Visually beautiful, this movie is very worth seeing. It is sad, haunting even. India is such a different country and culture than ours. I learned something about another culture, way of life. Though i imagine India is a country of great contrasts and this points the way. It is poetic, romantic, sad, and somewhat redeeming,though not a Hollywood ending. It shows the sad plight of woman on our planet. It remains a mystery, why the fear of the feminine, which has been going on for thousands of years. Although the film is set in 1936, I sense not that much has changed in the rural parts of much of the planet in regards to womans rights. Perhaps film is one of the great ways we can learn about problems around the globe. Each country has film makers dealing with their own cultural blinders. From what I read, this director went through some scary times making the film.
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10 March 2006
Funny to the bone. I adore the show, Steven is so appealing. My husband and I plan our evening around the Report. I cant take the news any more, it's so depressing, frustrating and totally black (the "regular" news creates bias just through how they word things - it's just inherent in language). However, both the Colbert Report and Daily show inform me while satirizing. It's a winning combination. I think Steven Colbert is brilliant. He is one of the writers for the show and all the writers seem super imaginative and right on target. His delivery is usually mesmerizing. I think this show appeals to a wide age range. I'm in my late 50s and I think there may be a younger demographic in general for Colbert. Maybe it's more of an attitude that we have in common. The show is like O'Reilly on luminescently clear hallucinogens. Steven maintains a double approach: faking a right punch, but actually hits with the left. He has appeal to clear-thinking logical folks who also love to laugh. How else can we get through this madness except with comedy?
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