Sunday 16 November 2014
Hey you.
Yes, you. stop being unhappy with yourself. Your perfect.Stop wishing you looked like someone else pr wishing people
liked you so much as they like someone else. Stop trying to get
attention from those who hurt you. Stop hating your body, your
face, your personality, your quirks. Love them. Without those
things you wouldn't be you. And why would you want to be anyone else?
Be confident with who you are. smile. it'll draw people in. If anyone hate
on you because you are happy with yourself then you stick your middle finger
in the air and say screw it. My happiness will not depend on other anymore.
I'm happy because i love who i am. I love my flaws. I love my imperfections.
They make me me. And 'me' is pretty amazing
Tuesday 11 November 2014
Hey you.
Yes, you. stop being unhappy with yourself. Your perfect.
Stop wishing you looked like someone else pr wishing people
liked you so much as they like someone else. Stop trying to get
attention from those who hurt you. Stop hating your body, your
face, your personality, your quirks. Love them. Without those
things you wouldn't be you. And why would you want to be anyone else?
Be confident with who you are. smile. it'll draw people in. If anyone hate
on you because you are happy with yourself then you stick your middle finger
in the air and say screw it. My happiness will not depend on other anymore.
I'm happy because i love who i am. I love my flaws. I love my imperfections.
They make me me. And 'me' is pretty amazing.
Sunday 9 November 2014
Thursday 6 November 2014
A girl who is neither a liberal nor an activist came to my inbox and says.
" I don't have the courage to say this publicly. Facebook is flooding with these posts right after kiss protest, which says men seeking marriage should investigate whether the girl went to kochi on November 2 . Again the blame is for girls!! In reality girls should be the ones asking this question "Did you go out there with mobile or tablet and climbed on top off tree, hoping to capture "steamy scenes".In that case I don't want to marry you. You are a pervert."
The biggest achievement of this protest was to strip bare the moral hypocrisy and perversion of our society to even the most normal among normal person .
Wednesday 5 November 2014
ഒരു വ്യക്തി സ്വന്തമായി ചെയാൻ അറയ്കുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങൾ പോലും അവൻ ബോധമില്ലാത്ത ആൾക്കൂട്ടത്തിൻറെ ഭാഗമാകുന്പോൾ ചെയും. തൻറെ ചെയ്തികളുടെ ഉത്തരവാധിത്വം സ്വയം ഏറ്റെടുക്കാതെ അൾക്കൂട്ടത്തെ ഏൽപ്പിക്കാം എന്ന സൌകര്യം ഉണ്ട്. അത് കൊണ്ടാണ് വ്യക്തികൾ ആൾക്കൂട്ടത്തിൻറെ ഭാഗമാകുന്പോൾ ഗർഭപാത്രം കുത്തികീറി ഭ്രൂണത്തെ പുറത്തെടുത്ത് ആഘോഷിക്കുന്നത്. ഇവിടെ അട്ടഹസിക്കുന്ന ഇവൻറെ മുന്നിൽ ഒരു സ്ത്രീ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടിരുന്നു എങ്കിൽ അവൻ പിച്ചിചീന്തുമായിരുന്നു എന്ന് നിസംശയം പറയാം. യുക്തിയും, ചിന്തയും, മനുഷ്യത്തവും, പുരോഗമന ആശയങ്ങളും ഒക്കെ പലപ്പോഴും ആൾക്കൂട്ടങ്ങൾക്ക് അന്യമാണ്. എക്കാലത്തും ഒരു ന്യൂനപക്ഷമാണ് പുരോഗതിയുടെ ദീപം പേറിയിട്ടുള്ളത്
The city of Cochin, on November 2nd, 2014, witnessed the successful execution of our protest known as Kiss of Love, a movement against the fundamentalist and reactionary elements of this country who indulge in moral policing, which has been been a major hindrance to peaceful living and individual freedom in India. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who supported, promoted and stood by us, thereby making this endeavour a great triumph. We especially thank the student community in various Indian Universities for extending their solidarity to us (the students of University of Hyderabad, IIT-B and IISER-K, at the foremost). A great load of thanks to the media, which took care to report about the protest in an unbiased manner.
