tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post2935244350445267220..comments2023-10-23T22:57:46.285+05:30Comments on The Argumentative Indian: A Visit to Hans, being some notes on alterity and cinemaAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03861449757599870039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post-83912835445330278662012-06-30T23:42:09.609+05:302012-06-30T23:42:09.609+05:30Ah, but "us" is very ambiguous. Doesn...Ah, but "us" is very ambiguous. Doesn't include me. Didn't include the person I went with. Doesn't include the chap who's been nice enough to comment upar. Us is very indeterminate, dear Anon.<br /><br />Glad that you read whatever you did of it. Giving it more time would've empowered you to comment more authoritatively - though, for the point you make, it would be remarkable even so.APhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861449757599870039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post-4364007075433701902012-06-22T22:11:11.871+05:302012-06-22T22:11:11.871+05:30hey anubhav, you seem to present the whole scene o...hey anubhav, you seem to present the whole scene of such cinema halls as something distant and as something distinct from our middle class lives...i think all of us must have been to these cinema places once in a while in our lifetimes and the don't forget that the coming up of multiplexes have made these type of cinema halls 'exotic'! I don't find them exotic! Rather they are a common phenomena...well let me tell you here that I have not read the whole of your article...but i said what i found striking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post-79061110804713732282012-06-11T00:54:24.343+05:302012-06-11T00:54:24.343+05:30Hmmmm...yes, I agree with all of what you say - th...Hmmmm...yes, I agree with all of what you say - though, again, I'm not too sure about the ideal critique part. <br /><br />But then, there have to be standards and for that ideals.APhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861449757599870039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post-6972906846396609102012-06-06T21:34:10.885+05:302012-06-06T21:34:10.885+05:30Cinephiles should definitely judge equitably, by a...Cinephiles should definitely judge equitably, by avoiding “the largely superficial paraphernalia of culture and taste”. We should not be over eager to declare catchy inferences e.g. one Bhopali friend cherishes Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris as ‘unconventional’; he doesn’t notice how typical writer-director Allen has been by contriving a lot of ego satisfaction for the protagonist, which we are supposed to laugh at while siding with him as he is hyped up as its hero. Near-ideal critiques, such as many reviews of Jonathan Rosenbaum [he now posts these & other pre-retirement essays on his personal website], also investigate social-industrial impetuses and impediments responsible for the critiqued. Ideal critiques would evocatively judge even less-noticed acting performances & crew contributions. Praise and criticism of this sort could (respectively) improve and damage careers e.g. Pauline Kael is credited for boosting Warren Beatty’s stardom by going gaga (in much detail) over his production cum vehicle Bonnie And Clyde, not that her reviews were ideal.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216375569472134952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-279476113734402428.post-26603908577160100672012-06-06T21:32:13.953+05:302012-06-06T21:32:13.953+05:30You have made me realize that film critics should ...You have made me realize that film critics should take note if their judgments about certain movies are biased by discomforts in the cinema halls.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216375569472134952noreply@blogger.com