Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, WATER begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
There are some images that become indelible in our minds. One such image that has stayed with me for 10 years is that of a Hindu widow in the Holy Indian city of Varanasi. Bent like a shrimp, her body wizened with age, white hair shaved close to her scalp, she scampered on all fours, furiously looking for something she had lost on the steps of the Ganges. Her distress was visible as she searched amidst the early morning throng of pilgrims. She was paid scant attention to, not even when she sat down to cry, unsuccessful in her attempt to find whatever she had lost.
---Deepa Mehta
三部曲:
Fire
Earth
Water
影云 发表评论于
作舟是"中国制造"...作舟的诗歌是"作舟制造"....那不也等于"中国制造"么??
never doubt!!!
未夕 发表评论于
有气节!
"诗歌-中国制造" - Made in China (note: Outsource to America) :)
what is lost/destroyed in current movie industry is humanity! result from Modernization and Materialism . . .
All art works have the presence of Humanity . . .
z.f. 发表评论于
what they are doing is "following the money"----or, "survival of the fittest" like what has been going on in the west....the best results of that have been wars, or at least, the out sourcing of jobs, etc....
for example, China has not produced any good documentary films for a loooong time.....!!!!!
人们不愿面对现实，更何况艺术家常得不到支持，另外，中国人都太“聪明”，认“真”的人很少，我感觉在中国“good documentary films”或许像廖同志那种斗士有胆子去拍？？。。。但是我感觉中国现在有产生 good documentary films 的“肥沃土壤”，非常多的素材，非常多的资料，非常多的角度。。。只是生活在那里艺术家们大都“短路”或者在挣扎，但我感觉还是会有一些可以 stands beyond 的有识之士有可能会去 produce some good documentary films ...期待中。。。
many of the Chinese films on the market for the last two decades are very retarded, both artistically and spiritually.....
完全同意，越来越弱智，both artistically and spiritually..... 我甚至怀疑有多少人还在真的思考“艺术”与“精神”这样的字眼，当人们的脑子被“钱”，“利”，“权”，“名”，“地位”等等这样的字眼所占据。。。总之，在我眼里，这些都很不诗意。。。
what they are doing is "following the money"----or, "survival of the fittest" like what has been going on in the west....the best results of that have been wars, or at least, the out sourcing of jobs, etc....
for example, China has not produced any good documentary films for a loooong time.....!!!!!
many of the Chinese films on the market for the last two decades are very retarded, both artistically and spiritually.....
z.f. 发表评论于
yeah, she is the kind of filmmaker we need from China!!!!
Nowadays, too many Chinese filmmakers are wasting their lives and money making "eye candies" instead of real films with depth and meaning.....
同意！！！很失望他们不再珍惜自己“艺术家”的天分和所长，失去了艺术家精神，被商业“短路”走欺骗麻木大众的“黄金道”，我已经不想去看张艺谋的“满地都是黄金甲”。。。张艺谋陈凯歌都让人多少有些失望。。。准备注视“出生牛犊不怕虎”的新新导演:)
看real films with depth and meaning.....
或者看真的好玩的幽默的生活的电影with depth and meaning.....:)
我的阅读其实很“小资”:))，只是看到忽然想起来。。。
作舟诗集 发表评论于
yeah, she is the kind of filmmaker we need from China!!!!
Nowadays, too many Chinese filmmakers are wasting their lives and money making "eye candies" instead of real films with depth and meaning.....
like your quotes.....seems like you are reading a great deal....
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." -- M.L.KING
Much Madness is divinest Sense –
To a discerning Eye –
Much sense – the starkest Madness –
‘Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail –
Assent – and you are sane –
Demur – you’re straightway dangerous –
And handled with a Chain –
-- Emily Dickinson
真的对Deepa Mehta充满了敬意！！！
“Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents。。。
There are some images that become indelible in our minds...
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi's rise to power, WATER begins when 8-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia's feisty presence deeply affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
There are some images that become indelible in our minds. One such image that has stayed with me for 10 years is that of a Hindu widow in the Holy Indian city of Varanasi. Bent like a shrimp, her body wizened with age, white hair shaved close to her scalp, she scampered on all fours, furiously looking for something she had lost on the steps of the Ganges. Her distress was visible as she searched amidst the early morning throng of pilgrims. She was paid scant attention to, not even when she sat down to cry, unsuccessful in her attempt to find whatever she had lost.
