tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post115928063238624811..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Film classics: Fiddler on the RoofJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-59454857380003033562007-12-12T14:56:00.000+05:302007-12-12T14:56:00.000+05:30Hi Arjun /Jai Good Post Are u aware that "fiddler ...Hi Arjun /Jai <BR/>Good Post <BR/>Are u aware that "fiddler on the roof" is being adopted as a play by Raviraj(IIT/IIM/FTII) and is running in SRC. The Last two shows are on this weekend (15-16th) I would be happy if you come and watch the play "please be my guest" would love to hear your comments on it.<BR/><BR/>P.S. in case you can't get the tickets please let me know my id is "nicks.iitd@gmail.com"Nikhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424985238468870867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159987876031669522006-10-05T00:21:00.000+05:302006-10-05T00:21:00.000+05:30incidentally, Topal was Kishore Kumar's hero, and ...incidentally, Topal was Kishore Kumar's hero, and one of Kishore's prized possesions was a large autographed picture of Topol from Fiddler, which Kishore had hung in his living room, enjoyed the postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159890956270709042006-10-03T21:25:00.000+05:302006-10-03T21:25:00.000+05:30Fiddler's music is perhaps my favourite of any Hol...Fiddler's music is perhaps my favourite of any Hollywood musical, even <I>Sound of Music</I>, which like many other Indians of a certain age and station I've seen about sixty times. I suppose it's the schlockiest of all the tunes, but 'Sunrise, Sunset' never fails to move me.<BR/><BR/><I>I have always wanted to watch FOTR and finally caught it on Zee Studio last month. Must say it wouldn't have been the same if Topol weren't playing the lead.</I><BR/><BR/>I knew I'd seen that Elijah Wood somewhere around.roswithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05506297391055117723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159772573805113972006-10-02T12:32:00.000+05:302006-10-02T12:32:00.000+05:30Publia: I know Fiddler on the Roof was originally ...Publia: I know <I>Fiddler on the Roof</I> was originally a play, but I don't understand what you mean by "it never was designed to be a movie, but a stage play with lots of singing and dancing. That is why there are so many songs". Where's the correlation? As I'm sure you know, there are also plenty of musicals that were originally movies.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159769314974872202006-10-02T11:38:00.000+05:302006-10-02T11:38:00.000+05:30The movie followed the musical, which enjoyed grea...The movie followed the musical, which enjoyed great popularity on Broadway and on stages throughout the US. So while the play was made into a movie, it never was designed to be a movie, but a stage play with lots of singing and dancing. That is why there are so many songs.Publiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889559967136070417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159468338154392792006-09-29T00:02:00.000+05:302006-09-29T00:02:00.000+05:30i love jewish humour though it can get cryptic. on...i love jewish humour though it can get cryptic. once i heard a rabbi on the radio tell his favourite jewsih joke ( he had just published a dictionary of jewish hunour). it takes place before ww2 and it goes like this: a jew in a polish village goes to warsaw. after a month he comes back. the rabbi asks him how was warsaw and he says "rabbi you won't believe what i saw !" " what did you see my son ?" "rabbi, i saw a jew there, he is a millionaire, he drives a rolls royce" "good to hear, my son. what else did you see ?" "rabbi i saw a jew there, he is a pure communist. he knows all marx and lenin's works by heart." "sad to hear, my son. what else did you see ?" "rabbi, i saw a jew there, he is extremely devout. he knows all the torah by heart" "good to hear, my son. what else did you see ?" "rabbi, i saw a jew there, he is a complete atheist. he believes in nothing" "sad to hear, my son. what else did you see ?" "rabbi, you don't get my point. all these jews... it was the same jew !" i once told this joke to a jewish woman in a bar in berlin and she actually fell down from her stool laughing and she said it was the best jewish joke she had ever heard in her life. (???) i guess it sums up the need felt by jews to blend with their environment...amalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545057586768222884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159387087409328292006-09-28T01:28:00.000+05:302006-09-28T01:28:00.000+05:30I