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...Delhi, he had to speak fluent Hindi. He quickly lowered his standards and instead in 1962 entered India's new Film and Television Institute in Pune, believing that writing for the screen couldn't be too different than writing for the stage. But the New Wave movement was revolutionizing cinema around the globe and inspiring protean directors, from Martin Scorsese in the U.S. to Nagisa Oshima in Japan. Adoor realized that movies could transcend mass entertainment to become art. "I discovered cinema," he says. "Before I thought it was spectacle, something interesting, nothing more than that. Then I discovered...
...When I ask to see some of his earlier films, he insists on taking me to a cinema in the heart of the city to watch the films on the big screen. As we pick our way through the Trivandrum traffic in his boxy Honda, chasing down a couple of spare prints, Adoor decries "the bankruptcy of mainstream Indian cinema"; he quite proudly states that he almost never watches popular Indian films - except occasionally on TV, where "the commercials actually come as a welcome relief." Adoor's own preferences still run toward the aging European masters who first inspired...
...Brattle’s building began its life in 1890 as a lecture hall and theater, but in 1953 became a private cinema for classics and overlooked films. Although a full calendar of guests has not yet been confirmed for the year, Ned Hinkle, one of the Brattle’s co-directors, said that his organization had been “approaching a lot of different celebrities to make appearances...
...NOTEABLES. The Noteables, Harvard’s Broadway Beat, present an evening of singing and dancing featuring songs from Broadway and musical cinema. This concert will feature a mix of show tunes from both contemporary and older musicals and movies, including: “Company” from the musical “Company,” “People Will Say We’re In Love,” from the musical “Oklahoma,” “Roxie” from the musical (and Academy Award winning motion picture...
KENDALL SQUARE CINEMA...