When we came up with this completely novel way to protest (at least in Kerala) against the practice of moral policing, we had to face a lot of opposition from many sections of society.
At this important juncture, various political institutions like DYFI, SFI and Youth Congress and their volunteers came forward and declared their support for us. We express our deep thanks to all of you. We would like to express our gratitude to the representatives of the cultural and political movements in Kerala, who brought this issue into the attention of the mainstream media and helped in the development of healthy debates about moral policing and its detrimental effect, especially, V.T. Balram (M.L.A), M.B.Rajesh (M.P), Deen Kuriakose (Youth congress), T.N. Seema (M.P.- Rajyasabha), Kureepuzha Sreekumar (poet), N.S. Madhavan, Anand, Susmesh Chandroth, Zacharia(authors), R. Unni (Script writer) and Joy Matthew (actor, director), T.N Joy (Social activist). Also, special thanks to C.P.I (M) State Secretary, Sri Pinarayi Vijayan, for speaking against the biased actions of the State police against our protesters.
We would also like to use this opportunity to clarify the doubts about the political ideologies of individuals who took part in the Kiss of Love movement, as many assumptions and speculations are being circulated regarding the actual motive behind this.
Firstly, rather than an organisation, Kiss of Love is a wake-up call or a campaign. We are a group of people who respect the Indian Constitution and we only want to protest against injustices by being a part of the same Constitution. We made a group in Facebook to popularise this campaign. The group consisted of people from all walks of life, who supported democracy and also people with varied political affiliations. The only motive of our campaign is to oppose cultural fascism using the democratic methods that are backed by our Constitution. We support and shall continue to support everyone who comes forward to become a part of this movement, but we are not responsible or liable to give replies to questions about their other political beliefs. But at the same time, we would like to register our disappointment and disagreement towards the State Police’s decision to specifically assault some of our supporters on their way back from the Kiss of Love protest venue, irrespective of what their political views are.
Another accusation is that Kiss of Love is a group of Anarchists and Apolitical individuals. A request to those who make such accusations, kindly go and look up the meaning of ‘Anarchy’. The few of us came in front of the violent crowd with trust in the Law enforcement agencies of the state, which would have been impossible if we didn’t believe in law or the state. Similarly, we are not apolitical. We have clear cut politics and that is rooted in the concept of individual freedom. We are against cultural fascism and fundamentalistic ideologies. We are not protesting against the law, rather we are protesting against the lawlessness of moral policing. We are advocating for the basic right of an Indian citizen to be able to move freely in this country, without fear of any kind of breach in individual freedom.
We admit that there have been a few of flaws in the execution of this protest, due to the lack of a structured organisation and also as this protest was organised with the help of social networking and other relatively new media. Even then, we have completely succeeded in presenting our views to the global society. The success of our movement is an example of how Social networking can help in raising awareness about social injustices and bring together people for a common cause. We hope that in future, Kerala would witness even greater protests organised using virtual networking.
We do not have anything against the retrograde communal groups that are opposing us. The fact that they are against us is proof in itself that we are fighting for a just cause. But the war cries that they raised during our protest is actually a cry against the democratic establishment.
The knowledge that the civilised Indian youth are taking up this idea and spreading it is a proud moment for us. We are also proud to be the ones to have first tolled the bell that marks the fall of cultural dictatorship. We also would like to make it clear that we will go forward with the ideas we have put forward and our methods of protest. We wish to decentralize our concept.
We call the millennial generation to come forward and takeover our ideas and spread it in our Universities, cities, public spaces and in the cultural arena and make a difference.
#kissoflove
When we came up with this completely novel way to protest (at least in Kerala) against the practice of moral policing, we had to face a lot of opposition from many sections of society.
At this important juncture, various political institutions like DYFI, SFI and Youth Congress and their volunteers came forward and declared their support for us. We express our deep thanks to all of you. We would like to express our gratitude to the representatives of the cultural and political movements in Kerala, who brought this issue into the attention of the mainstream media and helped in the development of healthy debates about moral policing and its detrimental effect, especially, V.T. Balram (M.L.A), M.B.Rajesh (M.P), Deen Kuriakose (Youth congress), T.N. Seema (M.P.- Rajyasabha), Kureepuzha Sreekumar (poet), N.S. Madhavan, Anand, Susmesh Chandroth, Zacharia(authors), R. Unni (Script writer) and Joy Matthew (actor, director), T.N Joy (Social activist). Also, special thanks to C.P.I (M) State Secretary, Sri Pinarayi Vijayan, for speaking against the biased actions of the State police against our protesters.
