Comments on: Nowhere to run: two marvellous endings http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/ My journal about thinking cinema Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Anamitra http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-44 Anamitra Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:00:58 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-44 this is not true, may be you haven't seen Tarr's film, but you can't claim yourself to be under-viewed. You are mocking me. this is not fair either. :( <strong>Anindya Sengupta:</strong> <em>I am 'underviewed' pal! And that doesn't lessen my dignity :) I have seen fewer films and like ruminating over them, I just can't overstuff myself. I am writing a post on it. It will appear by morning.</em> this is not true, may be you haven’t seen Tarr’s film, but you can’t claim yourself to be under-viewed. You are mocking me. this is not fair either. :(

Anindya Sengupta: I am ‘underviewed’ pal! And that doesn’t lessen my dignity :) I have seen fewer films and like ruminating over them, I just can’t overstuff myself. I am writing a post on it. It will appear by morning.

]]> By: Anamitra http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-43 Anamitra Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:34:26 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-43 NO, now here it is finally. I was feeling drowsy but couldn't leave your article. Remarkable blog! Nothing to say about what you have written on 400 blows. Nice observations! And nothing to say about 'Germania anno zero' as I haven't watched it. Can you arrange to show it on this Monday?? You were talking about the use of space, long shot and L-O-N-G takes. As we all know, these are called trade marks of Bela Tarr, the Hungarian director. I am waiting to hear from you on Damnation [1988, aka Karhozat] or Wreckmiester Harmonies [aka Wreckmiester Harmoniack]. He is one of my Favourites. What do you think about this guy? <em>Anindya Sengupta:</em> Anamitra. I haven't seen a single Bela Tarr...I am very underviewed... 8) more about that later. NO, now here it is finally. I was feeling drowsy but couldn’t leave your article.
Remarkable blog! Nothing to say about what you have written on 400 blows. Nice observations!
And nothing to say about ‘Germania anno zero’ as I haven’t watched it. Can you arrange to show it on this Monday??

You were talking about the use of space, long shot and L-O-N-G takes. As we all know, these are called trade marks of Bela Tarr, the Hungarian director. I am waiting to hear from you on Damnation [1988, aka Karhozat] or Wreckmiester Harmonies [aka Wreckmiester Harmoniack]. He is one of my Favourites. What do you think about this guy?

Anindya Sengupta: Anamitra. I haven’t seen a single Bela Tarr…I am very underviewed… 8) more about that later.

]]> By: Anamitra http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-41 Anamitra Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:56:39 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-41 Wow!! Anindya da is on the pick! I haven't read this posts yet but couldn't resist me to let you know that I am here. The real and serious comment will be made tomorrow. :D oops. felling drowsy! don't accept these 2 comments!! thank you. <strong> Anindya Sengupta:</strong> <em>So? Two comments collated in one</em> :) Wow!! Anindya da is on the pick! I haven’t read this posts yet but couldn’t resist me to let you know that I am here.
The real and serious comment will be made tomorrow. :D

oops. felling drowsy! don’t accept these 2 comments!! thank you.

Anindya Sengupta: So? Two comments collated in one :)

]]> By: Dhriti http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-38 Dhriti Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:03:27 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-38 The annotations which we have cited in the discussion on "country-city" connotations correspond to the screenings that have been conducted in the class, i did it consciously...but then we can't help adding a glaring omission...Ritwik Ghatak's 'Subarnarekha'...oh...this topic seems to get more and more interesting to me... awaiting eagerly for ur response... though in hindsight.....Ghatak's context seem to call for a greater circumference... <strong>Anindya Sengupta:</strong> <em>Righto! This is an extremely complex issue. I can't do much justice in a single post.</em> The annotations which we have cited in the discussion on “country-city” connotations correspond to the screenings that have been conducted in the class, i did it consciously…but then we can’t help adding a glaring omission…Ritwik Ghatak’s ‘Subarnarekha’…oh…this topic seems to get more and more interesting to me…
awaiting eagerly for ur response…

though in hindsight…..Ghatak’s context seem to call for a greater circumference…

Anindya Sengupta: Righto! This is an extremely complex issue. I can’t do much justice in a single post.

