Archive for April, 2007

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    “METHOD ACTING”, please dont use this term!! PLEASE
    What is method acting? Method acting is not an acting tool nor is it a book it does not involve growing beard, loosing or gaining weight, living like the character or becoming a character. The most misunderstood term, misused by everyone and it spells nothing but ignorance about the craft of acting, to who ever use it without knowing what it actually is, now a days it...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 30th, 2007 at 07:04 am
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    Honesty in Film Making
    “It’s a great film”, we use this term often and,”it’s a really bad film” a little too often? What is there in a film, which strikes a chord amongst audiences? What pisses them off? Off course there will be people who like and hate a particular film. PFC has provided an awesome platform to interact with passionate film-makers. Their company introduced me to...
    by Manjeet Singh at April 30th, 2007 at 05:04 am
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    Dahavi Pha (2002)
    Human beings always like to categorize, segregate other people in a particular group or category. It is always US against THEM. This groupism can be based on religion, region, sex, caste and many more categories. Its always those Bengalis, Marathis, Tamils, Europeans, Muslims, Americans, Indians, Dalits, Brahmins, Nerds, Yuppies, blacks, whites, brown and a number of...
    by Full2Faltu at April 30th, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    Mani Ratnam: A Profile -Part1
    Introduction If there is any one in the history of Indian film industry who delivered crowd pleasing films with out going down on aesthetics and artistic values, only one name comes to mind – Mani Ratnam. The name, Mani Ratnam needs no introduction. He is the man behind the films like ‘Nayakan’ – one of the two Indian films to be listed in top 100 films of the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 29th, 2007 at 01:04 pm
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    Zombie Farm invades Denver!!!
    It started off as a fun project with friends. Two filmmaker friends needed help on a film they were making, and I volunteered. I have assisted them on other film related projects, and we have an interesting groove when we work together, the three of us have complimentary but different skills and tastes, and working with the two of them is always a blast. I ended up becoming...
    by t! at April 28th, 2007 at 03:04 pm
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    80s
    Here are some good movies which released in the 80s. (The era of smugglers, revenge stories with lower technicalities. The signing stars were Mithun, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Anita Raaj, Vinod Khanna……) These are not great movies but entertains you for 3 hours surely. Not having Mahel type homes, designer sarees and kurtas, disco theques…. but containing good dialogues,...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at April 28th, 2007 at 02:04 am
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    Don’t worry feel happy! TA RA Rum pum
    “Don’t worry be happy”, this is the tagline of the movie according to imdb. I never really got a chance to see the posters, got released today and I was there for the first day last show, thanks to one of my very close friend. So there I was… watching one more classic from Yash Raj and a film by “Siddharth Anand”. And now I am sitting...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 28th, 2007 at 01:04 am
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    The Maverick: Ritwik Ghatak
    In an age when film makers masquarade as reformers (read bullshitters), it is only apt that one remember the flag bearers of the REAL New Wave in Indian Cinema that had its inception in the early ’50s through the mid ’70s. A beacon of this New Wave was Ritwik Ghatak. The Anarchist. The Rebel. The quintessential Bengali Intellectual. The man who influenced a...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 28th, 2007 at 12:04 am
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    Film Investing Overseas and From There To Here!
    Hi Folks, This post is strictly business. But with more cross border film deals happening both in Bollywood and here in the US, some financial and fiscal guidelines to keep in mind. Firstly if there are any legal (actually this entire write up is on the premise that you are transacting the business legally) exchange of remmuneration i.e. monies paid to artist/crew/filmmaker...
    by Vivek Kumar at April 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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    Acting for directors
    When I was doing my 12-week Film Intensive at NYU SCPS, one of the things I heard a few times was that to be a good director, you should take an acting class. As I made UNTITLED, I realized that understanding what an actor goes through, how he/she prepares, can help a director in ensuring she gets the best performance from her cast. Now, I have acted as a child but as...
    by Shripriya Mahesh at April 27th, 2007 at 10:04 am
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    Casting the brown man: the “other” new wave
    If ever I were to make an award speech for a role in one of my films, the first name I would take after thanking my parents and my first (and only, so far) acting teacher, Gregory Justice (who introduced me to acting), would be John Johnson. Then, I’d thank Danny Leiner (Harold & Kumar). Then I’d thank Bryan Singer (Superman Returns). And finally, I’d...
