tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post114913605670909969..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Short Notes On Some Winners of Golden PalmAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149352736578938052006-06-03T11:38:00.000-05:002006-06-03T11:38:00.000-05:00okay, I was actually surprised because Guru Dutt i...okay, I was actually surprised because Guru Dutt is very well known :)<BR/><BR/>Yes, a very beautiful Waheeda Rehman, truly innovative song picturisations, expressionist lighting and those Rafi and Geeta Dutt solos...!! I like these three films lot.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149315278590200042006-06-03T01:14:00.000-05:002006-06-03T01:14:00.000-05:00Those three Guru Dutt films are such great choices...Those three Guru Dutt films are such great choices. Waheeda Rehman has never looked more ravishing.wildflower seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524758486095224055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149308329823871752006-06-02T23:18:00.000-05:002006-06-02T23:18:00.000-05:00Guptavati: Yes thats what I like best about Irania...Guptavati: Yes thats what I like best about Iranian cinema, specially Kiarostami. Actually his humanism is different from the conventional humanism of the social realist cinema, of say de Sica or Satyajit Ray. He is sceptical of cinema's ability to capture social reality in its totality and thats where that final fade to black and video image at the end of Taste of Cherry comes from... And also his refusal to be drawn into portraying complete narratives. Instead he focusses on fragments. "Ten" is another fantasic example. <BR/><BR/>Guru Dutt was a Hindi film actor and director of the 50's and 60's. He is mainly known for his portrayal of angst and alientation of sensitive romantic type people in a shallow and materialist society (goodness, I make it sound so cliched!). The film society is showing Kagaz ke Phool, Pyaasa and Sahib, Bibi Aut Ghulam this weekend.<BR/><BR/>KM: I wasn't bashing Kurosawa. I was bemoaning the Hollywoodian tendencies in his film ;) I know, I will refrain in future!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149278781974851752006-06-02T15:06:00.000-05:002006-06-02T15:06:00.000-05:00Grrr....Emperor Kurosawa's fan-army is coming out ...Grrr....Emperor Kurosawa's fan-army is coming out in droves, Alok, watch out :D <BR/><BR/>"Kagemusha" is by no means his best (or his worst!), it is simply the work of a great artist who was down and out (depression, suicide attempt etc etc.) <BR/><BR/>And next time I do a Kurosawa marathon at home, I am inviting VB for the "snacks" :Dkmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149233300088747362006-06-02T02:28:00.000-05:002006-06-02T02:28:00.000-05:00Okay okay. that comment about hollywood was unfair...Okay okay. that comment about hollywood was unfair :)<BR/><BR/>Ran was great. And so was Dreams. I have seen the first two episodes of that film. It had some hollywood connection too.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149232477568569222006-06-02T02:14:00.000-05:002006-06-02T02:14:00.000-05:00Ran's finance was also helped by some Hollywood fi...<I>Ran</I>'s finance was also helped by some Hollywood fimmakers including Spielberg. But that film is a real masterpiece with two devastatingly beautiful flute pieces and some excellent acting (may seem at bit theatrical, but it really works)anuraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178119895116619951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149230430938582202006-06-02T01:40:00.000-05:002006-06-02T01:40:00.000-05:00"A Beautiful Mind"? Was that a provocation? Hahaha..."A Beautiful Mind"? Was that a provocation? Hahaha :)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149227879130427302006-06-02T00:57:00.000-05:002006-06-02T00:57:00.000-05:00Damn, ventilatorblues beat me to the long explanat...Damn, ventilatorblues beat me to the long explanation I had planned about Lucas, Coppola and Kurosawa.<BR/><BR/>And Alok, not another predictable cheap dig about Hollywood! You have such a beautiful mind, try opening it up a little ;)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149225564383706502006-06-02T00:19:00.000-05:002006-06-02T00:19:00.000-05:00Yes, I have seen a few. Close Up, Ten, The Wind Wi...Yes, I have seen a few. Close Up, Ten, The Wind Will Carry Us...<BR/><BR/>Taste of Cherry is pehaps my favourite of all. I really like his no-fuss style of filmmaking. He has certainly influnenced me a lot in the way I look at movies !!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149225177226952882006-06-02T00:12:00.000-05:002006-06-02T00:12:00.000-05:00Great to find another Kiarostami fan. Have you see...Great to find another Kiarostami fan. Have you seen his other work?Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149187575356711292006-06-01T13:46:00.000-05:002006-06-01T13:46:00.000-05:00Thanks V, I haven't seen that Kurosawa film. Will ...Thanks V, I haven't seen that Kurosawa film. Will see if I can find it here. I have seen only a few of Kurosawa films so far...<BR/><BR/>I knew about Lucas's admiration for Kurosawa but I didn't know that he managed to get him financing too!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1149183957697136542006-06-01T12:45:00.000-05:002006-06-01T12:45:00.000-05:00By the 70s, Kurosawa was unable to find financing ...By the 70s, Kurosawa was unable to find financing for his films in Japan. Both Coppola and Lucas were big fans (Lucas' Star Wars was inspired by Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress) and pulled together to finance Kurosawa. Kagemusha is good but not great. My favorite Kurosawa film, the one which has stayed with me the longest (maybe it was the acid ;)), is his debut film, Sanshiro Sugata. Check it out. It is a film of unparalleled beauty.wildflower seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08524758486095224055noreply@blogger.com