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Jul 10, 2005 01:13

What I've felt
What I've known
Sick and tired
I stand alone
Could you be there
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Last night I watched Gillo Pontecorvo's La Battaglia di Algeri with English Subtitles. The movie is about the Algerian FLN revolution against the French. A brilliant and very well made movie. Must watch ( Read more... )

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Comments 36

ex_ga_woo July 10 2005, 11:50:10 UTC

I don't mind watching pirated copies. It's the cam-recording versions that suck!

appaji July 10 2005, 15:07:23 UTC

Both these were cam recorded shit. He said they were not pirated. I did not know he meant they were not pirated copies but cam recorded :)).

appaji July 10 2005, 15:10:00 UTC

Updated the post to indicate that!

ex_ga_woo July 10 2005, 15:12:37 UTC

:D Yeah, Cam recordings are "originals" unless of course there are pirates screwing the camcorder-people which makes the whole thing really funny. There should be a movie "Camcorder-People Vs. Pirate-People" like that Werevolves Vs. Vampires movie that was released sometime this past year :)

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rileen July 10 2005, 19:38:06 UTC

Why so lonely?

Looking forward to your views on Bose, the forgotten hero.

appaji July 10 2005, 20:20:46 UTC

> Why so lonely?

Bad day, bad thoughts :)

> Bose, the forgotten hero.

Not only were the CDs made by shooting the movie with a camcorder in a theater, but they also had scratches and were not playing properly. I could barely watch the movie, so I ditched it.

rileen July 10 2005, 20:23:18 UTC

I too would rather wait for a good print. Hence yet to watch 'Parineeta', 'Bunty aur Babli' etc.

appaji July 10 2005, 20:28:39 UTC

Parineeta is a good movie. Though silly at times, I liked it a lot. I did not read Sarath Chandra Chatterjee's novel so I can't say if the movie does justice to the movie.

And as for, BnB, 'Wanna B' was good in Sarkar (and the movie was very good too).

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praveenkumarg July 11 2005, 11:29:24 UTC

maybe the guy did a first hand recording with a cam corder.
So its not pirated that way :)

appaji July 11 2005, 12:10:15 UTC

Henceforth, I'll always ask if it is from a camera. I figure, the moral aspect apart, the pirated CD isn't a big deal as far as the movie watching pleasure is concerned.

anonymous July 12 2005, 05:08:37 UTC

Dont waste time on Bose. You might as well pick up a good book on Bose.

appaji July 12 2005, 08:43:17 UTC

I ended up not watching it because of the poor quality of the CDs. I was expecting that Shyam Benagal would do a good job :-) And any recommendations for the book?

PS: You could leave your name, or get an LJ account for commenting Ms/r Anonymous.

thinkspecs July 13 2005, 05:49:11 UTC

rofl @ the PS

appaji July 13 2005, 09:20:31 UTC

Actually, I know who left the comment :-) hence the PS. You know, I go around the world Linuxising, Debianising and off-late LJising people :-P

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