tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090676701125864139.post6475352322175877831..comments2024-03-05T04:53:20.182-08:00Comments on Antarra's ramblings: Yahudi (1958)antarrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17426370822672116904noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090676701125864139.post-38992080460772844032017-07-17T21:55:00.324-07:002017-07-17T21:55:00.324-07:00I am from Tamil nadu I like Malayalam Movies very ... I am from Tamil nadu I like Malayalam Movies very much, in contrast I heard many Malayalam people like VIJAY, AJITH, SURYA, ALLU ARJUN. Tollywood is completely opposite to molly wood, whereas kolly wood is mixture of both the tolly wood and molly wood. Movies Made by Malayalam Industries are heart warming and life oriented, where you can at least learn something for your Life. I wish People from Malayalam film industry release their movies in Tamil with subtitles so that it will reach wider audience. Because artistic work should reach more people in the world. I used to read all the <a href="www.samakalikamalayalam.com" rel="nofollow">latest Kerala News in Malayalam</a> from this site, check it , would be useful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13248223109399380100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090676701125864139.post-67939388341501072572009-05-21T03:59:02.362-07:002009-05-21T03:59:02.362-07:00There is an opera somewhat on the same lines Halev...There is an opera somewhat on the same lines Halevy's 'La Juive'. It is not set in Rome but medieval Europe and it is a conflict between christians and jews. Stolen (chrisitan) daughter (Rachel) in love with a prince. The prince is a thorough coward and marries the princess to whom he is engaged. The jewish father (Eleazar) before he is about to get killed reaveals to the cardinal that he knows about his daughter's whereabouts, but refuses to reveal it. Getting angry with it the cardinal kills Rachel and just before eleazar is pushed in a cauldron full of boiling oil, he reveals Rachel's true identity! Gory, what?Pat an Jellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166299791462996244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090676701125864139.post-21020889280398162242009-04-12T09:52:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:52:00.000-07:00Bollyviewer -- They both survive, so the ending is...Bollyviewer -- They both survive, so the ending is more upbeat, but the future does look quite bleak given that her father is dead and Marcus is really not in a fit state to take over her father's business, and there is no indication that she would know how to (unless I am being to realistic here).<BR/><BR/>I suppose Marcus is more a catalyst, enabling the final confrontation between Ezra and Brutus, it is just odd to watch, because he is actually present in that scene but literally does nothing. It just struck me as odd that he even is there.<BR/><BR/>I think it is unlikely to be an adaptation of a European play, because it is free from Christians. Also, the way ancient Rome works here is just not the way ancient Rome ever worked. There never was a Governor of Rome, women were not allowed in the Senate, let alone a dance performance. Not that European plays set in ancient Rome are always historically accurate (far from it), but to me it felt like somebody liked the idea of using ancient Rome as a metaphor for Hindu-Muslim relations and then did a minimal amount of research. I have to say, I rather liked the result.antarrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426370822672116904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090676701125864139.post-38041861554642322722009-04-12T09:18:00.000-07:002009-04-12T09:18:00.000-07:00I thought the movie ends happily for the two lover...I thought the movie ends happily for the two lovers, at least. So its not all doom and gloom.<BR/><BR/>The whole movie was about the persecution of Jews and Ezra's fight against this injustice, so Marcus getting sidelined was inevitable as he isnt part of the oppressed people. Guess the presence of Sohrab Modi explains the long speeches Ezra gets to make - he was famous for his great voice and did these speeches very well.<BR/><BR/>I did wonder if the movie was an adaptation of a classic play by some European writer, because it seemed a bit odd for an Indian writer to write a story set in ancient Rome! It may be that, but I guess its also a metaphor for the Hindu-Muslim relations in India which were rather strained as a result of a very bloody Partition just a decade before this film.Bollyviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17270927806254662068noreply@blogger.com