2009/10/17 Vinayak Hegde <vinay...@gmail.com>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > Vinayak Hegde wrote, [on 10/17/2009 2:01 PM]: > > > >>> Simonova's sand story portrays the human loss after the German invasion > in > >>> 1941. The opening scene shows a couple sitting on a bench under a > starry > >>> sky. Warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated to be replaced > by > >>> crying faces. Then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again, but war > and > >>> chaos return and a young woman becomes an old widow, before the image > turns > >>> into an obelisk – the Ukrainian monument to its Unknown Soldier. > >> > >> On a similar note, I highly recommend watching Persepolis[1] - A > >> animated fillm (I am not sure that 'Animated film' is the right word > >> since much of the film mirrors the comic feel). The story follows a > >> young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian > >> Revolution. > > > > > > Similarly, I highly recommend the album _Dead Winter Dead_ [1] by > > Savatage, which I've mentioned here before [2]. > > > > A love story set against the backdrop of the war in Bosnia, it fuses > > great storytelling (both musical and lyrical) with amazing musicianship > > and the fusion on Mozart and metal. Highly recommended. > > > I of my friends whom I am trying to get on silk recommended the Grave > of the Fireflies [1] (Anime Film - consider one of the best anti-war > movies). Another great movie on the Kurdish extermination by Saddam is > Turtles can Fly [2]. All the protagonists in this movie are children > just like Grave of the Fireflies and Persepolis. > > -- Vinayak > > References - > 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_of_the_Fireflies > 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_Can_Fly > > and, of course, waltz with bashir : http://waltzwithbashir.com/ -
