tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post1145185574056180082..comments2023-12-19T08:12:59.428-08:00Comments on Post-Punk Cinema Club: Siddhartha (1972)a ppcc representativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533616493105736109noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-36350306121890311742022-08-31T08:49:17.008-07:002022-08-31T08:49:17.008-07:00Thankks for thisThankks for thisStanton Washing Machine Repairhttps://www.washer-dryer-repairs.com/us/california-dryer-repair/stanton-washing-machine-repair.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-8631417162183149772011-04-22T09:27:29.800-07:002011-04-22T09:27:29.800-07:00MUCH SHAME that I did not realize you had seen thi...MUCH SHAME that I did not realize you had seen this! As always you have skewered precisely and hilariously all the things that bug me. It really might have been tolerable with either better acting OR more nuanced thoughts, but nooooooo, they ruined every single element. Somehow in the ocean of other crap in this I had completely missed how limited the lone female is. <br /><br />No one else anywhere should watch this. Ever.Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-30640179722340803902010-03-28T04:51:56.594-07:002010-03-28T04:51:56.594-07:00I came this close to getting Siddhartha from the l...I came this close to getting <i>Siddhartha</i> from the library this weekend. I decided to watch a Balaji movie I've had for ages instead; otherwise, it would have been truly spooky.<br /><br />Each time I almost check it out, I think: hmmm, this looks ponderous and self-important. But Shashi looks mighty cute on the box! "Multitude of sins," etc. <br /><br />Obviously, I am left in the same dilemma. Maybe someday, when I'm in the mood for Shashi Cute + scenery?Anarchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06599522097057431891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-14516589922168092352010-03-27T23:01:36.857-07:002010-03-27T23:01:36.857-07:00So you finally saw this! I was more than a little ...So you finally saw this! I was more than a little upset with it since I'd ended up paying $22 + shipping, for it!!!<br /><br />"<i>The film... is ... a little Orientalist.</i>" Only a little?! It felt like Rooks came to India and decided to put in everything he thought would spell India to the outsider - a little bit of rural Rajasthan, mixed in with Rabindra Sangeet, sweeping shots of forests, lakes and sunsets, a Kamala in costumes straight out of a classic Sanskrit play (he probably had <i>Kamasutra</i> in mind), etc... And the cinematography, though beautiful (it was Sven Nykvist, after all!), often consisted of shots like the one you've labeled "beautiful cinematography" - large landscapes that ended up dwarfing an already stunted narrative. <br /><br />I do love the book, though. I think it makes a very good primer of Buddhist philosophy, stripped of all its mythology and legends. <br /><br />Re enlightenment of women - do you really expect that to come from a <i>man</i>?bollyviewerhttp://bollyviewer-oldisgold.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79723819638700739.post-28162749939636918892010-03-27T22:47:47.766-07:002010-03-27T22:47:47.766-07:00I read the Hesse book and watched the film, but I ...I read the Hesse book and watched the film, but I couldn't follow the storyline because i was blinded by the SHASHI CURLS OF CUTENESS! Even his beard in the sadhu days looked curly, I liked how it followed the book and employed Shashi who has that lovely soft voice when he speaks in English! But omgosh that sex scene! Hai Hai, was a bit scarring but it was very tastefully done!Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104185865100510017noreply@blogger.com