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| mo_flixx |
 Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:48 am |
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Mo, are you thinking of Rituparno Ghosh who made Unishe April, Dahan, Bariwali, Shubho Mahurat, Chokher Bali and Raincoat?
Other films which look interesting on the imdb.com are RAINCOAT and CHOKHER BALI.
However, I believe I am also thinking of another living Bengali director (he might be close to age 50). One of the films I saw a few years ago at a festival had to do with a remote station and the train master. I think there is a wrestling match in the movie.
Another was about a girl who is living with her mother, the maid for a country house of prostitution.
Does this sound familiar, Ghulam? |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:09 am |
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Gromit,
I have not seen any movies of Goplkrishnan or Ghosh. I am pretty rusty about Indian films in general. My Alzheimer does not help.
If you are going to do an Indian film forum, you have to decide whether you are going to do popular movies or art house movies.
Art house movies, besides Satyajit Ray's works, would include such movies as Ankur, Junun and Umrao Jaan.
Old popular classics would include Mother India (a remake of Aurat by the same director), Awara, Shree 420 and Andaz.
New popular hits would include Dil Se, Devdas and Lagaan.
That's about the full extent of my knowledge. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:10 am |
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bocce wrote: ....there are not a whole lot of bocce enthusiasts in south carolina. however, i always stop for a while to watch a bocce or boules match in some park in rome or paris. on a skill level it eclipses bowling, coming closer to billiards.
it seems such civilised contention, so in keeping with the italian and french character: lots of seemingly furious argument and amusing insults accompanied by wild gesticulation all resolved over a couple of glasses of wine and subsequent good fellowship. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:13 am |
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| Mo, are you thinking of Shyam Benegal's Mandi. He also made Ankur and Junun. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:18 pm |
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Quote: If you are going to do an Indian film forum, you have to decide whether you are going to do popular movies or art house movies.
I was just hoping to get some guidance on which directors and films are notable, which you've done. But then MoFo, realizing my lack of expertise, decided it might be nice to rope Ghulam into running an Indian film forum.
Quote: Art house movies, besides Satyajit Ray's works, would include such movies as Ankur, Junun and Umrao Jaan.
Old popular classics would include Mother India (a remake of Aurat by the same director), Awara, Shree 420 and Andaz.
Yes, classic and art house is what I was after.
Thanks, this is helpful. I'll look these up, which should in turn lead me to more. I have Mother India and Awara, along with Ray's Apu trilogy. In Hong Kong, they were recommending Dhosti (1962) but it looked a little too sentimental to me.
Quote: New popular hits would include Dil Se, Devdas and Lagaan.
Dil Se I thought about getting. Also Bandit Queen could be interesting. At least I know the story.
A day or two ago, I picked up a new film called SARKAR, which is described as an Indian Godfather (or a Godfather wannabe by those less impressed).
Anyway, I'm hoping to get a friend to pick up maybe a 1/2 dozen Indian films when he goes to HK next month. Appreciate the help. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:24 pm |
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Devdas and Lagaan were well-crafted and enjoyable films. However, in some ways they signalled a departure from the more naive exuberance of earlier Bollywood. They are also a bit long and, in the case of Devdas in particular, tortuous.
There are of course more considered, less populist Indian films out there. Give me a minute or three and I'll try and recall some. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:26 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: Mo, are you thinking of Shyam Benegal's Mandi. He also made Ankur and Junun.
I don't think this is it. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:26 pm |
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| Re-reading Gromit's post, I see that he has already done so. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:38 pm |
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| Some Indian coworkers gave me an extensive list of Bollywood movies to see a few months back, which I emailed to myself. I think I'll dig up the email and check into it again (at the time several of the movies weren't on DVD yet). |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:59 pm |
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Quote: Cinderella is on the Disney Channel Sunday, in case anyone is interested.
Dl, thanks for the heads up. Do you happen to know when it's on? Oh, that's just silly. BRB. Now this is even sillier. I can't find it at all! |
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| grace |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:07 pm |
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From 8 - 9:30pm on Sunday, Disney has a blank spot for "movie." Might that be it?
http://tinyurl.com/cymla (link to Disney schedule for Sunday) |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:22 pm |
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Thanks Grace. That very well could be it. But then how would Dl have known?
Unless for some reason she just knew, you know? |
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| dlhavard |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:52 pm |
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I get the Disney channel 
What can I say, I'm a sucker for Disney.
And they did say Cinderella would be on at 8 pm Sunday. Mulan II, which I haven't seen is supposed to be on tonight. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:19 pm |
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Dl - I have the Disney channel on my TV too. And since mine shows the same as yours -- re: Mulan II at 8PM tonight, this appears to be the way to go!
Of course I can't see what's on Sunday until Saturday, but that's another ball of wax. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:14 am |
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I mentioned Brazilian film / Mario Peixote / LIMITE a few months back, and a couple of people were interested, so here's an update:
Quote: A book on LIMITE came out yesterday and is now also available online, for instance at :
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3865822649/qid%3D1139596529/303-8063681-0405814
This volume offers ten contemporary views regarding the genesis, aesthetic and reception of the film, gathering contributions by filmmakers and writers from Brazil, Great Britain and the United States including Walter Salles, Saulo Pereira de Mello, Carlos Augusto Calil, William M. Drew, Alexander Graf, Paulo Venancio Filho, Constança Hertz, Aparecida do Carmo Frigeri Berchior, Marco Lucchesi and Marcelo Noah as well as a rare article written by Mário Peixoto himself.
The author's German, although the book's in English.
And the important stuff:
Quote: The restoration of LIMITE is almost finished and the new version will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May this year. Therefore the DVD version should be out in the near future. |
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