    by striker at April 26th, 2007 at 09:04 pm
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    Watch and Review Anurag Kashyap’s first : Last Train to Mahakali
    You rarely get golden moments like these. When you get the opportunity to kick ass… ;) literally… So when you accidentally find a movie online (while browsing for indy cinema in India) that was made by Anurag Kashyap, you know Shakalaka Boom Boom was bound to happen for our banner boy Anurag. Expect another post called Fuck Fuck to Mahakali pretty soon ) It’s...
    by oz at April 26th, 2007 at 09:04 pm
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    For cinephiles in Mumbai: National Film Circle
    Received from Worldwide Film Distribution yahoogroup… Please spread the word! Let me take this opportunity to introduce you about me and social activities of our organization. … I am working with a government organization, one of the most important & entertainment department called “NATIONAL FILM CIRCLE” is given to me and I am looking for...
    by striker at April 26th, 2007 at 04:04 pm
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    NEW DIRECTOR FROM CANADA
    One of my friend Raaj Ashoo called me up on 13 march morning that he is going to record a song in MUSICIANS STUDIO,shastri nagar,lokhandwala .The singer was LAABH JANJUA of PAPPE PYAR KARKE PACHHTAYA.I supposed it to be a good chance to meet with laabh janjua as well as all crew members of the team.This team is about an INDO-CANADIAN FILM which is under pre production.One...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 26th, 2007 at 06:04 am
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    The VOF: the film that raised too many questions in a day.
    Oh! … I remember the saga that is called the Valley of Flowers. I won’t talk of the story because it will be damn unfair to do so. I don’t know the story. Yeah! But I did sit for the two n a half hour or may be longer (at least it seemed to be) of VOF. Ok. First things first. Why? Why was the movie made? Possibility no. 1: It was a very personal film (shouldn’t...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 26th, 2007 at 01:04 am
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    Christina Marouda : Carrying the Indian Flag in Hollywood – A video conversation
    Christina Marouda, President of IFFLA is the brains behind the annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Having completed 5 years, IFFLA, as we saw it has been growing by leaps and bounds, bringing to the world priceless gems from the Indian cine scene. IFFLA has become an upcoming junction for anything cinema, anything Indian. Distributors, producers, directors, Indian...
    by oz at April 25th, 2007 at 05:04 pm
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    The Quentin Conversation
    So I’ve finally landed onto the PFC platform and all thanks to Oz and Vijay. Being my very first post, I would have loved to introduce myself as a ‘learning film-maker’ and go on about my tryst with film-making and film-makers, but all that can wait. Because right now I am nothing but just an avid cinema-goer just like all of us. Why is that you ask? Well that’s...
    by Srinivas at April 25th, 2007 at 09:04 am
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    Czlowiek z marmaru – film review
    Story: “Man of Marble” (Czlowiek z marmaru) examines the story of the rise and fall of a working class hero, Mateusz Birkut, through the eyes of a rebellious young film maker, Agnieszka. As part of her thesis film, Agnieszka – a student from Krakow film school, embarks on a difficult journey of seeking the truth behind the one time national hero, Birkut,...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 25th, 2007 at 06:04 am
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    Add Anish Ahluwalia to the new wave
    Update: Vijay just mentioned that Kya Tum Ho is Anish’s debut movie: Wow dude…mad props to you My first time attending any film fest and boy oh boy was that an experience or was that an experience. Met all the who’s who and ” who are you” of the industry. I still pinch myself to make sure that it was not a dream. Ouch it hurts..haha. Though...
    by OM at April 24th, 2007 at 09:04 pm
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    On the Fallacy of the New Wave: Multiplex Syndrome?
    “I don’t like the sordid and I am not a part of the New Wave trend of today.” – Satyajit Ray, as told to Marie Seton Thus spake The Master. We are talking about it again. The latest ‘New Wave’, so talked about in this forum and elsewhere, has it all the makings of a Revolution – a widespread...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 24th, 2007 at 07:04 pm
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    Why The Men & Women In Suits Matter!!!
