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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:39:09 +0000

Can foreigners break into #Hollywood?

A break into films is hard. Particularly when you’re a foreigner. But is Hollywood more open or less open than other countries?

If we go by iconic actors, the numbers are not encouraging. Just 2% of Will Smith’s co-stars are non-Hollywood. But over 30% of Jackie Chan’s co-stars are non-Chinese.

But #clustering shows that Hollywood is actually among the most open to foreigners. #dataanalysis

How to safely land a plane

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0000

How to safely land a plane - by blowing one of its wings off.

Strangely, that’s what Superman does in Superman Returns. (see video of Superman saving a plane).

Memory movies

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:00:00 +0000

I’m getting addicted to memory-lapse related / alternate reality-based movies, like:

Total Recall,
12 Monkeys,
The Bourne Identity,
Memento,
The Butterfly Effect,
50 First Dates,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Groundhog Day,
The Matrix,
Frequency,
The Usual Suspects, and
Donnie Darko.
Twin Peaks too, I guess. But that was too extreme for me.

Next on my list are:

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Dhar 20 Jul 2005 10:13 am: How about Mulholland Drive? I really dont know what category to put it into. Wierd Mind Fuck is certainly one possibility. In fact all David Lynch movies can come under this category.
S Anand 20 Jul 2005 3:28 pm: Mulholland Drive, yes. What others, though?
Dhar 21 Jul 2005 1:02 am: The other movies that you can try are Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Lost Highway, The Eraserhead etc.
Dhar 21 Jul 2005 1:06 am: Of the Lynch movies mentioned, I have so far seen only Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet. The others are on the wishlist. :)

Bald actresses

Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Bald actresses. They look nice without the hair too.

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kesh 27 Feb 2009 8:53 pm: where s d photos ?
S Anand 28 Feb 2009 7:55 am: Looks like the original link went bad. Have replaced it with a Google search.

Pride and Prejudice

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Pride and Prejudice, from the director of Bend It Like Beckham. This doesn’t sound like a light entertainer the way Bend It Like Beckham was… via RobotWisdom

Films on Sep 11

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:00:00 +0000

11 film-makers make films on 11/9/01. The films will be 11 min, 9 seconds and 1 frame long. via Plastic

Suku on movies

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Suku on movies. Beautiful. Says what I feel.

Physics in movies

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Good and bad physics in movies.

Memento

Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I saw Memento. This film is incredible. Of the class of “Citizen Kane”. Likely to win an Oscar? (It also stars Carrie-Anne Moss, of the Trinity fame in “The Matrix”.)

Harry Potter in India only in Apr 2002

Wed, 07 Nov 2001 12:00:00 +0000

The Harry Potter movie is coming to India only in Apr 2002. :-(

Someone Like You

Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Amitabh, Shyam and myself finally managed to see “Someone Like You” at Sterling. I arrived a bit early, at 10PM, and the show began at 10:45PM. The wait was well worth it, because it seemed to me that the who’s who of Mumbai fashion were parading about the theatre. Not that I recognised anybody, but then, not that I would recognise anybody anyway. We got corner seats, unfortunately, with the AC directly above us. The three of us sat huddled in the corner, trying to warm ourselves. Fortunately, the movie proved a hilarious piece.

Regal

Sat, 09 Jun 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Having spent several hours at office, Amitabh and I walked down to the Regal Cinema Hall to watch “The Emperor’s New Groove”. Given that it was a saturday afternoon, and a Disney movie, we were expecting only to see a family crowd, and weren’t disappointed. Tickets, as always in Mumbai, were a bit more expensive than we were used to. Rs. 60 and Rs. 80. We took the Rs. 60, and discovered that there was no difference between the two. Well, there was, but not much.

Regal is pretty spacious, with comfortable (and new) red chairs. And as Amitabh always checks out the quality of a place by the men’s room, I accompanied him to hear his verdict first hand. “This is not bad, for a cinema hall,” he declared. Regal is hence eminently visitable.

The movie is hilarious. Just 75 minutes of pure fun, completely devoid of any moral lessons or take-aways, and a first person narration. It’s about this punk emperor (aged 18) who lays off his minister (or ministress?), who poisons him, and he becomes a llama, and the guy whose house he wanted to destroy to build a summer palace saves him, and they live happily ever after. No, I haven’t spoilt any of the suspense for you, and its still worth a watch.

Harry Potter movie

Wed, 07 Mar 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Warner Brothers are making a Harry Potter movie.

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Khanjan 26 Sep 2008 12:27 am: Harry Potter is best movie. please watching me thi movies

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