Soukarya Ghoshal’s Bengali film Pendulum- a tale of time, about time travel, released in theatres on March 7
In 1949 Kurt Godel tried to theoretically expand the space-time continuum of Einstein’s Physics by proposing the existence of closed time-like curves allowing for time-travel within a defined universe ‘space’. The theory and the subsequent implications in accepting it were complicated and hence yet to be conclusive. However this concept of traveling in time has been an interesting tenet in much of the fiction and the films of the science-fiction genre.
Needless-to-say, it becomes imperative for any auteur to be masterly clear in her vision of the time dilation in order to reflect that in her art. Cinema being a medium which is supposed to intrigue a wide expanse of the population with varying degrees of intellect, it should be a compulsion for the director to keep the narrative (linear or otherwise) malleable.
In 1949 Kurt Godel tried to theoretically expand the space-time continuum of Einstein’s Physics by proposing the existence of closed time-like curves allowing for time-travel within a defined universe ‘space’. The theory and the subsequent implications in accepting it were complicated and hence yet to be conclusive. However this concept of traveling in time has been an interesting tenet in much of the fiction and the films of the science-fiction genre.
Needless-to-say, it becomes imperative for any auteur to be masterly clear in her vision of the time dilation in order to reflect that in her art. Cinema being a medium which is supposed to intrigue a wide expanse of the population with varying degrees of intellect, it should be a compulsion for the director to keep the narrative (linear or otherwise) malleable.
- 3/12/2014
- by Amitava Nag
- DearCinema.com
Satyajit Ray
From March 12-28, nine films of Satyajit Ray will be screened at the Cinematheque de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The retrospective programme includes the screening of Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar), Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Jalsaghar, Sadgati, Bala, Mahanagar and Satyajit Ray, a biopic on Ray by Shyam Benegal.
Organized by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, a film archive in Spain, in collaboration with ImagineIndia and Directorate of Film Festivals of India, the sixteen day programme celebrates Ray’s depiction of “the modern ideals of a society, that was also a colonized country. A filmmaker (Ray) who should be visited from time to time so as to not lose sight of what is essential,” states the Filmoteca de Catalunya website.
From March 12-28, nine films of Satyajit Ray will be screened at the Cinematheque de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The retrospective programme includes the screening of Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Apur Sansar), Charulata, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Jalsaghar, Sadgati, Bala, Mahanagar and Satyajit Ray, a biopic on Ray by Shyam Benegal.
Organized by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, a film archive in Spain, in collaboration with ImagineIndia and Directorate of Film Festivals of India, the sixteen day programme celebrates Ray’s depiction of “the modern ideals of a society, that was also a colonized country. A filmmaker (Ray) who should be visited from time to time so as to not lose sight of what is essential,” states the Filmoteca de Catalunya website.
- 3/11/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
When a colossus in the field of cinema crosses paths with a colossus in the field of dance, it makes for a historically significant moment. And so it was in 1976 that the worlds of Satyajit Ray and Tanjore Balasaraswati briefly came together, when the former was commissioned by the Ncpa and the Government of Tamil Nadu to make a documentary film, Bala, on the latter.
The film, at little over half hour in length, offers a peek into the craft of one of the most acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponents ever. For the most part, Ray is a bystander who is interested in objectively recording the world of the dancer rather than defining it in subjective ways for the viewer. (The notable exception to this approach is discussed in this piece.) With his rich, baritone voice he is the physically absent narrator who looks out of the window at the world beyond...
The film, at little over half hour in length, offers a peek into the craft of one of the most acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponents ever. For the most part, Ray is a bystander who is interested in objectively recording the world of the dancer rather than defining it in subjective ways for the viewer. (The notable exception to this approach is discussed in this piece.) With his rich, baritone voice he is the physically absent narrator who looks out of the window at the world beyond...
- 10/31/2012
- by Nivedita Ramakrishnan
- DearCinema.com
The 11th edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival will be held in Madrid from May 17-31, 2012.
About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.
The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.
The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.
The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.
The...
About 70 films will be screened in 12 sections at the festival across 4 venues in Madrid, Spain.
The Competitive Section consists of 6 films: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara by Zoya Akhtar, Urumi by Santosh Sivan, Memoirs in March by Sanjay Nag, Achal (The Stagnant) by Bikramjit Gupta, Adaminte Makan Abu by Salim Ahamed and Traffic by Rajesh Pillai.
The Classics Section will showcase the films of great Indian directors like Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Films such as Bala, Amar Bhuvan, Oka Oori Katha will be screened.
The festival will screen short films done made by students of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.
The festival will also screen Spanish films shot in India or related to India like Portless by Talia Leibovitz and the short films of David Varela of Spain.
The...
- 5/7/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Film Society of Lincoln Centre will celebrate India's greatest filmmaker and one of cinema's greatest auteurs Satyajit Ray with 'Long Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray.' Unspooling at the Walter Reade Theatre here from April 19 through April 26, the promised follow-up to the 2009 Satyajit Ray tribute, Long Shadows includes all the films made by Ray in the autumnal years of his career. Already an acknowledged giant of world cinema, Ray in these later works reveals a more meditative side: his brilliant powers of observation lead him to pare down his style, allowing his characters and the world to reveal themselves. Of special interest is 'The Home and the World', his final, wonderful adaptation of a work by his mentor, Rabindranath Tagore, as well as his final, luminous work, 'The Stranger', an extraordinary summing up of so much of Ray's worldview graced with a sensational lead performance by Utpal Dutt.
- 4/1/2011
- Filmicafe
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