tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post6285344377512627374..comments2024-03-29T15:45:04.867+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Cinefan: a summing upJabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-10802835094370140402010-03-01T20:59:27.391+05:302010-03-01T20:59:27.391+05:30shrikanth: no I haven't - been wanting to for ...shrikanth: no I haven't - been wanting to for some time but haven't been able to find the Criterion DVD (glad it's out on Criterion though).<br /><br />I'm not so sure that the children in <i>Tokyo Story</i> are "plain mean and selfish without rhyme or reason". More to the point, our vantage point is mainly that of the parents, and the reason for the children's behaviour isn't especially relevant to the film's purpose.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-18361782457918599862010-03-01T18:38:20.049+05:302010-03-01T18:38:20.049+05:30Have you seen McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow?...Have you seen McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow? I thought it to be a better film than Ozu's rightly celebrated Tokyo Story.<br /><br /><i>Tokyo Story</i> is probably the more emotional of the two films. It is very sincere in its empathy for the old couple. The film acknowledges that children do drift away from their parents. Yet, it doesn't quite elaborate on why the drift is inevitable.<br /><br />I thought McCarey's masterpiece is the more ambitious film. It manages to articulate exactly why several old people may not fit into modern nuclear families.<br />Eg: Check out the scene where Bondi disturbs the bridge class of the daughter-in-law.<br /><br />There's nothing quite like it in Ozu's film. The children in it are plain mean and selfish without rhyme or reason.shrikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898755392584822638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-24192050320005008312007-08-05T08:05:00.000+05:302007-08-05T08:05:00.000+05:30You didn't miss much with Desert Dream. So did you...You didn't miss much with Desert Dream. So did you finally watch She and He?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-47272156096466499602007-08-04T02:44:00.000+05:302007-08-04T02:44:00.000+05:30I missed the entire thing, due to a film studies m...I missed the entire thing, due to a film studies module I had to make up which I'd missed in March. Shame, considering we'd planned to postpone it for a week and catch the entire festival as a precursor to the actual class.Renovatiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287413128345582022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-43669963613518912542007-08-03T20:26:00.000+05:302007-08-03T20:26:00.000+05:30Shame was good. I'm not the greatest judge of the ...Shame was good. I'm not the greatest judge of the visual media, but felt that it was a story of an extraordinary woman, well told.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your review of Zigzigland...that was one film that I really wanted to see but was unable to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-33907913967868112642007-08-03T10:10:00.000+05:302007-08-03T10:10:00.000+05:30BMR: "the camera moves not once"? You sound like a...BMR: "the camera moves not once"? You sound like a subtitle from a Ray film.<BR/><BR/>Anuj: had wanted to see many of those but there just wasn't enough time.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-17881851619286393382007-08-03T10:01:00.000+05:302007-08-03T10:01:00.000+05:30In Floating Weeds, the camera moves not once.Wsdtu...In Floating Weeds, the camera moves not once.<BR/><BR/>Wsdtukjj!Black Muddy Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955846722038215253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-18374373833090505742007-08-02T13:29:00.000+05:302007-08-02T13:29:00.000+05:30talking of hitchcock and untrained viewing, I actu...talking of hitchcock and untrained viewing, I actually saw gus van sant's psycho(which I liked a lot) before hitchcock's. But even that didnt prepare me for the original.<BR/>And its funny although I saw many many films at cinefan, I missed almost all the films you list. My favourites were: Paruthiveeran, I don't want to sleep alone, Bird Cage Inn, Time, Sansho the Bailiff, Woman of Rumour, Late Chrysanthemums, Ugetsu, Manorama Six Feet Under, Still Life, Tokyo Story, Lawrence of arabia, Opera jawa. Other worth a watch ones included Hana, Mithya, Yacoubian Building, Ploy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-45689721010992319652007-08-02T07:22:00.000+05:302007-08-02T07:22:00.000+05:30Okay Pankaj, have removed the "untrained" in defer...Okay Pankaj, have removed the "untrained" in deference to your sentiments. But yes, all the rest stands. Jai 1, Marriage 0.<BR/><BR/>Toe Knee: if it's any consolation, the one year I happened to watch the eventual prize-winner (in the Indian comptt section), it was dreadful.Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-71207044641611194942007-08-02T04:50:00.000+05:302007-08-02T04:50:00.000+05:30Funny I managed to miss out on all the prize-winne...Funny I managed to miss out on all the prize-winners too. Feeling too lazy to list what I thought of the 15-odd movies I watched at Osian's. Maybe this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-51501391063431995662007-08-01T22:22:00.000+05:302007-08-01T22:22:00.000+05:30So much of movie watching, followed by writing, ed...So much of movie watching, followed by writing, editing and then posting reviews... Jai, marriage has failed to spoil you. Or maybe you are proving to be an unkind husband (to rub it, you poke fun at the 'untrained viewer')Hill Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602386756415628453noreply@blogger.com