We would also like to use this opportunity to clarify the doubts about the political ideologies of individuals who took part in the Kiss of Love movement, as many assumptions and speculations are being circulated regarding the actual motive behind this.
Firstly, rather than an organisation, Kiss of Love is a wake-up call or a campaign. We are a group of people who respect the Indian Constitution and we only want to protest against injustices by being a part of the same Constitution. We made a group in Facebook to popularise this campaign. The group consisted of people from all walks of life, who supported democracy and also people with varied political affiliations. The only motive of our campaign is to oppose cultural fascism using the democratic methods that are backed by our Constitution. We support and shall continue to support everyone who comes forward to become a part of this movement, but we are not responsible or liable to give replies to questions about their other political beliefs. But at the same time, we would like to register our disappointment and disagreement towards the State Police’s decision to specifically assault some of our supporters on their way back from the Kiss of Love protest venue, irrespective of what their political views are.
Another accusation is that Kiss of Love is a group of Anarchists and Apolitical individuals. A request to those who make such accusations, kindly go and look up the meaning of ‘Anarchy’. The few of us came in front of the violent crowd with trust in the Law enforcement agencies of the state, which would have been impossible if we didn’t believe in law or the state. Similarly, we are not apolitical. We have clear cut politics and that is rooted in the concept of individual freedom. We are against cultural fascism and fundamentalistic ideologies. We are not protesting against the law, rather we are protesting against the lawlessness of moral policing. We are advocating for the basic right of an Indian citizen to be able to move freely in this country, without fear of any kind of breach in individual freedom.
We admit that there have been a few of flaws in the execution of this protest, due to the lack of a structured organisation and also as this protest was organised with the help of social networking and other relatively new media. Even then, we have completely succeeded in presenting our views to the global society. The success of our movement is an example of how Social networking can help in raising awareness about social injustices and bring together people for a common cause. We hope that in future, Kerala would witness even greater protests organised using virtual networking.
We do not have anything against the retrograde communal groups that are opposing us. The fact that they are against us is proof in itself that we are fighting for a just cause. But the war cries that they raised during our protest is actually a cry against the democratic establishment.
The knowledge that the civilised Indian youth are taking up this idea and spreading it is a proud moment for us. We are also proud to be the ones to have first tolled the bell that marks the fall of cultural dictatorship. We also would like to make it clear that we will go forward with the ideas we have put forward and our methods of protest. We wish to decentralize our concept.
We call the millennial generation to come forward and takeover our ideas and spread it in our Universities, cities, public spaces and in the cultural arena and make a difference.
#kissoflove
ഈ രാജ്യത്തെ ജനങ്ങളുടെ സ്വൈര്യ ജീവിതത്തിനും വ്യക്തിസ്വാതന്ത്ര്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കും വിഘാതം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരുന്ന സദാചാര പൊലീസിങ്ങ് എന്ന മൗലികവാദത്തിനെതിരെ കൊച്ചിയില്‍, 2014 നവംബര്‍ 2-ന് "കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലൗ" എന്ന പേരില്‍ നടത്തിയ പ്രതിഷേധ പരിപാടികള്‍ക്ക് പിന്തുണ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുകയും, ഇതൊരു വന്‍വിജയം ആക്കുവാന്‍ സഹായിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത എല്ലാവര്‍ക്കും - പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ഇന്ത്യയൊട്ടാകെയുള്ള കലാലയങ്ങളിലെ വിദ്യാര്‍ഥി സമൂഹത്തിനും (പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും ഹൈദരാബാദ് സര്‍വ്വകലാശാലയിലെയും മുംബൈ ഐ ഐ ടി യിലെയും കൊല്‍ക്കത്ത ഐസറിലെയും വിദ്യാര്‍ഥികള്‍), പക്ഷപാതരഹിതമായി വാര്‍ത്തകള്‍ നല്‍കിയ മാധ്യമങ്ങള്‍ക്കും - ഞങ്ങള്‍ സ്നേഹത്തിന്റെ ഭാഷയില്‍ നന്ദി പറയുന്നു.
