Archive for September, 2008

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    In Bruges
    iView Author: Suprateek Chatterjee (Mumbai, India) Email: supchats [at] gmail [dot] com In Bruges In Bruges. Directed by Martin McDonagh Rating: 3.5 on 5 In Bruges does for the comic-hit man genre what several Guy Ritchie capers could not – elevate it to a film which deals with real human emotions, risqu'© humor and a tantalizing premise. Featuring a getting-better-with-each-film...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 30th, 2008 at 09:09 am
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    From City of God to Blindness
    From Fernando Meirelles, (director of City of God, The Constant Gardener) Blindness is a story where a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. The movie stars Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Danny Glover and releases this Friday,...
    by oz at September 30th, 2008 at 07:09 am
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    A trip down Masala Lane
    iView Author: Ratnakar Sadasyula (Bhubaneshwar, India) Email: ratnakar.techie [at] gmail [dot] com A trip down Masala Lane I am one of those who grew up on a steady diet of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s masala movies. Even to date, i have no compunctions in sitting through a good old masala flick on TV. Yeah even some of the torture series ones, just for the...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 29th, 2008 at 11:09 am
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    PFCOne 2008 : List of Entries
    We are publishing here the list of entries that we will be receiving for the 2008 One Minute Film Festival. Please note this list will be updated often as and when we receive and approve new submissions. Important Dates to note: October 15th: Last date for receiving entries without an entry fee October 31st: Last date for receiving entries with late fee. (Closed) November...
    by oz at September 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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    Oye Dibakar Banerjee Oye!!!
    Interviewed by IBN for their “Rising Talent” series, here’s the hotshot director of Khosla ka Ghosla, Dibakar Banerjee, who’s ready with his next whacky movie that everyone who’s seen is raving about – Oye Lucky Lucky Oye. Dibakar talks about Khosla ka Ghosla, his association with Jaideep Sahni, the weird ending he designed for Khosla...
    by oz at September 29th, 2008 at 09:09 am
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    WTS : How the hell Shyam Benegal could make this vast socio-political cinematic collage
    How Shyam Benegal has managed to handle such a vast and loosely scattered subject and presented such a fine piece of cinema? How he has managed to present so many differently looking and behaving characters in a single film? How he has managed to give so different physical gestures and psychological understandings to different characters? As its known he was born in...
    by Rk at September 29th, 2008 at 06:09 am
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    GLOBAL MOBILE FILM FESTIVAL
    An announcement that might be handy to you: The GSMA, the global trade group for the mobile industry, and Mofilm, a pioneer of short films for mobile and on-line distribution, has announced the first Global Mobile Film Festival at the Mobile World Congress in 2009, with an official ‘call for films’ to international film-makers today. The Global Mobile Festival...
    by Runumi G at September 29th, 2008 at 02:09 am
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    World Bank’s micro-documentary film contest
    An announcement that might be handy to you: Deadline: 24/10/2008 Region: Worldwide The World Bank has launched a worldwide competition of 2-5 minute documentaries that highlight social aspects of climate change. The deadline for submissions is October 24. Titled “Vulnerability exposed: Social dimensions of climate change,” the competition is a follow-up to...
    by Runumi G at September 29th, 2008 at 02:09 am
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    Celebrating the plays that celebrate Mumbai
    Mumbai Meri Mehbooba Hain (Mumbai through its plays) Its a poignant line in Vishal Bharadwaj’s MAQBOOL. Mumbai meri mehbooba hain. Its a mehbooba you love. And irrevocably hate. The great poets (Narayan Surve, Namdeo Dhasal, Annabhau Sathe, Amar Sheikh) and their ballads have celebrated this city. Then there were the Kamgar centres in Andheri, Worli, Naigaum, Kala...
    by Ramu Ramanathan at September 28th, 2008 at 07:09 pm
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    Sajjanpur is a Class Apart
    Spoilers- You might not want to read if you are planning to see the movie. Before the movie started, I saw the name ‘Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur on the Censor Board Certificate (?). Probably the distributors didn’t like the original name, I thought. Did anything else change in the movie because of commercial pressures, I wondered. We will come back to that later....
    by Anand Bharadwaj at September 28th, 2008 at 08:09 am
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    Lata @ 80: And Brightly Fades A Legend
    In the widening gyre of material desires that threatens to envelope my everyday life, Lata offers me an oasis of serenity. To the Godless in me, she provides spiritual succour. Like she has provided to many millions before me and like she will continue to do for many years hereafter. Artists like Lata come once in a lifetime of a nation; they shape its identity, its aspirations...
    by Subrat at September 28th, 2008 at 01:09 am
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    Mahendra Kapoor – Main yoon hi mast naghme lutata rahoon
    Mahendra Kapoor is no more.. One of the most powerful voices in hindi, punjabi and marathi film music passed away today due to a heart attack. He was 74. He would be remembered for putting up amazing energy levels in his songs. Considered a Rafi clone by many, he could prove he was the best when it comes to singers of Rafi-genre… Here are a few interesting nuggets...
    by Pavan Jha at September 27th, 2008 at 05:09 pm
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    Lovers of the world unite, but
    first, the obstacles. Boy girl meet-cute. Girl boy make cute. Happy song. The End. That’s what a romcom would be without the hurdles. Movies would end in 30 minutes, and the productivity of most nations would increase. To the chagrin of HR managers around the world, we have to deal with an additional 2+ hours of misunderstandings, personality mismatches, neuroses,...
    by dabba at September 27th, 2008 at 01:09 pm
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    Paul Newman, the legend, R.I.P.
    Paul Newman, actor, director, race car driver, man with the famous blue eyes R. I. P. News of Paul Newman’s passing away… his filmography…
    by oz at September 27th, 2008 at 08:09 am
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    Welcome to Sajjanpur? No, thanks!
