelling technique, music and camerawork.
Though comparisons are natural, it is not very fair to allege that Mani Ratnam plagiarized. To his credit, Amores Perros and Ayutha Ezhuthu are very different films, and Mani Ratnam did have something to tell his (Indian) audience. And Amores Perros is the kind of movie which would influence most people with an eye on movie aesthetics.