സദാചാര പൊലീസിങ്ങിനെ എതിര്‍ത്തു കൊണ്ട് തികച്ചും പുതിയ ഒരു സമര രീതിയുമായി മുന്നോട്ടിറങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ, സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ വിവിധ കോണുകളില്‍ നിന്ന് എതിർപ്പുകൾ നേരിടേണ്ടി വന്നിരുന്നു. വളരെ നിർണായകമായ അവസരത്തിൽ ഈ പുരോഗമന രാഷ്ട്രീയ നിലപാടിന് അനുകൂലമമായി മുന്നോട്ടു വന്ന DYFI, SFI, യൂത്ത് കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ് തുടങ്ങിയുള്ള അനേകം സംഘടനകള്‍ക്കും അതിന്റെ പ്രവർത്തകർക്കും നന്ദി രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.മുഖ്യധാരയിലേയ്ക്ക് ഈ സമരത്തിന്റെ ചര്‍ച്ചകള്‍ എത്തിക്കാന്‍ ഉതകുന്ന തരത്തില്‍ പിന്തുണയുമായെത്തിയ വി ടി ബലറാം എം എല്‍ എ , എം ബി രാജേഷ് എം പി , ഡീന്‍ കുര്യാക്കോസ്‌ (യൂത്ത്കോണ്‍ഗ്രസ്) , ടി എന്‍ സീമ (രാജ്യസഭാ എം പി ),ടി എന്‍ ജോയ് (സാമൂഹ്യ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകന്‍ ) ,കുരീപ്പുഴ ശ്രീകുമാര്‍ (കവി ),എന്‍ എസ് മാധവന്‍,ആനന്ദ്,സുസ്മേഷ് ചന്ദ്രോത്ത്,സക്കറിയ,ജെ ദേവിക (എഴുത്തുകാര്‍ ) , ആര്‍ ഉണ്ണി (തിരക്കഥാകൃത്ത്),ജോയ് മാത്യു (നടന്‍,സംവിധായകന്‍ ) എന്നിവരുടെ പേരുകളും പ്രത്യേകം പരാമര്‍ശിക്കുന്നു.അതുപോലെതന്നെ സമരക്കാരുടെ നേരെ ഉണ്ടായ പോലീസിന്റെ പക്ഷപാതപരമായ നിലപാടിനെ വിമര്‍ശിച്ച സി പി എം സംസ്ഥാന സെക്രട്ടറി ശ്രീ പിണറായി വിജയനും ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഔദ്യോഗികമായ കൃതജ്ഞത രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.
കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലവില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്ത ചില ആളുകളുടെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ നിലപാടുകളെക്കുറിച്ച് നിരവധി ആരോപണങ്ങളും വിവാദങ്ങളും ഉയര്‍ന്നു വന്ന സാഹചര്യത്തില്‍ അതിനെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരു വിശദീകരണം നല്‍കാന്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു.
ആദ്യമായി കിസ് ഓഫ് ലവ് ഒരു സംഘടന എന്നതിനപ്പുറം ഒരു കാമ്പയിന്‍ അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ ആഹ്വാനം ആണ്. ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭരണഘടനയെ ബഹുമാനിച്ചു അതിനുള്ളിൽ നിന്ന് ജീവിക്കാനും പ്രതിഷേധിക്കാനും മാത്രം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവരാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ. ഈ ആഹ്വാനം ഉയര്‍ത്താന്‍ വേണ്ടി ഒരു ഗ്രൂപ്പ് ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിരുന്നു.അതില്‍ ജനാധിപത്യപരമായി പ്രവര്‍ത്തിക്കുന്ന എല്ലാ രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാര്‍ട്ടികളുടെയും അനുഭാവികളും അതുപോലെ സ്വതന്ത്ര ജനാധിപത്യ വിശ്വാസികളും ഉണ്ട്.സാംസ്കാരിക ഫാസിസത്തിനെതിരെ ജനാധിപത്യപരമായി ഭരണഘടനയില്‍ അധിഷ്ഠിതമായ മാര്‍ഗങ്ങള്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് സമരം നടത്തുക എന്നതാണ് കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലവിന്റെ ആഹ്വാനം .
