Hopefully Aravindan is dead or not making more of his nauseatingly boring films.Eli Patthayam was so boring that I walked out in utter frustration. How long...
RNU Partnership , Rea...
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Sep 1, 2004 12:57 pm
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I was only able to see two movies - Agraharathil kazhuthai and Elipathayam. AK was a bit of a dissapointment- I imagine it must have been quite a controversial...
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Sep 2, 2004 4:54 am
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I have a tremendous amount of respect for artists. for the simple reason(duh) they create art. Artists are passionate people. They have ideas. .They devote...
thanks Manoj, I am happy that there are atleast few people in collectivechaos who have respect for artists. In fact last few mails were so revolting that I was...
Aditi Kanhere
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Sep 2, 2004 5:31 am
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Friends, On one side unwarranted hatred. The other side unquestionable worship. Can’t we say why we do like a film or not with some reasoning? - moderator ...
Dear All: No one's forcing anyone to see these films, so I just don't get the tone and manner of some of these emails. By all means, stay away from "dull,...
Sangeeta Velegar
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Sep 2, 2004 5:54 am
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Hi, The choice of the films were good. It was a good collection of the past masters of cinema in India. Now, why not have a screening of the later ...
All, In a small effort to drag the discussion away from escalating to a full fledged flame war, googling Sangeeta's suggestion on film preservation yeilds some...
Good change of subject, film preservation! Archival prints tend to open up a whole new set of questions, don't they? Like I kept wondering through "Devi", how...
Hi..... Yesterday was a really thought provoking experience. The films that were screened depicted the life and times of a particular cross section of Indian...
Tony Xavier
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Sep 2, 2004 9:18 am
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Absolutely and to add on if preserved well their availibility and distribution; reach to meaningful cinema can solve multitude of issues facing indian cinema...
I didn't catch Devi at the festival and I saw it a while ago, so can't comment on the contrast. Though the fact that you couldn't see Sharmila Tagore's face...
I agree with Vignesh that Agraharathi Kazhuthai was an exceptional film despite its crudeness and lack of finesse. The allegory of AK is rare in Indian cinema,...
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Sep 2, 2004 10:32 am
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Hi , I was just wondering if the organisation of film festivals would be a better option over organising multiple individual screenings both from the...
The monetary benefits of 'art cinema' as you put it, versus the commercial variety would be a hot topic indeed and going by recent ... shall we say ......
Also... How about organizing a similar festival on the movies made by Satyajit Ray (marking the 50yrs of Pather Panchali) .. Regards, Ankur _____ From: Tony...
Very nicely put. I struggled for a while with those meagre two sentences, but you have captured the essence of the movie quite well. It strikes a very personal...
Dear Chaosites!!, I have another cultural and creative option for all of you. Am working with Rangashankara the brain child of Arundati Nag, which would...
Awsome A ray festival would do us all some good. Incidentally ,just three days back i was travelling back from mysore and met a young french couple.Somehow ...
abhijeet dudhagi
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Sep 6, 2004 4:39 am
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Dear All, The CSCS Seminar on 'Cinema Studies and the Disciplines' hosts eminent filmmaker David MacDougall as the concluding session on the module on ...
Hari Nair
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Sep 7, 2004 5:38 am
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Fantabulous movies... am sunu , i feel its very well potrayed movies ( garam hawa,donkeys tale, khandahar,ajantrik,paroma) what i like abt these movies is...
sunu george
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Sep 7, 2004 4:08 pm
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Welcome to the September programme of Collective Chaos: On 12th Sunday September 2004 At SCM Hall, Mission Road at 6.30 pm The Idiots Lars Von Trier in...
VideoArt: Film Screenings & Seminar September 9 to 11, 2004 Greetings from Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore! We take pleasure in announcing a VideoArt Festival...
Ruchira Das
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Sep 9, 2004 4:34 am
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"A.R.T., Bangalore" <arthistindia@...> wrote:Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:26:50 +0100 (BST) From: "A.R.T., Bangalore" Subject: Photography Show by Annu...
Hi, Probably it is worth hearing about the cultural domination of hollywood from one of the leading nations of meaningfull cinema itself. check the link ...
I can't help but agree with the French...Special effects are taking over Indian Cinema too. So much so that there is very little of cinematic feel!!! ...Days...
Hi all, I concur with the dim and feeble suggestions made until now that a Satyajit Ray film festival is a befitting tribute to the great master on the 50th...
Viswesh Marthi
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Sep 13, 2004 4:30 am
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Friends, IDIOTS was a shattering experience. Some would have adored the film while some hated it. One of the most provocative films of our times, Idiots needs...