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A.D.D. Post #1
I love finding what-if and could-have-been movie lists on the internet. They’re the perfect antidote to sitting in the office and waiting for the clock to run out. Incidentally, I just found a couple gems over at Twitch and Cracked that examine five unfilmable novels and who should direct them and the 10 best films Hollywood put the kibosh on, respectively. C’mon, it’s almost 6 p.m.; you weren’t going to do anything else anyway.
Hannah Takes the Stairs! Hannah Takes the Stairs! Hannah Takes the Stairs! If I read one more thing about "Hannah Takes the Stairs," I think I’m going to scream. Share in my misery and learn more about the indy, produced, directed and starring several members of the Mumblecore crew, before it’s released here on Aug. 22. I’d give you links to notable articles but there’s just too many –- you’re better off Google-ing it.
To be honest, I never thought of Indian films outside the bombastic Bollywood mega-productions. But independent filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake piqued my interest Wednesday when he blogged about Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker who made more than 36 years for the art-house set. Ray’s films are described as showing "a diversity of moods, techniques, and genres -- comedy, satire, fantasy, and tragedy." Usually, "he made realistic films but he also experimented with surrealist devices and fantasy." Overall, "Ray was deeply concerned with the social identity of his characters. He believed that behavior of people emerges from their existence in a particular place and time in a particular social context. This was and is largely ignored in most popular Indian song-and-dance films." Sounds to me like a search for his films is a worthwhile endeavor.
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