Hello peeps :)There can be hundreds of reasons for my deep appreciation, which comes only rarely with this intensity. I will try to brief them in the coming few points.
What Danny Boyle had:
Give this to any director, and he/she will give you a mediocre film, however with good intentions. But no. Danny Boyle gave us 8 OSCARS.
The way he used the flashback tool was phenomenal. There are scenes still lingering in my head as a result of the intensity of the film.
The way he got the best out of the young "actors"- especially the children (amazing kids- especially the kid in the photo here).
- Very limited financial resources,
- Over-crowded shooting locations (which can be a headache to any film crew),
- Untrained cast (most of the actors were not professional ones),
- A visible linguistic barrier,
- Certain thorny issues to deal with (religion, prostitution, national sensitivities, to name a few),
- A very old plot that was dealt with numerously - so he had to twist it around and tackle it differently for authenticity and novelty, and
- Had to match between the film being a Western production (the language mostly, as well as the nationalities of most of the film crew) and the Indian print (the country, the actors, the story).
Give this to any director, and he/she will give you a mediocre film, however with good intentions. But no. Danny Boyle gave us 8 OSCARS.
The way he used the flashback tool was phenomenal. There are scenes still lingering in my head as a result of the intensity of the film.
The way he got the best out of the young "actors"- especially the children (amazing kids- especially the kid in the photo here).
The way the story was organized in such a way that keeps you on your toes with anticipation, empathy, disbelief (that there are people that live in such dire conditions) and amazement with the carefully-picked shooting angles and landscape (every single one of them is meaningful).
Superb cinematography indeed.
Just a reminder of who Danny Boyle is: His most memorable movies include The Beach and Trainspotting.
Anyway, I just thought Slumdog Millionaire is an intense EXPERIENCE in itself and had to be shared.
Superb cinematography indeed.
Just a reminder of who Danny Boyle is: His most memorable movies include The Beach and Trainspotting.
Anyway, I just thought Slumdog Millionaire is an intense EXPERIENCE in itself and had to be shared.
I can't wait to find the time and th mood to go see this movie really...it was recommended to me by one of my most trust worthy friends, only a couple of days ago...and here ure excited about it:) come on girl lets go see it together this week plzzzzzzzz
ReplyDeleteVery good article Rania , Can I borrow the DVD from you ?
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