Oks, so we all know of this phenom, where art imitates life. Also converse of this, life imitating art, is fast becoming a well known idiom, what with media's hold, and its ubiquitous presence in modern life.
Now just something i noticed, where recently ads of an insurance company featuring cricketers, and illustrating uncertainty of modern life, are running.
Guess surely a case of Life imitating Ad, when one cricketer featured there actually got injured, before the start of Champions Trophy. No ?
In movie, Last Samurai, Tom Cruise, after having been captured, has his first meeting with Samurai King. In this encounter, a few words are exchanged, like their individual names, but nothing of significance. However a certain tension between between captor and captive, between two warriors of different motivations, seems to ease. A simple exchange of words breaks through barriers of culture and context, connecting two humans. "It has been a good conversation", concludes Samurai king, smiling
Secret Sauce of Super Success
Found this interesting post on Found|Read, giving a top executive's view of how they look at their company's product. Company in question is Disney and product being discussed is an animated movie, Up, being made by Pixar, to be released as Disney Pixar offering for '09 summer. Well, have always enjoyed a Disney Pixar movie, with all of them gracing my DVD collection too. Guess there is so much talk of repeat value of a movie, about initial opening, about number of prints,star cast and cost of making, by business guys and critics, that what makes for a great product is forgotten.
Reading CEO's comment puts things in correct perspective. Make a great product, even great art, and than or rather that would (surely) make money.
Reading CEO's comment puts things in correct perspective. Make a great product, even great art, and than or rather that would (surely) make money.
Nice Fortune and Great Feature
Saw this line in Orkut's Today's fortune section : Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
An aha moment; guess want to say how appropriate, without giving too much away:)
On a different note though, over time have noticed Orkut's fortune section to have lines that immediately connect. Just wondering how this is generated, whether there is a kind of engine or whether it is a person(or team)? Whatever it is, is pretty effective feature, for am not a heavy Orkut user, but have logged on many times just to catch the Today's fortune section. Also have had similar thought been expressed by some of my friends. Given that make or break for a social network is stickablity with users, guess if this what gets people in the network to log on, it is great.
No? Maybe?
Any readers who have similar experience with Orkut? Also similar feature or application seen on Facebook?
Me back to work, on my game,charged up.
An aha moment; guess want to say how appropriate, without giving too much away:)
On a different note though, over time have noticed Orkut's fortune section to have lines that immediately connect. Just wondering how this is generated, whether there is a kind of engine or whether it is a person(or team)? Whatever it is, is pretty effective feature, for am not a heavy Orkut user, but have logged on many times just to catch the Today's fortune section. Also have had similar thought been expressed by some of my friends. Given that make or break for a social network is stickablity with users, guess if this what gets people in the network to log on, it is great.
No? Maybe?
Any readers who have similar experience with Orkut? Also similar feature or application seen on Facebook?
Me back to work, on my game,charged up.
Jai Ho and Jai Hind
Well Slumdog has won and lots has been said, across different media, even the web, but on different places.
Just thought would write one post summarizing all that thicket of conversation.
Guess there are a couple of recurring themes seen.
One major current, where we Indians want to feel good about the movie and its Oscar march, just because it is about our country and fellow country men won.
Jai Ho morphing to Jai Hind.
Then there is this other current, again coming from national identification, but here instead of pride there is disgust/remorse/criticism whatever one might call it. Picturing of slums in our country, in a movie made by Brits, well one can be sure it would evoke a 'patriotic' reaction.
Jai Hind, therefore no Jai Ho.
Now, where do my allegiances lie, anticipating the thought in your head, dear reader.
Well, neither. And here would like to say, sort of tongue in cheek, how can a movie, any movie for that matter, be of national importance.
Meaning, how can people in either of the positions above, whether celebratory or critical, attach so much national significance to 'a' movie? And now when times are recessionary, with a possible economic depression looming, surely there are other matters to be more concerned about. End of the day, it is a movie,and to my mind would make for a better world if all its merit, significance and talk about it remained in realm of art*.
Attaching elements of polity ,society and nationality into what is primarily a product for 'entertainment' is going too far.
Jai Hind and Jai Ho have an incidental similarity where the first word comprising the whole phrase, is the same.
'Slumdog Millionare' is just a romantic, rags to riches movie,'incidentally' set in Mumbai backwaters.
Let's keep it that way.
*Do see some semblance of this is being said now, especially in context of 'Slums' Oscar victory for best picture, where some other popular movies lost out.
Just thought would write one post summarizing all that thicket of conversation.
Guess there are a couple of recurring themes seen.
One major current, where we Indians want to feel good about the movie and its Oscar march, just because it is about our country and fellow country men won.
Jai Ho morphing to Jai Hind.
Then there is this other current, again coming from national identification, but here instead of pride there is disgust/remorse/criticism whatever one might call it. Picturing of slums in our country, in a movie made by Brits, well one can be sure it would evoke a 'patriotic' reaction.
Jai Hind, therefore no Jai Ho.
Now, where do my allegiances lie, anticipating the thought in your head, dear reader.
Well, neither. And here would like to say, sort of tongue in cheek, how can a movie, any movie for that matter, be of national importance.
Meaning, how can people in either of the positions above, whether celebratory or critical, attach so much national significance to 'a' movie? And now when times are recessionary, with a possible economic depression looming, surely there are other matters to be more concerned about. End of the day, it is a movie,and to my mind would make for a better world if all its merit, significance and talk about it remained in realm of art*.
Attaching elements of polity ,society and nationality into what is primarily a product for 'entertainment' is going too far.
Jai Hind and Jai Ho have an incidental similarity where the first word comprising the whole phrase, is the same.
'Slumdog Millionare' is just a romantic, rags to riches movie,'incidentally' set in Mumbai backwaters.
Let's keep it that way.
*Do see some semblance of this is being said now, especially in context of 'Slums' Oscar victory for best picture, where some other popular movies lost out.
Aha, an Oscar
So the country is abuzz with Slumdog millionaire winning a clutch of Oscars, and in that set are those won by Rehman and Resul Pookutty, both 'bona fide' Indians. Hence where ever you look, whatever channel you flip, this is THE News.
Even on Google News Top Stories widget see an item related to the PM congratulating Slumdog team. All good; surely a matter of great honour and pride winning an Oscar.
Congratulations to all people involved. And also considering that Little Pinky also won, looks like India is a flavour of this Oscar season.
Now whatever might have been the merits of Slumdog as a movie or not, all the same
Jai Ho, or maybe Jai Hind:)
Even on Google News Top Stories widget see an item related to the PM congratulating Slumdog team. All good; surely a matter of great honour and pride winning an Oscar.
Congratulations to all people involved. And also considering that Little Pinky also won, looks like India is a flavour of this Oscar season.
Now whatever might have been the merits of Slumdog as a movie or not, all the same
Jai Ho, or maybe Jai Hind:)
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