Posts Tagged ‘German’

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    The Lives of Others
    The film begins, with a Stasi (East German Security agency) lesson on interrogation, involving the psychology of the detainee. If he is lying or not. The focus soon shifts to a drama theatre, where spies are keeping a close watch on a set of people. Such is the beginning of the film that engrosses the viewer to observe, what is going on, made to think. A very mature way...
    by Manjeet Singh at February 25th, 2008 at 02:02 am
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    World Cinema coming home to us
    Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
    by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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    Rome 2007 Line-Up Announced
    The second Rome Film Fest, which runs Oct 18-27, has announced its full programme. World premieres in the Cinema 2007 programme include: * La Recta Provincia (Raul Ruiz) * Youth Without Youth (Francis Ford Coppola) * August Rush (Kirsten Sheridan) * Hafez (Abolfazl Jalili) * L’Abbuffata (Mimmo Calopresti) * And The Spring Comes (Chang Wei...
    by Vijay at September 27th, 2007 at 09:09 am
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    Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles 2008 Call for Entries
    IFFLA 2008 Announces Call for Entries The Sixth Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks narrative, documentary, music videos, experimental, children’s and animated films of any length and format. IFFLA will run April 22-27, 2008 at ArcLight Hollywood, a state-of-the-art facility located in the heart of Los Angeles. Jury and Audience Choice Prizes...
    by Vijay at September 17th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
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    Birth of Anti-Heroes.
    German expessionism that gave rise to Film Noir, Horror and Detective genre. About a month ago I checked out a movie from my university’s library collection. This was a German movie that was released in 1931. It’s protagonist was a male serial killer and a “hinted” pedophile. Hinted for obvious reasons of the taboo of discussing Pedophilia that...
    by Jateen at June 10th, 2007 at 01:06 pm
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    The Experiment : Taunt, Tight, Terrific
    Released in 2001, Das Experiment (The Experiment) did not quite register as a must watch on my list until I picked it up yesterday. One of those rare makes your hair stand up for hours after you’ve watched it, The Experiment represents an amazing amalgamation of an imaginative story coupled together with etching out human nature and it’s psyche in not so normal...
    by oz at June 6th, 2007 at 10:06 am
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    Siddhartha(1972) :: Cinematic depiction of spiritual quest !
    Background : Conrad Rooks had got involved in drugs and had visited France to get rid of his drug addiction. There he got to read the book “Sidhaartha” (written by Nobel Laureate, German author Herman Hess). He was greatly impressed by the book and he developed a wish to make a film on the book. He got the rights of making a film on the book with the help of son...
    by Rk at May 29th, 2007 at 08:05 am
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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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    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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    “Run Lola Run” : My first!
    The Film: Run Lola Run The Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu The Director: Tom Tykwer 1999 (USA) , Germany “The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes. That’s a fact. Everything else is just theory.” …so begins the film in true German spirit for the love of soccer, only that it is reflective of the next 90 minutes that one sits through as well....
    by chandnimalik. at September 14th, 2006 at 03:09 am
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