A Conversation with Om Puri

Re: Interview with Hanif Kureshi at Stanford

Sorry folks. I missed that venue by a good day, due to my committments elsewhere;

I actually forgot about the day altogether; In order to use a Visor effectively, one needs to sync it often, or so i hear now. :)

Sincerely,.

Asim

Zahra/Scout #127 What was wrong with the Wild West Guy? Aside from the fact that he was a robber and a killer? What I didnt like was the mystical jump into the river by the cute female lead leaving the poor chap behind. What was she trying to prove?

Scout:

Crouching Tiger....had something else in it. I didn`t like the ``wild/desert guy`` at all! Sorry. I am surprised you didn`t find any deeper meaning. At least, I left with a very light heart. Besides the effects, there was a lot more in the movie. How could you miss that? Think? Well, probably I did not expect a lot as I took my seat in the hall - and just moved with the flow - therefore had a smooth journey all along. There was a lot of serenity on the faces of few people in that movie. Think ?

Later,

Zahra #125,

I watched the Game a long time ago and was uncomfortable throughout the movie. It was good though. I think viewer anxiety was a desired effect.

As for the hidden meaning behind ``Crouching Dragon,`` I didn`t really think about it. I was so annoyed by the story line that I forgot the rest.

By the way, was it just me or did you also think that the wild guy from the West was cute?

Tahmed:

You are 101% sexist. What do you mean ``tough`` ? Hain? I cannot believe it. Have you seen ``Heat`` and ``Casino``? I think ``Traffic`` is on the same pattern. Just because I love - Beauty and the Beast[beautiful songs], Pocahontas[lovely, cute and all time favorite], The Road to El Dorado[cute], Flintstones[jokers], Mulan[lovely]...does not mean that I cannot appreciate the sweet couple Michael Douglas+ Cathy Jones` ``Traffic`` - OK!


Scout:
I saw the movie ``Crouching Dragon...`` few weeks back and I agree with your comments on the special effects, but there was a deep message there. I ended up thinking for a few minutes after the movie was over. I liked it, depite its strangeness. It was different - in a good way. If you`ve seen ``The Game`` ? It was different, in a sadistic way. In fact, it was disgusting and killingly sick! Do not watch it!

Take Care!

Zahra/Scout: Saw Traffic last night with my wife. It is tense and very disturbing: deals with drug traficking from Mexico to US, what drugs do to kids and families in US, drug gangs in Mexico and police efforts in both countries to control it. Very tough but also very well made movie (in terms of plot, acting). Recommended if you like tough but well made movies.

Zahra #122,

Thanks for the info. I`ll look into those movies.

I watched ``Crouching Tiger: Hidden Dragon`` a couple of days ago. What a big disappointment.

The only entertaining aspects of the movie were the cinematography and musical score.

Scout and Tahmed:

I saw the movie, or I should say the drama or the fiasco... and will write my comments later. It was interesting. Good? Bus Theek Thaak!

In the meantime, do look into ``Under Suspicion`` starring Gene Hackman[a munhoos, but acted very well], Morgan Freeman[My all time favorite with a sweet smile]and an Italian beauty :-)
Everyone acted very well!

Also, ``Beautiful`` with Minnie Driver as the driving force[Ms. America Mania] was an entertainment. Scout, if you liked American Beauty, you may like this movie more than anyone else. :-) It`s humorous and has a moral - Sorry no Kevin Spacy :-( In fact, hardly any guy in the movie who uttered more than one or two sentences. Good!

Zahra #118,

I couldn`t, my niece was sick :(

How was it?

Ref headshrinker #: 74

[On the other hand, I`ve never had a sister.]

Didn`t you just tell us last week on another board that when you were a kid, if any of your friends gave you trouble, your sister would run up to him and give him a few slaps?

What happened, you can`t get your lies straight?

[On my birthday, she buys me a Jag]

Yeah, at the local Toys R Us.

[I`m happily married to a beautiful woman for 20+ years.]

In your imagination.

Did you take your Prozac today?

On the other hand, since you said that Hannibal is your kind of psychiatrist, maybe it is Halcyon that you normally take.

Zahra #118 I missed it. Was it good? I think it is supposed to be a true story.

Scout and TAhmed:

Did any of you watch the Bahraini Princess` episode?

Zahra #114 Thanks for the pointers to some good movies. I saw Armisted, but not the others (The Game, Ideal Husband, A Time to Kill, Dead Poets Society). Some of these others have been on my list for some time and will one day get to them. So many movies, so little time...

Re: scout, #113

I wasn`t guessing you. I was letting you know what I am like. Good to know, though. Same wavelength, it seems.

Hope I`d be able to find ``Scent of the Green Papaya`` at the Blockbuster`s. I want it to be my next movie.

Hi folks,

Try as i might i could not get even one Pakistani TV play from the Indo-Pak store in St Louis area where i live. I went to the store armed with the list that someone had been kind enough to post here. I hope to have better luck in New Jersey where my brother lives.

Anyway, i saw this move Gaja Gamini made by M.F. Hussain (who is a famous painter and an eccentric genius from India)today. Cannot make up my mind if it is a good movie or a bad one. Guess i have to watch it one more time. All i can say that M.F. Hussain seems to have been enamoured of women in general and Madhuri Dixit in particular.

rsridhar

TAhmed:

I have seen the movie a few years back, I guess. I like Michael Douglas - his acting, voice and articulation, in particular. Having watched ``The American President`` a few times, I had a set impression, which got disturbed by seeing ``A Perfect Murder.``

If you like action movies, then look into a weird one:

*The Game [It`s captivating, but has a strange theme]starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. I did not like it!

If you are into watching real nice ones, then look into:

- A time to kill [Great]
I think it was based on John Grisham`s novel.
[I watched this movie with a friend in Detroit few years back, without realizing that my friend and I were the only non-African Americans in the theatre. Every time the crowd cheered Samuel Jackson, my friend will tell me, `Zahra, let`s get out of here. The crowd may start becoming violent towards us.` I`d politely told her, `Koi Baat Naheen! Read Ayut-ul-Kursee in your heart and let`s be brave.` It was a jam packed hall. I was engrossed in the movie that never cared to looked around me. Every time, there was a scene where a black and white had an argument...Oooh! the audience would go crazy! You must have guessed; it is on racial issues, in Mississippi setting.]

- Amistad [Another Excellent Movie with great actors]!!! starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins and Mathew McConaughey]http://www.cinema1.com/movies97/amistad/us2.html

- Dead Poet`s Society [Robin Williams]
[A Sweet One]

- An Ideal husband [Oscar Wilde`s Beautiful Wit]
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9906/23/review.idealhusband/index.html

You may have seen few of them; if not, then enjoy!

Have a nice weekend!