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July 30, 2008 at 8:39 pm

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  1. Anindya da….Bazin writes and i quote-”between the originating object and its reproduction there intervenes only the instrumentality of the nonliving agent.”…..well, Bazin certainly addresses the act of reproduction but wat abt the act of representation???? act of reproduction may not incorporate the act of representation…..though in the very next line there is a mention of the purpose of the photographer……but he again he negates it by suggesting the photographer’s absence…..i find this contradictory……and as to the act of representation, i find bazin a bit indifferent, i.e. in the pariticular essay that is being discussed in the class…..

    Anindya Sengupta: will address this Dhriti. Actually, i want to move further in his other essays before doing so, otherwise things might not get properly explained.

    Dhriti

    July 30, 2008 at 9:48 pm

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  2. yes…i feel the same too…i’m confused…maybe due to lack of proper initiation…

    Anindya Sengupta: Uh huh. You are on the right path. Bazin is not an easy thinker. He is bound to provoke questions

    Dhriti

    July 30, 2008 at 9:58 pm

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  3. anindyo da, satyajit ray ki ichchhe kore cheat kore viewer er psychology nie khelto? maane khub mon die dekle jaate cheat dhora jay tar ingit ki die dito?CHARULATAr por kal raate NAYAK deklam. uttam kumar train e bose bose cigaretter ring chharchilo. train e kakhonoi ring chhara sambhab noy. amar to mone hoy ichchhe kore koreche.

    Anindya Sengupta: Bah! Eta besh mojar to! Amar mone hoy korto…erokom mischieveous byapar aro anek achhe. Class-ey bolbo.

    Raja Alam

    August 2, 2008 at 11:38 am

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  4. arekta jiniso bolo – apursongsar e prothom sequense e slogan er sound kno use holo.

    Anindya Sengupta: mone hoy sei samoykar (swadeshi jug) jubokder theke Apur bhinnota dekhanor jonyo. Ray kintu ei chhobitey ektu critical about Apu, amar mone hoy.

    Raja Alam

    August 2, 2008 at 3:24 pm

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  5. “dhaan anekta barleyr moto dekhte.khosa chharie tobe eti khaoa jay.”- Karl Marx (banglar gram-somaj prosonge Karl Marx by partha chatterjee)

    tar mane ki west e dhan/chal[rice] er kono procholoni chilo na?

    Anindya Sengupta: Interesting! Class-ey katha hobey.

    Raja Alam

    August 10, 2008 at 9:05 pm

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  6. class e takhan ja bolte chaichhilam taa purota bolte parini.
    bolechilam, kolkata theke bidese jaoa aar graam theke sahare asa alada
    karon graam theke shohore ele ekjoner puro manosikata change hoe jay.
    er karonta bolar takhan sujog pai ni. amar jeta mone hoechilo,
    kolkata theke bideser kono sohore gele sudhu adhunikotar
    kshetro taa palte jay.karon kolkata adhunikatar fasal,sei sohortao
    tai.foloto adhunikatar manosikata ubhoyotoi achhe.parthokyo
    jeta, taa holo jayga anujayee manuser obhyes.kolkatar manuske
    tai paris e baa boston e baa hongkong e gie sudhu obhyes tai
    sikte hoy,modernity sikte hoy naa.
    onyodike graam e[india er] manus j jibon japon kore taake
    premodern bola jay jaa modernityr tulonay akdom alada
    matra[dimension]. tai jakhan ak gramyo jubok/juboti
    mahanogor e ase , ek sompurno bhinno matrar obhyes tader
    korte hoy.fole ak bhinno matrar manosikotao tader toiri hoe jay.
    apatobhabe tader mone hoy notun manosikota die puronotake judge
    kora sombhom,kintu purono manosikota die notun k judge
    korte gele sei purono manosikotar kichhu roop taar kachhe
    bhul baa loghu bole mone hoy.tai se fire jete chay naa.

    jodio notun manosikota taar kachhe takhano baje bhabe dhora
    deyni baa dhora dileo se taa ichchhe korei bujhte chay naa.

    raja alam

    August 22, 2008 at 12:08 am

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  7. notun kichhu likhchho naa kno?

    Anindya Sengupta: Secondary reason: fatigue ar primary reason: modem out of order

    raja alam

    August 26, 2008 at 12:44 pm

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  8. short film er copyright er funda taa ki ektu bolbe? mane ki kore korte hoy, ei sob.
    jodi naa jaano, ektu please khonj nie janao.

    raja alam

    September 5, 2008 at 10:14 pm

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  9. Anindya da…..kalke searchers dekhlam……akhon Cheyenne Autumn….had strong feelings……

    Cheyenne Autumn could have been Ford’s emphatic sojourn in Purgatory.But what Ford initiates in Searchers through the dissipation and ultimate resignation of the character of John Wayne, who remains an isolated and dispersed character at the end of the film, he sort of undoes it in Cheyenne Autumn for the film tries to approach a particular destination, a closure.The film seems to be making an ardent effort to be sure and certain for it tries to identify and address. Searchers tries to initiate a process of disintegration and commotion which could have ultimately lead to some earnest soul-searching, but Cheyenne Autumn does a reversal of sorts when it tries to integrate and unify.But this effort ultimately leads to an establishment of a hegemony and this is where the role of signs(the English language)in this film becomes tyrannical and violent and obscene. The little wounded Indian girl who returns to her own place, her own abode after a long year comes to signify it by the sign “H-O-M-E”…can anything be more obscene than this????? Its no surprise that Little Wolf has no place in this “enlightened” Cheyenne tribe…just like the peace-pipe finds itself abandoned.

    But the sequence of Dodge city came like a whiff of fresh air. Reflexive and sincerely critical i found it as one of the few things to cherish in the film.

    Hope u have fodder for the next post … :)

    Dhriti

    October 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm

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  10. ei j moshai, aar kichu likhchhen na kno? refreshers course to ses hoe glo?

    raja alam

    December 12, 2008 at 12:40 am

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