    Shyam Benegal is one name that commands attention and respect. And, his recent film proved it. Welcome to Sajjanpur can at best be called a highly mediocre film, which had it been from any other director, would have trashed left, right and center. But, you don’t do that with Shyam Benegal. So, you have all the reviews in the country sounding extremely vague on the...
    by Medha Dutt at September 26th, 2008 at 09:09 pm
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    Voices from the Waters 2008 : looking back, and looking ahead
    After covering the festival last year, I had greater expectations this time around. And rightly so, I stood vindicated. The films that were covered as a part of this year’s festival not only satisfied an avid film-viewer, but went beyond the essential duties of an event of such stature – the selection of films, the issues that it touches upon, the domains it...
    by Tushar at September 26th, 2008 at 08:09 am
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    Am'©lie : scene analysis
    iView Author: Evelyn Tu (Princeton, U.S.) Email: withheld —————————————————————- Unfolding “Am'©lie” scene analysis —————————————————————- Can...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 26th, 2008 at 05:09 am
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    The Sound of Indian Cinema
    This is kind of a continuation of my last post about film projection in Indian theatres (http://passionforcinema.com/film-exhibition-in-india/). Sound in Indian cinema has come a long way. Today we have sound designers like Resul Pookutty, Nakul Kamte, Kunal Sharma, Dwarak Warrier, Sanjay Maurya, Baylon Fonseca, A. Lakshminarayan and the trendsetting H. Sridhar all doing...
    by Vijay at September 26th, 2008 at 03:09 am
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    Suraj Ka Satavaan Ghoda, Fallen Angels or Shiva – Takeaways Infinite..
    At the end of the movie “A Wednesday” a few weeks ago, I suddenly found a few people in the upmarket audience of Globus, Bandra standing up and clapping. Gladdened my heart for the maker, his movie and the response. That also set me thinking about what would be the right response to a movie. Then, today morning I read RGV’s blog in which he has mentioned...
    by Indraneel at September 25th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
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    The Shining
    (5/5) Jack Nicholson shines with mad brilliance in this work of pure genius. A masterpiece that scared the s**t out of me. IMDB
    by Jahan Bakshi at September 25th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
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    Golden Silences
    iView Author: Anand (Chennai, India) Email: withheld Golden Silences Ram Gopal Varma – a lover of basic instincts – Powerful Men; Sexy Women – has said that he uses background score to heighten the impact of his story telling. One of the reasons that Phoonk did not scare was the loud use of BGM (background music). Remember the scene in Bhoot, where...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 25th, 2008 at 07:09 pm
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    Welcome to India before taking a bus or train to Sajjanpur
    Hari Ananta Hari Katha Ananta and that is so true about India also. India that is Bharat : That is Hindustan, That is this and that and what not. What is in the world, that all can be found in India. India exists in contradictions because everything survives here. Entirely opposite faiths, facts and things easily grow here and entirely different thoughts and happenings...
    by Rk at September 25th, 2008 at 08:09 am
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    The Chaser
    (4 out of 5) – Throw it into the same genre as Memories of Murder, this is one fucking taut, engaging, and masterfully acted and crafter Korean psycho thriller, with some splendid dark, twisted humor, and brilliant editing. IMDB Link for The Chaser
    by Vijay at September 25th, 2008 at 03:09 am
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    Film Exhibition in India
    Sometimes I look back at the late 1980s as cable TV first crept into India. Or at least that was when we got a connection at our home. From 1988 to early 1994, I can’t remember watching a single film in a theatre. Every Sunday afternoon, the cablewallah would show the latest release without fail. Imagine watching Khuda Gawah and Hum on a 21-inch TV set. The biggest...
    by Vijay at September 25th, 2008 at 01:09 am
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    Movie Review – Find me Guilty
    iView Author: The Narcissist Email: withheld City/Country : Goa, India Movie Review – Find me Guilty Movie – Find me Guilty Directed by Sidney Lumet Its a pity that this never made it to the theatres in India. Atleast not in Hyderabad where I was based when it was released. Or I wouldn’t have been deprived of watching this beauty for so long. Chanced...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at September 24th, 2008 at 06:09 pm
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    Burn after Reading
    Coen’s strike back with a story which fucks you up. Psychedellic orgasm!! 4/5 Burn After Reading
    by OM at September 24th, 2008 at 04:09 pm
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    Another impressive director…
    2008 has been a particularly good year for debutant directors.. I was particularly impressed by Raj Kumar Gupta(Aamir) and Neeraj Pandey( A Wednesday). Last Friday, Jaideep Verma, a fellow novelist, released his first film, Hulla, which I’m told is fairly impressive. Have to watch it soon! This post, however, is for my friend Girish Joshi, another debutant director,...
    by Tuhin Sinha at September 24th, 2008 at 03:09 pm
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    A Wednesday: Forced Resilience or Apathy
    We are resilient by force, says Naseeruddin Shah in the recently released ‘A Wednesday’. I had often read and heard Mumbai being congratulated for its resilience and wondered what this quality of ‘resilience’ is? I live in Delhi and had no way to observe the phenomenon first hand. Things changed two years back. A couple of days before Diwali there...
    by Padmaja Thakore at September 24th, 2008 at 01:09 pm
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    Contract
    RGV wields the royal finger instead of the much-touted indulgence in what-could-be the Aag trip of the year. 3.5/5 IMDb
    by Tushar at September 24th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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    Welcome to Sajjanpur
    A contemporary companion from Shyam Babu in the streak of Mandi & Hari Bhari, nice to see the master break the divides we put so comfortably on cinema. 4/5 IMDb
    by Tushar at September 24th, 2008 at 10:09 am
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