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Thoughts on Seethakathi, a weird, lovely film with fractal patterns
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A few weeks ago, when my 15 year old cousin was visiting and wanted to watch a funny movie, the first one the came to mind was Arsenic and Old Lace. He loved it, of course. Once I managed to convince my cousin that my recommendations weren’t hopeless, I went on to recommend The General,
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Whenever I hear of gated communities in Bangalore occupied by recently-returned-NRIs, I can’t resist asking if they celebrate Diwali with as much fervour as they do Halloween and Thanksgiving. Even though I have friends who fall into that demographic and live in places like that. I’m kind of an asshole that way. So, by way
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I watched a movie today called Once. It’s a beautiful movie, the sort that will remain in your mind for a while after you’ve seen it. Like Before Sunrise, it is tough to describe in terms of plot or character, but equally tough to forget after you’ve seen it. You might remember that its stars
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My English curriculum in school was usually a collection of short stories. And what stories some of them were! Abridged prose versions of classics like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Greek mythology and what not. Stories like A table is a table, about an old man who decides to switch around the names of
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It’s been a busy and depressing few weeks. I moved to Mumbai, lost a good friend to cancer and generally didn’t feel like blogging. Not to worry, though. Normal service will resume shortly. In the pipeline: some posts about my initial impressions of Mumbai. Happy New Year, folks!
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Folks, I’m travelling to Shanghai for a couple of weeks. 24 fps will be on hiatus during this period. Do come back sometime in early October. <insert Aarnaald Sivaji Nagar quote here> Regards Ramsu
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In a list of 100 Greatest Film Score Composers , only 2 Indians figure, one is of course A.R.Rehman and the other is a man whose middle name spells “Genius” . A maestro called Illayaraja . Mixing up a medley of native folk tunes, Western classical rythms, synthesizer beats, pure Indian classical stuff, he created
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Folks, please welcome Ratnakar aka scorpiusmaximusindicus. He’ll be contributing some posts to this blog from now on. I’ve known Ratnakar for a while now – we used to work in the same organization until recently. Great quizzer and avid moviegoer. I hope you’ll enjoy what he has to say in this blog.
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I’m starting a new series of posts called What If…? Somebody, Jean-Luc Godard I think, said that the best way to criticize a film is to make another one. I’m not up to the task, but here’s what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna pick some aspect of a movie that I wish had been done
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