]]> By: dhriti http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-28 dhriti Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:36:28 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-28 wat gr888 observations.......anindyo da....plzzzzz...bondho koro naa..... "the film is an willful inversion of the country-city binary connotating liberation-bondage; Antoine was free only in Paris streets, from where he is banished" - has made me think...and has brought to my memory <em>La Strada</em>....one of the most prominent films which depict this "country-city binary connotating liberation-bondage" to the brim...no surprise that Gelsomina(Giulietta Masina) started her journey to the 'thralldom' of city life (more of a town) from the shores of the sea.....exactly the place where Antonio Doniel's road comes to an end.....kintu amr ekta katha jeta mone hochhe (it may be irrelevant, oboshyo "ADDA"-te kichhui irrelevant noy)...to the 'mordern','enlightened', 'reasonable' man, educated in the colonial pedagogical designs...does this "country-city" connotation hold itself???....to the young man from Nischindipur who carries a globe....country life was much more claustrophobic than the "dosh foot by dosh foot" room...who can forget the deportation of prisoners from the city of St.Petersburg to Siberia in Tolstoy's Resurrection?? tomar kachhe ekta proshno rakhchhi.....Does Antonioni make a statement in Red Desert when he projects Guiliana's(Monica Vitti) claustrophobia in the industrial world in the backdrop of lunacy???? (for Antonioni in his interview to Godard rues the fact that he is not aptly installed within the industrial world) jak...khub baje boklam....hoyto bhulbhal...kintu shetukun liberty ami nitei pari karon shudhranor jonyo tumi achho...r Rosselini'r chhobita ami dekhini....tai ota niye kichhu bolte parbo naa....hope u'll keep them coming... <strong>Anindya Sengupta:</strong> <em>Welcome Dhriti! And next time comments only in English please :) Will answer your queries in a coming post</em> wat gr888 observations…….anindyo da….plzzzzz…bondho koro naa…..
“the film is an willful inversion of the country-city binary connotating liberation-bondage; Antoine was free only in Paris streets, from where he is banished” – has made me think…and has brought to my memory La Strada….one of the most prominent films which depict this “country-city binary connotating liberation-bondage” to the brim…no surprise that Gelsomina(Giulietta Masina) started her journey to the ‘thralldom’ of city life (more of a town) from the shores of the sea…..exactly the place where Antonio Doniel’s road comes to an end…..kintu amr ekta katha jeta mone hochhe (it may be irrelevant, oboshyo “ADDA”-te kichhui irrelevant noy)…to the ‘mordern’,'enlightened’, ‘reasonable’ man, educated in the colonial pedagogical designs…does this “country-city” connotation hold itself???….to the young man from Nischindipur who carries a globe….country life was much more claustrophobic than the “dosh foot by dosh foot” room…who can forget the deportation of prisoners from the city of St.Petersburg to Siberia in Tolstoy’s Resurrection?? tomar kachhe ekta proshno rakhchhi…..Does Antonioni make a statement in Red Desert when he projects Guiliana’s(Monica Vitti) claustrophobia in the industrial world in the backdrop of lunacy???? (for Antonioni in his interview to Godard rues the fact that he is not aptly installed within the industrial world)

jak…khub baje boklam….hoyto bhulbhal…kintu shetukun liberty ami nitei pari karon shudhranor jonyo tumi achho…r Rosselini’r chhobita ami dekhini….tai ota niye kichhu bolte parbo naa….hope u’ll keep them coming…

Anindya Sengupta: Welcome Dhriti! And next time comments only in English please :)
Will answer your queries in a coming post

]]> By: Abhishek"Sollozzo the Turk"Bhattacharyya http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-16 Abhishek"Sollozzo the Turk"Bhattacharyya Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:11:00 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-16 Both the boys reminds me of the short story Red Horse(Lal ghora).Just like the red horse ran away in search of freedom or i would rather say moksha in the end of the story both the boys also went in search for a place where there will be no shackles....shackles of war....shackles of a ruthless dictator...may be in search of J.M.Barrie's "Neverland"....in this way they tried to attain their MOKSHA.....it seems that after the bloody world war where mass was slaughtered..it was one way of achieving Moksha for all who was a part of that bloody history..as man was betrayed by its own clan.... Both the boys reminds me of the short story Red Horse(Lal ghora).Just like the red horse ran away in search of freedom or i would rather say moksha in the end of the story both the boys also went in search for a place where there will be no shackles….shackles of war….shackles of a ruthless dictator…may be in search of J.M.Barrie’s “Neverland”….in this way they tried to attain their MOKSHA…..it seems that after the bloody world war where mass was slaughtered..it was one way of achieving Moksha for all who was a part of that bloody history..as man was betrayed by its own clan….

]]> By: Abhishek"Tom Hanks"Bhattacharyya http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-13 Abhishek"Tom Hanks"Bhattacharyya Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:38:06 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-13 arre ami tarahuro teh porechi...so may be....puro pore abar comment debo.... arre ami tarahuro teh porechi…so may be….puro pore abar comment debo….

]]> By: joanna http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-12 joanna Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:51:12 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-12 eagle eye. eagle eye.

]]> By: joanna http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-11 joanna Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:15:30 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-11 abhishek, i dont think i meant what u said i did. i meant, life, when existing, leaves everything behind, even prior intentions to terminate it. if life is victorious,no matter how/where it came from,it means more than legalized, sanctioned killing.which in this case, is the WW. abhishek, i dont think i meant what u said i did.
i meant, life, when existing, leaves everything behind, even prior intentions to terminate it. if life is victorious,no matter how/where it came from,it means more than legalized, sanctioned killing.which in this case, is the WW.

]]> By: Abhishek"Tom Hanks"Bhattacharya http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/nowhere-to-run/#comment-8 Abhishek"Tom Hanks"Bhattacharya Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:08 +0000 http://thinkingscreens.wordpress.com/?p=6#comment-8 mone poreche na....but surely i will come back with my facts...but another great piece......keep them coming......ami bishon inspired hoye porchi..amaro icche korche likhte....i think Joana is rite........abortion..how does it feels when u come to know u r unwanted.....keu Javier Bardem er "The Sea Inside" dekhecho..deals with Euthanasia..diff topic....but hope Anindya da will also post something on that... mone poreche na….but surely i will come back with my facts…but another great piece……keep them coming……ami bishon inspired hoye porchi..amaro icche korche likhte….i think Joana is rite……..abortion..how does it feels when u come to know u r unwanted…..keu Javier Bardem er “The Sea Inside” dekhecho..deals with Euthanasia..diff topic….but hope Anindya da will also post something on that…

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