My art house theater is appropriately named "The Downer."
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, keithbjohn...@... wrote:
>
> The Tara here in Atlana (love that name, eh?) is an art house type
theatre, too. It aired "Milk" when that was in limited release. Same
with "Doubt". It often gets the films that never make it to wide
release. I've seen several British films starring older actors there,
as well as stuff like "Mongol". As for the crowds, it is in a part of
Atlanta that's a confluence of older white folks, gays, young urban
hipsters, and black folk. It's literally just inside the county line
for Atlanta, and is a stronghold of liberal voters. Due to the nature
of the films, the crowd is usually mostly white, and skews older.
>
> I love the diversity though. One thing I like about living here in
Atlanta, is that my wife and I often go places--plays, musicals,
movies--where there are a lot of white folks who you can just tell
where activists, flower children, Peace Corps types from the '60s. I
get a laugh going to see the Alvin Ailey dancers, or a performance of
"Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", and seeing older guys with their thinning
grey hair pulled back in ponytails. Or silver-haired Jewish women
wearing tie-dye shirts and clapping to the soul beat fully as
excitedly as me.
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@...>
> > Here in Milwaukee "Slumdog" is only playing at Art Houses. I saw it
> > at an antiquated theater where I hadn't seen a first run movie since
> > Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown" played there in the last
> > millennium. Man, it is cold as heck here in Wisconsin and I had to
> > stand in a line OUTSIDE to purchase my ticket. There is a stereotype
> > about black people at the movies but I saw "Slumdog" with a theater
> > full of gentrified middle-aged white folks, several of whom felt
> > compelled to state the obvious - "Ooh! Bollywood!" - about events on
> > the screen.
> >
> > Traci - I feel your pain.
> >
> > ~(no)rave!
> >
> >
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, KeithBJohnson@ wrote:
> > >
> > > It's in theatres, my friend. Just ease on down the road to the Tara
> > on Cheshire Bridge here in Atlanta. That's where I saw it.
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@>
> > > > The *minute* this lands on DVD, it's mine.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
> > > >
> > > > Subject : [scifinoir2] Slumdog Millionaire Soars
> > > >
> > > > Date : Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:42:18 -0000
> > > >
> > > > From : "ravenadal" <ravenadal@>
> > > >
> > > > To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Slumdog Millionaire Soars
> > > >
> > > > Slumdog Millionaire is an artful mash up of Oliver Twist, East of
> > > > Eden, It's a Wonderful Life, The Shop Around the Corner, The
> > > > Mahabharata and It Could Happen to You. A big, ebullient movie,
> > > > Slumdog bubbles up out of the brutal slums of Mumbai where
> > orphaned
> > > > brothers Jamal (Ayush Mahesh Khedekar) and Salim (Azharuddin
> > Mohammed
> > > > Ismail) forge a lifelong bond as "the Two Musketeers" and
soars to
> > the
> > > > national stage of the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A
> > Millionaire.
> > > >
> > > > Motherless street urchin Latika (Rubiana Ali) becomes the third
> > > > Musketeer when big-hearted Jamal, who always gives his best,
> > offers
> > > > her shelter from the rain, against the stern rebuke of Salim, who
> > > > always keeps the best for himself. Literally scooped out a trash
> > heap
> > > > by the Fagin-like Maman (Ankur Vikal), the trio at first think
> > they
> > > > have found sanctuary with a kind-hearted benefactor but it
quickly
> > > > becomes apparent that their savior is a brutal exploiter of
> > children.
> > > > Salim helps Jamal and Latika escape but once again he saves the
> > best
> > > > for himself and Latika is recaptured. Jamal pines for Latika for
> > the
> > > > rest of the movie even as he and the ever resourceful Salim ride
> > the
> > > > rails and engage in all manner of petty larceny to survive.
> > Jamal's
> > > > life lessons, a marvelous tapestry shown in flashbacks,
contribute
> > to
> > > > his unlikely run on Millionaire.
> > > >
> > > > Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) does several remarkable
> > things in
> > > > Slumdog. He manages to convey the depth and breadth of India both
> > > > socially and geographically, from crushing poverty to lavish
> > wealth
> > > > and from the trash heaps of Mumbai to the reflecting pools of the
> > Taj
> > > > Mahal. He artfully juxtaposes the ugliness of exploitation and
> > > > corruption against the unrivaled beauty of love, faith and
> > > > perseverance. He shows us an ancient India co-existing
> > simultaneously
> > > > with an Indian economy built on outsourced services such as those
> > > > provided by the telephone call center where the adult Jamal(Dev
> > Patel)
> > > > toils as a chai-wallah, literally a boy who serves spiced tea.
> > > >
> > > > In short, Slumdog Millionaire is an energetic homage to classic
> > > > Twentieth Century filmmaking and a shining beacon pointing the
way
> > to
> > > > how great movies can be in the new millennium.
> > > >
> > > > ~rave!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
