tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post4721675932598407261..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Cinefan notes: Amol Palekar's The QuestJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-52644579000591868992008-08-01T08:51:00.000+05:302008-08-01T08:51:00.000+05:30What if the director actually meant it and that yo...<I>What if the director actually meant it and that you didn't get the beauty in it!!!</I><BR/><BR/>Aadithya: entirely possible, but if I'm the one writing a review, I have to be honest about my own reaction to the film, no?Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-8053336128809920912008-08-01T00:02:00.000+05:302008-08-01T00:02:00.000+05:30I just don't understand why don't you allow the di...I just don't understand why don't you allow the director film his film the way he want it....<BR/><BR/>How can u say that the there is a shift in focus to the end!! What if the director actually meant it and that you didn't get the beauty in it!!!Aadithyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209151262860334677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-33149775921595728112007-08-06T09:46:00.000+05:302007-08-06T09:46:00.000+05:30OK, I have company. I haven't met anyone either -...OK, I have company. I haven't met anyone either - Dor is seen as great Indian cinema. Actually a lot of "good" Indian cinema is very much like the white middle class cinema where white man/woman goes off to Africa/ghetto/violent/illiterate place and is the person who very unsubtly leads them into enlightenment - thus rendering itself more meaningful than BO junk. Our protagonists are middle class Indians giving droning speeches on "serious" things that's all - hard to believe really that Ms. Goody-Goody Preachy Gul could so quickly introduce a simple feminism to our villages. Or providing public service messages like 15 Park Avenue (another movie I didn't like - I would rather see a proper public service doco than the kind of movie filled with long dull medical passages and where everyone gets annoyingly rapt with the actor interpreting the mentally/physically ill). <BR/><BR/>OK, I have to stop rant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-61526174132809060232007-08-04T07:03:00.000+05:302007-08-04T07:03:00.000+05:30Anon: THANK YOU for agreeing that Dor was heavy-ha...Anon: THANK YOU for agreeing that <I>Dor</I> was heavy-handed/didactic. Haven't met anyone else who feels that way about it.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-87757184239987926612007-08-03T19:03:00.000+05:302007-08-03T19:03:00.000+05:30Coincidentally just watching Palekar's Dhyas Parva...Coincidentally just watching Palekar's Dhyas Parva. Why is Indian art house cinema so bloody didactic (even the likes of Dor) - these movies seem like taboo/controversial subjects treated like the moralistic, improving middle brow Doordarshan era. Nothing remotely subtle in the sledgehammer message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-5022033299996772552007-07-26T07:25:00.000+05:302007-07-26T07:25:00.000+05:30Tony: yup, saw it yesterday and enjoyed it quite a...Tony: yup, saw it yesterday and enjoyed it quite a lot. Might put up a post about it sometime.<BR/><BR/>Anon: no, missed Via Darjeeling, but the wife saw most of it and didn't like it too much. Watching Mithya or Anuranan will depend on the schedule for the next 2-3 days.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-79420368901432033892007-07-26T01:56:00.000+05:302007-07-26T01:56:00.000+05:30Sorry, I meant 'Driving to ZigZigland'Sorry, I meant 'Driving to ZigZigland'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-37814426256473351452007-07-26T01:50:00.000+05:302007-07-26T01:50:00.000+05:30I enjoyed 'Road to ZigZigland'. Did u watch it by ...I enjoyed 'Road to ZigZigland'. Did u watch it by any chance?<BR/><BR/>tony2cool.blogspot.comTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361221427877763288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-70855704675980082912007-07-25T16:11:00.000+05:302007-07-25T16:11:00.000+05:30As Anjali said, the dialogues must have been writt...As Anjali said, the dialogues must have been written in Marathi or rather shudh Marathi which is quite heavy even while spoken in the regular context, let alone in a supposedly complex drama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-60919436094374077882007-07-25T13:11:00.000+05:302007-07-25T13:11:00.000+05:30Hey Jai, did you catch " Via Darjeeling" last nigh...Hey Jai, did you catch " Via Darjeeling" last night?<BR/><BR/>Are you planning to watch "Mithya" or " Anuranan". Would love to read your thoughts on these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-45482371296745540082007-07-25T02:32:00.000+05:302007-07-25T02:32:00.000+05:30as i read those english dialogues, the thought tha...as i read those english dialogues, the thought that went through my mind was that the script was probably written in marathi initially, and then translated into that awkward english. i can see those dialogues sounding fairly normal in the vernacular, but sounding a bit ornate when translated to english. <BR/><BR/>lovely review. thoroughly enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com