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Deepa Mehta [right]
Lisa Ray [leading actor]
[zt] from WATER web page
Deepa Mehta: 加拿大籍印度电影人
SYNOPSIS
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
never doubt!!!
"诗歌-中国制造" - Made in China (note: Outsource to America) :)
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??
:))
祝各位周末愉快!!!
会掩盖那些微弱的声音。。。这个社会非常互动，一种麻木的互动，观众被媒体操
纵，也以自己的口味来操纵着媒体。。。展现出预料之中的乏味疲倦！！！
上次有看到一个村妇，自筹资金，扛着摄像机，拍了村子里那些出门打工的人的家
庭与生活，非常感人，在这个金钱饥饿的社会里，有些珍贵的在失去。。。就是精
神危机
我个人以为“艺术家精神”不分国界。。。
“国内一些艺术家所缺乏的，也许就是这种 "Universal" "Humanity"。”
国内也有一些真的艺术家在执著，比如窦唯，比如崔健等等。。。
另外， “作舟的诗歌”， 并非 Made in China :)。 作舟的诗歌的“艺术家精神” 不能代表国内的“艺术家精神”。作舟的诗歌已更 Universal.
国内一些艺术家所缺乏的，也许就是这种 "Universal" "Humanity"。
All art works have the presence of Humanity . . .
同时，这样的大众传媒影响会协助产生更多的“行尸走肉”，麻醉，麻木，非常害“人”，整个社会环境给人有“废品加工厂”的感觉。。。
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。。。
well-said!!!!!
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.....
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。。。
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....
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...
三部曲:
Fire
Earth
Water”
这些字句已让我对她的电影充满了感觉，想像和好奇。。。
“Fire“, ”Earth“, ”Water”......很有诗意！！！
您的选图。。。欣赏她的审美眼光。。。:)
谢谢推荐！！！