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Author Topic: MONSOON WEDDING Brad Haven Master Film Handler Posts: 300 From: fremantle, West Australia Registered: Aug 2001 posted 12-18-2001 06:54 AM                     australia's other boxing day film, overshadowed by the hype of amelie!. i loved this film about a well to do indian family, the daughter is getting married, so it's very celebratory in it's feel, while still having those dramatic storylines to balance it out.it's avery romantic film without being soppy. while amelie is awesome, this is just a great film, definitely worth a look!  |  IP: Logged Paul Cassidy Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 549 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2001 posted 12-21-2001 03:14 AM                        I have not seen this film but the session times for this film are on the following Link www.vaishnavi.biz  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 01-10-2002 10:58 AM                        Mira Nair (director) was interviewed on the radio last week about it. Apparently the entire final week's shooting was lost when the Super 16 negs were fogged in an airport x-ray machine. By the time the insurance claim was approved to reshoot the lost scenes, the monsoon season was over and they had to hire very expensive rainmaking equipment or else the rain would have been constantly stopping and starting all the way through the film!  |  IP: Logged Gerard S. Cohen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 975 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-10-2002 07:31 PM                     I found this a joyful film with all the music and dance interest characteristic of Indian popular films, but with a modern sensitivity to character and themes. Its sub-plots dealt with child molestation within the family, adolescent rebellion, the nature of manhood, and marital partners disclosing their pre-nuptial affairs. Music, dance and comedy were completely integrated within the wedding celebrations so they did not interrupt the film, as was (and is?) the case with typical pop Indian films. The treatment of generations within close Indian family life, of levels of modernity of those who returned from abroad versus traditional Indian culture, courageous action without violence, the power of forgiveness, and the glorifying of Indian womanhood make this an international film at once entertaining and emotionally satisfying. It's in Hindi and English, with English sub-titles. I experienced Monsoon Wedding at the Kew Gardens Cinemas in Queens, NYC. Formerly a single screen fallen on hard times as a porno house, its new owner renovated it as a modern/nostalgic twin showing foreign and art-house domestic films. The presentation was good, and the almost sold-out audience of matinee seniors was most appreciative. My wife and I enjoyed a fine Indian dinner afterward at a tiny Indian restaurant around the corner.  |  IP: Logged Brad Haven Master Film Handler Posts: 300 From: fremantle, West Australia Registered: Aug 2001 posted 03-10-2002 10:38 PM                     Monsoon wedding is just about to end at my location after a glorious three month stay. It has been one of our best loved films with patrons always staying till the end and also occasionally applauding, which has become a rare occasion these days. See it while you can on film!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-10-2002 10:46 PM                        It is doing very well here at a local art house where I fill in occasionally; they are currently showing it on two of six screens and almost sold out several shows today. The prints look great and are excellent examples of a good super-16 blowup. They look a heck of a lot better than Italian for Beginners (which was shot on Digital Betacam).  |  IP: Logged

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