ajay124
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@Hitensitapara
We need to define words like 'serious' 'entertaining' 'classic' before a discussion to ensure that everyone is using them in the same context.Words can acquire different meanings when written or read by different people in different contexts.The films highlighted in this thread are NOT 'serious' in the sense that they are sad or tragic movies.They may be termed 'serious' in the sense that they address an intellectually and emotionally more grown up audience.They don't look at life through rose tinted glasses.They don't gloss over human failures and miseries.To that extent they are 'serious'.But there is plenty off love,laughter and happiness in these films.Rather than being targeted at the lowest common denominator like most mainstream cinema,these films are searching for a 'higher' ground.
A 'classic' for me is a film/book/music which ages well.It remains relevant,entertaining and thought provoking for years,decades and sometimes for centuries.Classic is a much used and abused word.Originally it was used in the West to refer to the Greek and Roman era.This was a period of great advances in human knowledge and was followed by the 'dark' ages.The 'dark' denoting an era when human civilization went into decline.It was only in the 14th century that the 'renaissance' bought 'light' back to human civilization.
An 'entertaining' film would be one which engages me intellectually and emotionally.'Janne Bhi Do Yaaro' is serious,entertaining and a classic.The dumb and dumber stuff which Bollywood and Hollywood usually keeps churning out is none of these.Copy/Pasting an earlier post about one of my favorite films.Classic,entertainig,serious and hilarious.THE black comedy to beat all black comedies.UNDERGROUND/EMIR KUSTURICA.
Once upon a time there was a country...
What do you do if you are a film maker and witness your country literally falling apart over your life time.If you are an auteur like Emir Kusturica,you make a black comedy called Underground.Beginning with a heart rending scene of animals dying in a Belgrade zoo,as the Nazis begin there bombing of Yugoslavia....and a bleeding lion,chimp?(can't remember),looking up at the heavens and asking the unanswerable question,WHY ARE HUMAN BEINGS DOING THIS TO US?....this is a gut wrenching film by a master of the medium.Leaving aside all the politics attached to the film I viewed this film as simply the triumph and survival of the individual over a history beyond his/her control.
We need to define words like 'serious' 'entertaining' 'classic' before a discussion to ensure that everyone is using them in the same context.Words can acquire different meanings when written or read by different people in different contexts.The films highlighted in this thread are NOT 'serious' in the sense that they are sad or tragic movies.They may be termed 'serious' in the sense that they address an intellectually and emotionally more grown up audience.They don't look at life through rose tinted glasses.They don't gloss over human failures and miseries.To that extent they are 'serious'.But there is plenty off love,laughter and happiness in these films.Rather than being targeted at the lowest common denominator like most mainstream cinema,these films are searching for a 'higher' ground.
A 'classic' for me is a film/book/music which ages well.It remains relevant,entertaining and thought provoking for years,decades and sometimes for centuries.Classic is a much used and abused word.Originally it was used in the West to refer to the Greek and Roman era.This was a period of great advances in human knowledge and was followed by the 'dark' ages.The 'dark' denoting an era when human civilization went into decline.It was only in the 14th century that the 'renaissance' bought 'light' back to human civilization.
An 'entertaining' film would be one which engages me intellectually and emotionally.'Janne Bhi Do Yaaro' is serious,entertaining and a classic.The dumb and dumber stuff which Bollywood and Hollywood usually keeps churning out is none of these.Copy/Pasting an earlier post about one of my favorite films.Classic,entertainig,serious and hilarious.THE black comedy to beat all black comedies.UNDERGROUND/EMIR KUSTURICA.
Once upon a time there was a country...
What do you do if you are a film maker and witness your country literally falling apart over your life time.If you are an auteur like Emir Kusturica,you make a black comedy called Underground.Beginning with a heart rending scene of animals dying in a Belgrade zoo,as the Nazis begin there bombing of Yugoslavia....and a bleeding lion,chimp?(can't remember),looking up at the heavens and asking the unanswerable question,WHY ARE HUMAN BEINGS DOING THIS TO US?....this is a gut wrenching film by a master of the medium.Leaving aside all the politics attached to the film I viewed this film as simply the triumph and survival of the individual over a history beyond his/her control.
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