    So folks, I see this diatribe by the “have nots” about how commerical cinema is bad, Bollywood is Bad, Hollywood is Bad, Bachchan is this, distributors are that and on and on. Here’s another side to it. The so called independents, the wheeners, the complaint mongers, their profile being they probably spend more time on film education than acutally doing...
    by Vivek Kumar at April 24th, 2007 at 07:04 pm
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    MISSED CALL – Mixed Feelings
    I must start this article with what Anurag said in behalf of the filmmakers before the screening. He said that the movie was made with “just” 38 Lacs. That they kept running out of money while making this film. Now why did they need 38 lakhs? When your protagonist is shooting everything on DV isn’t that the greatest excuse to shoot the movie in DV....
    by Mainak at April 24th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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    Montage to Planet Earth
    This is probably the best video I’ve played with. Amazing stuff and extraordinary content. I’m talking about “Planet Earth” series. It’s among the best I’ve seen from BBC. “Space” is the other series that I liked. I’m currently watching “Long way round”, “Cosmos”, Adam Curtis’ collection...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 24th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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    IFFLA 2007 : The Winners
    Best Feature Jury Award: Valley Of Flowers Audience Choice Award: Outsourced Best Documentary Jury Award: Q2P Audience Choice Award: Divided We Fall – Americans in the Aftermath Best Short Film Jury Award: Tea Break Audience Choice Award: Monsoon Honorary Mentions Vanaja (feature) Printed Rainbow (Shorts) From the above the talk of the town was on the award given...
    by oz at April 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am
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    Pallavi Anu Pallavi
    There is something about these first time effort. Sparks of brilliance??? A glimpse of things to come??? A statement…I have arrived???? Or maybe just mere doing what one always wanted to do……make movies????? . Looking back 20 + years of this man who has inspired a generation of movie goers and wannabes …..What was his first outing with the megaphone like? An unusual...
    by Vasan Bala at April 24th, 2007 at 06:04 am
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    Bold face of Hindi Cinema = B. R. Ishara !
    It is often said that though both, Raj Kapoor and B R Ishara, dealt with female exposure to a great extent but while Raj Kapoor exposed his heroines slowly scene by scene, B R Ishara believed in doing it in one go. Audience blinks and clothes of the actress are gone. But nudity in his film was not for the sake of it but it was as per requirement of his scripts. In several...
    by Rk at April 24th, 2007 at 04:04 am
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    Cinema of Passion – The rebirth of cinema
    With hundreds of films in making and a millions of souls in dreaming, Telugu Cinema is an ever growing industry. Telugu film industry is the largest in India in terms of the number of films produced annually. Although Bollywood or the Hindi film industry is synonymous with Indian cinema, it is the regional films such as Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam Kannada and other...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 24th, 2007 at 03:04 am
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    IFFLA 2007 : Day 3 : It’s raining shorts!
    Chuck the lazy bones. Trash the “Oh, maybe a few years from now” thoughts. Screw the “impossible” misbeliefs. Pickup up your handicam and just shoot it. From 8 minutes to 20 minutes shorts. An amazing 90 minutes that spanned about 6 shorts last night. Loved “Shanu Taxi” – a story about a taxi driver who thinks up various business...
    by oz at April 20th, 2007 at 05:04 pm
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    Valley of Flowers – Rescheduled
    For those of you who attended the screening of Pan Nalin’s Valley Of Flowers, we apologize for the cancellation which took place due to an unforseen projector malfunction. Please note that the screening has been rescheduled now, in the same large theater #10 (no glitches this time!) as follows: Saturday, April 21 – 3:30 p.m. Please make sure you bring your...
    by Vijay at April 19th, 2007 at 10:04 am
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    IFFLA 2007: Day 2: A pleasant surprise by Anurag and Nishikant
    Two days before the start of IFFLA, I received a call from Anurag that he was gonna show up at IFFLA and surprise everyone. Until that call, it had been confirmed that he wouldn’t be able to make it to the Indian Film Festival this year. Yesterday t! and I drive to LAX and there he is. AND VOILA! Out of the blue Nishikant walks out of the doors behind him… The...
    by oz at April 19th, 2007 at 09:04 am
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