Posts Tagged ‘Martin Scorsese’

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    The Aviator- Hughes, Marty and Leo
    Howard Hughes Making  a biopic  is  even  at  the  best  of  times   a  tight  rope  walk.  An author   has  the  full liberty  to   delve into  every  aspect  of  the  character,  explore  the  historical  background,  or  go into  the  minute  details  of  his  quirks. A  movie maker  on  the  other  hand  has  to  narrate...
    by Ratnakar Sadasyula at October 8th, 2009 at 06:10 am
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    Taxi Driver : An odd scene in the diary of Travis Bickle
    Somebody occupies the omnipresent’s role in a film and this unknown/unseen shows the film to the audience. This “somebody” uses the camera to show a tale. Even if there is a complete darkness on screen this darkness comes via camera to the audience. This somebody could be director whose presence, though invisible, is present in all the frames of a film....
    by Rk at September 2nd, 2009 at 03:09 pm
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    Susie’s got your number
    Dear MJ It was the summer of 92. Dangerous times. If you know what I mean. Everyone was talking about the 3 ‘foreign’ channels that had us dumbstruck. So I ran home with a prospective demand in my head. As I rushed in, I saw someone dancing on the Statue of Liberty, and as Statue of Liberty turned to the Eiffel Tower, the someone changed into someone, and someone,...
    by Tushar at June 26th, 2009 at 07:06 pm
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    Director – Actor Combo: Some Gems
    iView Author: SATYENDRA JHA (Pune, India) Email: satyendrajha30 [at]gmail[dot]com Like most of my other articles on PFC, this one has also got its seeds from one of the comments on the beautiful articles written by Ratnakar and Crazyrals paying homage to the great Shakti Samanta, who left us for heavenly abode last week. Well, the comment in question was how Shakti-da...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
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    Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Genius replayed
    No reason, no occasion, except maybe the fact that it’s just another evening and I’m looking for music to go with the end of February. There’s something special or ‘unspecial’ about a month ending..bills to pay, projects inching closer to deadline, the mildest of winters switching to scorching summer, Holi aee re, you know the drift. I try...
    by Khalid Mohamed at February 27th, 2009 at 08:02 am
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    Anurag Kashyap: Noir is the story of underdog for me
    In continuation of the series “Initial Steps“, excerpts from a conversation occurred between Director Anurag Kashyap(AK), and Ajay Brahmatmaj (AB), are presented here. Full interview will appear in Ajay Brahmatmaj’s book “Meri pehli film” which will be published soon by Antika Prakashan. [Following is the loose translation of the Hindi...
    by Rk at November 5th, 2008 at 05:11 am
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