--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kama Sutra movie > > How they managed to make a movie with hot chicks in an exotic setting > almost unwatchable, was twisted artistic genius. I came to the film > with every expectation of loving it, and I could barely finish the > film. I forget if it was the mind numbingly stupid dialog that > ruined it for me, but I remember a throbbing between my temples > instead of further south while watching it that made me reach for the > remote. Such a waste. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Mira Nair did Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding, among > > > > others > > > > > > > > Mira Nair film proposal revives interest in Beatles visit to > > > > Rishikesh > > > > > > This almost certainly had to have come from an Indian > > > source, or it would have mentioned that she's also the > > > director of Kama Sutra. It's one of the loveliest films > > > ever, but was not received well in India (and in fact > > > was prevented from being shown there in many locations). > > > > > > Fascinating to me that the country that invented the > > > Kama Sutra is too prudish to deal with a film that > > > has the same title and shows a little nudity. (Actually, > > > it's the cross-caste sex that was probably taboo for them.) > > > > > > And re Shemp's suggestion that Kama Sutra was > > > "soft-core porn," that comment reflects his > > > attitude towards sex, not the film's. > > > > > > > > > Uh, no. It's soft-core porn, period. Good soft-core porn but porn > > none-the-less. Along the lines of David Hamilton films but even > > more explicit than Hamilton and much more sex and nudity. > > > > And, hey, don't get me wrong. As porn, I liked it...mostly lesbian > > scenes. But to call it "art" because of the Kama-Sutra theme is, > > well, just silly. Take out the sex scenes and it's not really such > > a good movie.
All of Nair's films attempt to expose some social ill or prejudice, esp those tolerated in Indian culture. I think as someone here suggested that in Kama Sutra she was going after inter-caste relations esp sexually and perhaps current India's tendency towards puritanism. I think this was one of her clumsier films but still one of her typical attempts of breaking social boundaries and certainly not an attempt at porn. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
