rightly said!
--- In [email protected], Vithur <vith...@...> wrote:
>
> When there are 100 or more articles which make us happy, why are you
> bothered abt 1 or 2 like these !!!!
>
> You reading it and becoming sad, is a succes to the person who has
written
> it.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Rahman Fan
<balajiluvsmu...@...>wrote:
>
> > Guyz... Your thoughts on this rubbish article please.... Im
extremely
> > disappointed with this article....
> >
> > Link to this article:
> > http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20090224/1241/top-it-shouldn-t-have-
won.html
> >
> >
> > "Frankly, I don't think Slumdog Millionaire deserved the Oscar for
best
> > film. And even more frankly, I don't think Resul Pookutty should
have
> > invoked "my country and my civilisation" in his acceptance speech
for best
> > sound mixing. India was not up there in the Kodak auditorium for
approval.
> > It was a British film financed by the indie subsidiary of an
American studio
> > which happened to be set in India and as a result they could not
help but
> > involve Indian actors (including Indian-origin Britishers) and
shoot it in
> > India. We crave too much for international recognition. A bit too
much than
> > is seemly. Even as all of us go around strutting, pretending to be
a
> > superpower.
> >
> > Other than Slumdog, I have seen only one film out of the other
four
> > nominated. But I've read about all of them. The one that I saw is
The
> > Reader. The subject is far more intellectually challenging,
emotionally
> > moving and morally disturbing than Slumdog can ever hope to be.
Not since A
> > Last Tango In Paris has nudity (both male and female) been so
necessary to a
> > film's narrative, and so non-titillating and so touching. A film
which
> > stretches over 30 years and with essentially only two characters,
and yet a
> > film that is as gripping as a thriller. It's a film that, as my
friend told
> > me, demands and requires to be seen in one sitting, with no
interruption by
> > commercials and visits to the loo.
> >
> > But look at the themes of the other movies that were nominated
this year.
> > The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the love story of a man who
is born as
> > an extreme geriatric and keeps getting younger and dies as a
newborn. Only
> > for a brief period of time are the man and his beloved around the
same
> > compatible age. Of course it's an impossible concept and
completely
> > unbelievable, but it's a high concept. Milk is about the first
openly gay
> > man to be elected to public office in the United States;
Frost/Nixon about
> > the first interview disgraced US President Richard Nixon gave, to
has-been
> > TV journalist David Frost. For both of them, it is a chance for
redemption,
> > for a somewhat sane life. These are all big themes. I am not
doubting
> > Slumdog's quality as a film in any way. Danny Boyle is one of the
most
> > talented directors around. But comparing Slumdog to The Reader is
almost
> > impossible. It's like comparing A Christmas Carol to Great
Expectations.
> >
> > Scrooge won, little Pip lost. But that's the way it has been with
the
> > Oscars. Sometimes the nominations reflect the mood of America's
liberals,
> > sometimes the winners reflect political correctness. In 2006, the
following
> > five films were nominated: Good Night and Good Luck, Brokeback
Mountain,
> > Crash, Capote and Munich. Good Night and Good Luck is about a TV
broadcaster
> > who took on the McCarthyist witch hunt in the 1950s; essentially
about
> > freedom of the press. Brokeback Mountain deflated the entire
mythology of
> > uber-macho frontiersmen by portraying a deep homosexual
relationship between
> > two cowboys. Crash interlinked several stories to study racism in
all its
> > forms and in startling ways. Capote was about the gay writer
Truman Capote
> > who travels to the South of the US to write a book on two multiple
> > murderers. Munich told the story of the Israeli agents who hunted
down the
> > Black September terrorists who killed Israeli athletes during the
Munich
> > Olympics, and asked the question: To take revenge, do we become as
base as
> > the men who are our targets?
> >
> > There's a clear pattern: anger over the Iraq war, the stifling of
the
> > media, the stranglehold of neo-conservatism, the contempt for
minorities.
> > The denizens of Hollywood were simply reacting to their world as
they saw
> > it. The other major critically-acclaimed movies of that year were
> > Transamerica, about one man's battle to change his gender, and
Syriana,
> > which told Americans that their nation's policies were largely
responsible
> > for Islamist terrorism.
> >
> > Then there's political correctness. Gandhi won Best Picture over
ET. The
> > Academy decided that the biopic of a great and influential leader
was more
> > "important" than the woes of a cute alien stranded on our planet.
(This
> > incensed Steven Spielberg so much that he decided to give the
Academy the
> > "important" films they felt comfortable with, and made The Colour
Purple -
> > which didn't win any Oscars - and Schindler's List - which raked
them in.)
> > Tom Hanks won his first best acting Oscar for Philadelphia, as
much for his
> > acting as for being the first major star to portray a gay man
suffering from
> > AIDS. In Hollywood, that's called "courage".
> >
> > So The Reader can't win. After all, its female protagonist is a
former
> > Auschwitz guard who let 300 Jews burn alive in a locked church.
The film's
> > position on morality is too nuanced for the general Academy member
to
> > grapple with with any success. But Kate Winslet can be given the
award for
> > best actress. By taking this controversial role and baring her
body so
> > naturally for the purposes of art, she has shown "courage". Milk
is about
> > homosexuality, so Sean Penn gets the statuette for "courage", but
not the
> > film. Benjamin Button, which was co-produced by its star Brad
Pitt, is
> > probably seen as too much the case of an actor showing off, while
being
> > aided by more-than-state-of-the art visual effects. Frost/Nixon?
Who's
> > interested?
> >
> > So Slumdog has won, and we should really rejoice for the six
children who
> > acted in it, for they are the real stars of the film. We should
rejoice for
> > AR Rahman, though the music he has got his two Oscars for is not
even of his
> > average quality, forget his sublime and exhilarating stuff. But
the Academy
> > has decided. But I really think it's a bit too much if we take
this as a
> > victory for Indian cinema. It's a non-Indian film which happened
to have an
> > all-Indian cast. We shoot entire films abroad nowadays, especially
in the
> > US, remember?
> >
> > The writer is the editor of the RPG Group's soon-to-be-launched
current
> > affairs and features magazine, 'Open'."
> >
> >
> > Regds
> >
> > Balaji R
> >
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> regards,
> Vithur
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