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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:11:52 GMT
i always recommend IRUVAR - the maniratnam-mohanlal-aishwarya rai-ar rehman-prakash raj collaboration to a lot of people. i consider it to be one of the most daring films that tried to stay within the commercial film format, yet can be enjoyed by true lovers of cinema.
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Post by rajeevm on Feb 4, 2017 15:23:31 GMT
Pink is a good one from recent times.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:25:08 GMT
are you kidding me? PINK is a piece of dog doo doo. whats wrong with you? are you major ravi or someone?
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Post by rajeevm on Feb 4, 2017 15:27:09 GMT
You didn't like?
Ok, the courtroom stuff was average. But first half of the film. AB's performance and the 3 girls was just amazing.
The message of the film is also brave and can't be ignored.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:29:49 GMT
you have horrible taste in movies my friend. if you think AB's performance was amazing there must be something wrong with you. are you MADHU TREHAN?
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Post by rajeevm on Feb 4, 2017 15:34:58 GMT
Yes, he had a very understated, Hollywood performance.
I got feelings that I was watching a Hollywood movie whenever he was on the screen.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:37:00 GMT
Yes, he had a very understated, Hollywood performance. I got feelings that I was watching a Hollywood movie whenever he was on the screen. it wasnt understated. it wasnt anything. it was nothing. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 15:43:46 GMT
Man, I recently watched Ritwik Ghatak's Ajantrik: www.imdb.com/title/tt0051343/. It is an interesting film and I feel it had some influence on Taxi Driver. |
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:46:00 GMT
interesting, darkprofile.
i haven't watched a single GHATAK film.
i wonder whether scorsese has spoken about it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 15:49:31 GMT
It is purely a guess. But I've read that Scorsese, whom I absolutely loathe as a filmmaker, used to watch a lot of Bengali films while growing up as a kid.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 15:54:03 GMT
It is purely a guess. But I've read that Scorsese, whom I absolutely loathe as a filmmaker, used to watch a lot of Bengali films while growing up as a kid. oh i see. its possible. bertolluci once admitted that he stole from ray but made sure that he hid the plagiarism. i guess scrosese bhai does not believe in confessing. i dont blame him. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 16:03:16 GMT
There is no plot-wise influence. The influence is in imagining that a lonely, alienated taxi driver can be cinematically interesting. If someone asks me if there is any lineage to Taxi Driver, I'd answer Ajantrik.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Feb 4, 2017 16:10:21 GMT
There is no plot-wise influence. The influence is in imagining that a lonely, alienated taxi driver can be cinematically interesting. If someone asks me if there is any lineage to Taxi Driver, I'd answer Ajantrik. i see. you might be on to something here man. even SUDHIR MISHRA's DHARAVI had a taxidriver as a protagonist. |
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Post by brownrice on Feb 5, 2017 1:36:49 GMT
i always recommend IRUVAR - the maniratnam-mohanlal-aishwarya rai-ar rehman-prakash raj collaboration to a lot of people. i consider it to be one of the most daring films that tried to stay within the commercial film format, yet can be enjoyed by true lovers of cinema. From recent times Badlapur, if they like revenge stuff. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is also one people usually like. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 2:05:43 GMT
i always recommend IRUVAR - the maniratnam-mohanlal-aishwarya rai-ar rehman-prakash raj collaboration to a lot of people. i consider it to be one of the most daring films that tried to stay within the commercial film format, yet can be enjoyed by true lovers of cinema. From recent times Badlapur, if they like revenge stuff. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro is also one people usually like. I was recently rewatching Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro in the memory of Om Puri. Man, there was no magic in it. Even the Mahabharath scene came across as forced to me. I guess it's not the movie but the movie-experience that clouds our memories. |
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Post by brownrice on Feb 5, 2017 2:09:55 GMT
I was recently rewatching Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro in the memory of Om Puri. Man, there was no magic in it. Even the Mahabharath scene came across as forced to me. I guess it's not the movie but the movie-experience that clouds our memories. Unfortunate, haven't seen it a while just remember people liking it after the recommendation. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 2:15:47 GMT
Yep. People like it, but it's not that great.
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Post by themanwithnoshame on Feb 5, 2017 4:24:11 GMT
@darkprofile What about Ray's Abhijaan? Even that could have influenced Taxi Driver.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2017 11:53:01 GMT
themanwithnoshame I haven't seen Abhijaan. But I don't think Ray's elegance can be compared to Ghatak's rawness. Taxi Driver falls more in Ghatak's quadrant. On a side note, I was reading about Ghatak and I couldn't shake the Travis Bickle similarities in his lifestyle. He regularly used to visit Sona Gacchi and there are many stories of his perverse exploits there.
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