have always wanted to watch FOTR and finally cau...I have always wanted to watch FOTR and finally caught it on Zee Studio last month. Must say it wouldn't have been the same if Topol weren't playing the lead. He deserved the Oscar nomination for his role. I loved his performance in 'If I were a Rich Man'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159336373501688572006-09-27T11:22:00.000+05:302006-09-27T11:22:00.000+05:30oh i LOVE fiddler on the roof! it's one of my all-...oh i LOVE fiddler on the roof! it's one of my all-time favourite movies, but always felt secretly ashamed of liking it so much. even bought the soundtrack so I could yell, sunriseeeeeeeeeeeee, sunsetttt, swiftly flyyyyyyyy the yearsssssssssss. <BR/><BR/>okay, i'll stop :)eMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159336292439868542006-09-27T11:21:00.000+05:302006-09-27T11:21:00.000+05:30ok, so that's a useful lesson learnt: only do sham...ok, so that's a useful lesson learnt: only do shameless self-promotion when the poll opens (not when it's announced. look at all the bad vibes you get from people losing their jobs...)<BR/><BR/>and in the meanwhile, don't tell me you're going to let *gasp!* your writing speak for itself!<BR/><BR/>on second thoughts, you'd better do a modest disclaimer post. this thread will shortly be flooded with comments that nothing to do with poor tevye.Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159335684209242772006-09-27T11:11:00.000+05:302006-09-27T11:11:00.000+05:30Oh I already did the shameless self-promotion thin...Oh I already did the shameless self-promotion thing <A HREF="http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/2006/08/canvassing.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. But when a quarterly award takes more than a month to move from announcement stage to "poll-open" stage, one loses interest. (Besides, I seriously self-promote only when I know I have a chance of winning! :)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159333971534757132006-09-27T10:42:00.000+05:302006-09-27T10:42:00.000+05:30where's the shameless self-promotion? where are th...where's the shameless self-promotion? where are the modest disclaimers? how long do you think you're going to make it on the promise of naked photographs (not of monkeys)?<BR/><BR/>what is the meaning of all this?<BR/><BR/>:DSpace Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159328340929718292006-09-27T09:09:00.000+05:302006-09-27T09:09:00.000+05:30Pauline Kael was a big fan too :-) The scenes I ke...Pauline Kael was a big fan too :-) The scenes I keep rewinding to is the 'To Life' number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTkLh4jW3M. The cossack dance is mind blowing, as is Topol's very uncomplicated singing style. That & the bottle dance during the wedding. In fact it is that rare movie where the songs & dances are both equally good (Cabaret is another one that comes to mind, along with Damn Yankees - both Bob Fosse productions!). The Harnick & Bock team that wrote & did the music collaborated on some other great musicals - Fiorello, She Loves Me are the ones I have heard. Zero Mostel, of the original Producers, did (imho) a better singing job as Tevye in the original Broadway version. Apparently the 2004 Broadway revival with Alfred Molina (Doc Ock) was very good too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159305748230874122006-09-27T02:52:00.000+05:302006-09-27T02:52:00.000+05:30Very cool post.Watching Fiddler will get me labell...Very cool post.<BR/><BR/>Watching Fiddler will get me labelled as a fuddy-duddy here in America (though not as much as if I were caught watching, say, The Lawrence Welk Show), it is a terrific film.<BR/><BR/>I usually find myself watching Fiddler for two reasons: the ghost/fantasy sequence and the closing sequences.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty amazing that Jewison also made "In the Heat of the night".kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-1159294631635282532006-09-26T23:47:00.000+05:302006-09-26T23:47:00.000+05:30Guess, if not for Hollywood, the opinion of Jews w...Guess, if not for Hollywood, the opinion of Jews would have been lost and they might have lost the very important "sympathy-factor" which plays such a crucial role in policy-decisions taken by governments.<BR/><BR/>Jew-movies are not really jingoistic ones, instead they are poignant.sanchapanzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288483274255697590noreply@blogger.com