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BGM is very very unique ...
must watch guys ...
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Gopal Srinivasan [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Beyond the Blockbusters: 'Slumdog Millionaire'
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November 12, 2008
By JOSH LARSEN [EMAIL PROTECTED] jplarsen%40scn1.com
British director Danny Boyle has been making headlong movies for 13 years
now, yet none have been as dazzling or delirious - as alive - as Slumdog
Millionaire.
Giddier than A Life Less Ordinary, grimier than
Trainspotting, more horrifying - in a real-world way - than 28 Days
Later, Slumdog Millionaire takes your breath away before you get a
chance to suck it in.
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Freida Pinto makes her movie debut in Slumdog Millionaire.
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
'Slumdog Millionaire'
Running time: 121 minutes
Rated: R (violence, disturbing images, language)
The story, adapted by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy from a novel by Vikas
Swarup, is 21st-century Dickens by way of India.
Set in contemporary Mumbai, the picture opens on 18-year-old
Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a penniless orphan who grew up homeless yet
has somehow managed to be on the verge of winning millions on an Indian
version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
With each trivia question, the picture flashes back to an
earlier time in Jamal's tragicomic life, revealing the extraordinary
education that lead to his knowledge of the answers.
Boyle credits casting director Loveleen Tandan as a
co-director on the film, and certainly her assistance in finding the
right Indian actors to play Jamal, his brother and their girl neighbor
at various ages was crucial to the movie's success.
The fates of these three are intertwined throughout their
lives. Our ability to remain emotionally involved in the expansive
story depends largely on the six young actors - some of whom were found
in the actual slums of Mumbai - who bring these characters to life.
The most arresting parts of the film immerse us in those
slums, though not via a Sally Struthers-type guilt trip. Instead, the
picture recognizes both the misery and the vitality of life in Mumbai's
poorest areas.
Boyle's camera rushes through cramped, dirty alleys chasing
after his young cast. With dynamic cinematography and fantastic
framing, he captures the youthful exuberance of these kids - which of
course makes the horrors awaiting them all the harder to bear.
Hunger, kidnapping and abuse all arrive, yet Jamal meets and
(mostly) conquers each with the sort of resilience that only exists in
childhood. Slumdog Millionaire is ultimately inspiring, but in the most
honest, gut-wrenching of ways.
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