Critical Reception of Rashomon in the West Greg M. Smith Asian Cinema 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2002) 115-28 Most of us who write about films may as well relax and confess that we know nothing at first hand about Japanese movie production; that all we have as data has come to us from press-sheets‚ from quick consultations with the nearest Japanese bystander‚ or. . . whatever we have been able to find useful in the way of analogy and of seeing the "unaccredited" performances of Kabuki. - Vernon
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INDIA’S LARGEST CINEMA CHAIN.. It all started as a dream in the year 1997‚ and within a decade‚ we have turned the same into a 70 mm reality. Like the credits of a movie‚ we would like to share with you our achievements... Setting up the very FIRST multiplex in the country - Setting up a movie haven for filmgoers in the form of the eleven screener: PVR Bangalore‚ India’s largest ever multiplex - Delighting not one‚ not two but more than 11 million patrons last year. We now have an unmatched
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Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is the Indian film industry based in kerala‚ India‚ dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalamlanguage. At first (beginning in the 1920s)‚ the Malayalam film industry was based in Trivandrum. Although the film industry started to develop and flourish only by the late-1940s. Later‚ the industry shifted to Chennai (formerly Madras)‚ which then was the capital of the South Indian film industry. By the end of 1980s‚ the Malayalam film industry
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The necessity of water and time The dominance of power in society can be illustrated by using a pyramid. People with the possession of real power‚ we find at the very top and narrowest part. At the bottom‚ and widest part‚ we find everything and everyone else. Like the people of Dimock‚ in the documentary Gasland‚ they put their trust and faith into the hands of the controlling minority part‚ thinking that they would act in their best interest. However‚ in many cases just like theirs‚ megalomaniacal
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society. Cinema has different meanings for different people. It is a lucrative business for the producers and financers. It is a source of good earnings for the actors and actresses. For artists and directors‚ it is merely a form of art. Many people take it as an audio-visual translation of literature. It is a big source of employment and revenue. For common man it is a big source of employment and revenue. It is a cheap and easier means of entertainment for the masses. Whatever cinema may mean to
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In India Cinema has been a very important means of entertainment. Here‚ cinema has seen a century of growth‚ and it has gone very far in the heights of progress. Originally‚ in India the cinema was a movie only and it was called because we could only see the stars acting‚ and there was no sound‚ no talking‚ no dialogue and no songs. The audiences could only see action. As time passed by‚ these movies got converted into talkies and‚ at that time dialogues got introduced in the pictures. This made
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Profile: Priya Village Roadshow (PVR) Cinemas is one of the largest cinema chains in India. The company‚ which began as a joint venture agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited in 1995 with 60:40 ratio‚ began its commercial operations in June 1997 with the launch of PVR Anupam in Saket‚ India’s first multiplex. By introducing the multiplex concept in India‚ PVR Cinemas brought in a whole new paradigm shift to the cinema viewing experience: high class seating
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Biyaya ng Lupa The movie showed how Filipino Families lived in the past. The main charaters‚ Jose and Maria‚ got married and started a life together‚ having four children. They were extremely conservative in how they ran their family; with the couple talking about how they shouldn’t fight too much because it would cause the downfall of their marriage. I like the movie because it shows how old Filipino films were at that time. It also showed how beautiful Rosa Rosal (playing Maria) was when she
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Influence of cinema Cinema is by far the most common and cheapest means of entertainment in cities in India. The maximum we Indians can look to cinema is as an exposition of art. In a country like ours‚ where most people are illiterate and so poor that they can ill afford any other recreation‚ Cinema has taken its toll. Poor‚ hard pressed and illiterate people find that the cinema is the only means by which they can break the monotony and drudgery or their routine mundane lives. The village or
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from its various advantages‚ Cinema is not free from its evil effects. Film artistry is‚ unfortunately‚ compelled to compromise with people’s popular taste and appeal to their lower instincts. Too many films dealing with sex problems and with the ways of the criminals are now shown‚ f These are apt to affect public morality. The substandard catering of music I and recreation is likely to injure public taste and outlook and is not ultimately good for the art. The Cinema has far reaching effect upon
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