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The Elephant God (1979) - Drunk Monk - 09-21-2014
Directed by Satyajit Ray. If you don't know international cinema, Ray is like the Kurosawa of India, a dazzlingly powerful director who delivered an extraordinary catalog of films. His Apu trilogy is absolutely brilliant, a haunting period tale of growing up in India that is timeless and a true cinematic classic.
Ray had a lot of other talents beyond filmmaking. He also wrote a YA pulp novel detective series about a sleuth named Feluda. He made two feature films about Feluda. Another director made several more and there were TV serials as well. Elephant God is the second Feluda film. It's in color, although the films is largely overexposed, or perhaps bleached with age in the Indian heat. It's an engaging plot, and I was delighted to have solved it, or at least, fingered the guilty parties before they were revealed. The architecture is spectacular - many scenes captured the feel of India as I remember it - sketchy alleys filled with oxen, odd color schemes that defy categorization, crap in the corners. It's a modest film, one that moves at its own leisurely pace. I can see how Feluda set the stage for Indian detectives to follow (like Dhoom's Jai Dixit), the stoicism, the echo of Holmes, the dogged pursuit of the perp and ruthlessness of the capture. Not a film I'd recommend to many people although S and I enjoyed it (S almost bailed at the hour-and-a-half mark, but then changed her mind and saw it through and was pleased she did). The characters are all charming - Ray's speciality - and it has its delightful comic moments. No sword fights, but some knife throwing. If you want to see what Ray is all about, see the Apu Trilogy.
Brainstorming! - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-22-2014
Shouldn't there be a Bollywood Porn film called "The Elephant God and the Dragon Missile"?
Maybe I just need sleep.
Dhoomnado! - Drunk Monk - 09-22-2014
Oh heck no. You're at the top of your game when you're traveling, Greg. Keep posting!
Re: The Elephant God (1979) - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-22-2014
Is that that artists need to suffer to producer their art crap?
Origin of PASSION - Drunk Monk - 09-22-2014
Quote:Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin passion-, passio suffering, being acted upon, from Latin pati to suffer — more at patienthttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passion
First Known Use: 13th century
you could always get a job as a film critic instead.
Re: The Elephant God (1979) - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-22-2014
Yeah, because that pays so well.
it pays my rent - Drunk Monk - 09-23-2014
ok, only a teeny tiny fraction of it.
um....well, actually not even that. but it saves me money getting me into movies for free.
alas, few of them are movies i would have paid to see anyway.
oh never mind.
how about travel writing for your next vocation?
Re: The Elephant God (1979) - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-24-2014
Travel writing probably pays fractionally less than movie writing.
Plus my writing is highly specialized for a very limited audience.
DOOM? a limited audience? - Drunk Monk - 09-24-2014
we sure don't pay.
Re: The Elephant God (1979) - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-24-2014
Oh, you'll pay.
um...right. so have you seen the Apu trilogy? - Drunk Monk - 09-24-2014
Greg Wrote:Oh, you'll pay.well played. bon touche, mon ami.
Re: The Elephant God (1979) - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 09-27-2014
Have you foregone sleep in order to see this many movies? Where is Mrs. DM during this El Rey Orgy?
Who needs sleep when you have Bollywood? - Drunk Monk - 09-28-2014
I can sleep during my commute.
NOT.