Solino with Anurag Kashyap
The moment you watch a film, the first thing you want to do is discuss it. Be it a great film or otherwise. That itself brings in a whole level of excitement, a range of emotions and of course, insight.
We have tried to encourage and provide a platform for such interactions at our new initiative , ‘ Tiger World Acclaimed Cinema ‘. The evening would commence with Anurag Kashyap sharing his thoughts and experiences of world cinema and his take on the movie, ‘ Solino ‘. This will be followed by a screening of the movie in a relaxed and informal setting…
Hoping that the movie (directed by Fatih Akin) would invoke reactions and opinions which would be carried much beyond the venue for the event! In fact, am sure it will…
Head On, The Edge of Heaven, Crossing the Bridge…Solino! You really need a tank of beer to finish talking about this guy and his movies! For now, its “ Solino “ !
In the meantime, here is a note from the director about Solino….
“A little more than a year ago, my producer Ralph Schwingel told me about a
screenplay that he absolutely wanted to film. It was a script called “Solino” by the
renowned Hamburg author Ruth Toma.
All I knew was that the story revolved around the first pizzeria in the Ruhr District.
When I read the script, the thought of directing it myself didn’t even cross my mind.
Usually, I write my own film scripts. However, as a director, I found it impossible to
read it without imagining how the film could be made, or how to find the best
visuals. Whenever you read a screenplay, you get a vision of the film, even when you
haven’t written it yourself.
I was skeptical at the beginning, since it all seemed so far removed from my own
life. I don’t know any Italians, I don’t speak Italian, and I know as little about the
60s as about the 70s. But I was captivated by the script from the very first page. I
had tears in my eyes upon completing it. I fell in love with the book, as in a girl with
a pretty dress. All the doubts I had before were swept away. I immediately began
trying to convince the producers and the author – after all, my family also emigrated
from elsewhere. Apulia or Anatolia, what’s the difference? Just like Gigi, I also have
an older brother, Cem, who’s also a pretty good actor. And just like Gigi, I, too, was
once a little boy with a big dream: the dream of making films.
Moreover, there is something universal about the story, something I know very well
and love to tell over and over again in my films: the warmth, the tenderness, the
love which the characters radiate…
I am extremely happy to be able to make this film, and really looking forward to
working in Italy. After all, Italy stands for good food, beautiful women, wonderful
films and – not least – the strongest football league in the world.”
- Fatih Akin, director
blogged by Shamath Mazumdar, NDTV Lumière
Tags: Anurag Kashyap, Crossing the Bridge, Edge of Heaven, Head On, Solino, World Cinema
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
I love this idea of having someone speak about the film at the screening. I hope someone here attends the film and writes about it…