ഈ ആഹ്വാനം ഏറ്റെടുത്തു സമരമുഖത്തേക്ക് എത്തിയ/ ഇനിയും എത്തുന്ന എല്ലാവരോടും ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് യോജിപ്പാണ്.പക്ഷെ അവരുടെ മറ്റു രാഷ്ട്രീയ നിലപാടുകള്‍ക്കോ അവരുടെ ആശയങ്ങള്‍ക്കോ നേരെ ഉയരുന്ന വിമര്‍ശനങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് മറുപടി പറയാന്‍ കിസ് ഓഫ് ലവ് ഒരിക്കലും ബാദ്ധ്യസ്ഥരല്ല.എന്നാല്‍ അതെ സമയം തന്നെ കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലവ് സമരത്തില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്തു മടങ്ങും വഴി ചില പ്രവര്‍ത്തകരെ ( അവര്‍ ഏതു സംഘടനയുടെ പ്രവര്‍ത്തകര്‍ ആയാലും ) തെരഞ്ഞുപിടിച്ച് മര്‍ദ്ദിച്ച പോലീസ് നടപടിയില്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കുള്ള പ്രതിഷേധവും ഇതിനാല്‍ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിക്കൊള്ളുന്നു.
മറ്റൊരു ആരോപണം കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലവ് അരാജകവാദികളുടെയും അരാഷ്ട്രീയവാദികളുടേയും ഒരു കൂട്ടമാണ്‌ എന്നതാണ് . ആരോപണം ഉന്നയിക്കുന്നവര്‍ ആദ്യം ചെയ്യേണ്ടത് അരാജകവാദം എന്ന വാക്കിന്റെ അര്‍ത്ഥം മനസ്സിലാക്കുകയാണ് . നിയമവ്യവസ്ഥയിലും സ്റ്റേറ്റിലും വിശ്വാസമില്ല എങ്കില്‍ താരതമ്യേന കുറഞ്ഞ അംഗങ്ങളുള്ള ഞങ്ങളുടെ ആളുകള്‍ ഇത്രയും അക്രമാസക്തരായ ഒരു ജനക്കൂട്ടത്തിനു മുന്നിലേയ്ക്ക്, സ്റ്റേറ്റിന്റെ സംരക്ഷണം അല്ലാതെ എന്ത് വിശ്വസിച്ചാണ് വരാന്‍ കഴിയുക ? അതുപോലെ ഞങ്ങള്‍ ഒരിക്കലും അരാഷ്ട്രീയ വാദികളല്ല. കാരണം ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് വ്യക്തമായ രാഷ്ട്രീയമുണ്ട്. തീര്‍ച്ചയായും അത് വ്യക്തി സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തില്‍ അധിഷ്ഠിതവും സാംസ്കാരിക ഫാസിസത്തിനും വര്‍ഗീയ വാദത്തിനും എതിരുമാണ്.നിയമത്തെയല്ല സദാചാരഗുണ്ടായിസമെന്ന നിയമലംഘനത്തെയാണു ഞങ്ങള്‍ എതിർക്കുത്.അതുപോലെ ഭരണഘടനാപ്രകാരം പൗരന്റെ അവകാശമായ സ്വൈരസഞ്ചാരത്തിനു വേണ്ടിയാണ് ഞങ്ങള്‍ വാദിക്കുന്നത്.
നവമാധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ സഹായത്തോടെ ഓര്‍ഗനൈസ് ചെയ്ത ഒരു സമരം എന്ന നിലയിലും സംഘടനാപരമായ സ്വഭാവത്തിന്റെ അഭാവങ്ങള്‍ നിമിത്തവും സമരത്തിന്റെ നടത്തിപ്പില്‍ ചെറിയ ചില പാളിച്ചകള്‍ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടുണ്ടാകാം.എങ്കിലും ഞങ്ങൾ മുൻപോട്ടു വയ്ക്കുന്ന ആശയം ലോക സമൂഹത്തിനു മുൻപിൽ എത്തിക്കുന്നതിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ 100% വിജയിച്ചു .സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ ബഹുസ്വരതയുടെ പല കോണുകളിലായി ചിതറിക്കിടക്കുന്ന ആളുകളെ ഒരു ആഹ്വാനത്തിലൂടെ ഒരു പൊതുവായ ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേയ്ക്ക് വിവിധതരം രാഷ്ട്രീയ മനോഭാവത്തോടെയാണെങ്കിലും എത്തിക്കാന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞു എന്നത് ഒരു നേട്ടമായിത്തന്നെ ഞങ്ങള്‍ കരുതുന്നു. സാമൂഹിക വിപത്തുകള്‍കെതിരെ ജനകീയ പ്രതിഷേധം ഏകോപിപ്പിക്കുവാന്‍ സോഷ്യല്‍ മീഡിയയിലൂടെ സാധിക്കും എന്നതിനുള്ള ഉത്തമ ദൃഷ്ടാന്തമാണ് കിസ്സ് ഓഫ് ലൗ സമരപരിപാടികളുടെ ഉജ്ജ്വല വിജയം.നവമാധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ ശക്തി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഇതിലും വലിയ സമരങ്ങൾ കേരളം കാണും എന്നും പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുന്നു.
ഞങ്ങളെ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കാത്ത പിന്തിരിപ്പന്‍ വര്‍ഗീയ സംഘടനകളോട് ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കൊട്ടും പരിഭവമില്ല. നിങ്ങള്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ക്കെതിരെ നില്‍ക്കുന്നു എന്നതാണ് ഞങ്ങളുടെ ആശയം നേരായതാണ് എന്നതിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ദൃഷ്ടാന്തം.പക്ഷേ സമരസ്ഥലത്ത് ആയുധങ്ങളുമായി ആള്‍ക്കൂട്ടത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയവുമായി വന്നു അവരുയര്‍ത്തിയ പോര്‍വിളി ശരിക്കും ജനാധിപത്യത്തിനു നേരെ ഉള്ള വെല്ലുവിളിയാണ്.
പ്രബുദ്ധരായ ഇന്ത്യൻ യുവജനത ഈ ആശയത്തെ ഏറ്റെടുക്കുന്നു എന്നറിഞ്ഞതിൽ അഭിമാനം കൊള്ളുന്നു.സാംസ്കാരിക ഏകാധിപത്യത്തിന്റെ പതനത്തിന്റെ ആദ്യത്തെ മണിനാദം മുഴക്കാന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞതിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ അഭിമാനിക്കുന്നു. ഞങ്ങൾ മുന്നോട്ടു വച്ച ആശയങ്ങളുമായി പുതിയ സമര രീതികളുമായി ഞങ്ങൾ ഇനിയും മുൻപോട്ടു പോകും എന്നും ഞങ്ങൾ വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്നു.ഞങ്ങൾ മുന്നോട്ടു വച്ച ഈ ആശയത്തിന്റെ ഒരു വികേന്ദ്രീകരണം ഞങ്ങൾ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. ഈ ആശയം ഏറ്റെടുത്തു കൊണ്ട് കലാലയങ്ങളിലും നഗരങ്ങളിലെ പൊതു ഇടങ്ങളിലും സാംസ്കാരിക ഫാസിസത്തിനെതിരെ എണ്ണമറ്റ സര്‍ഗാത്മക പ്രതിഷേധങ്ങള്‍ സംഘടിപ്പിക്കുവാന്‍ പുതു തലമുറയോട് ഞങ്ങള്‍ ആഹ്വാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
Tuesday 4 November 2014
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Sunday 2 November 2014
പാശ്ചാത്യസംകാരം എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു വാ തോരാതെ കമന്റിടുന്നവർ ആ നാട്ടിലെ സ്ത്രീകളുടെ സുരക്ഷ ഒന്ന് നേരിട്ട് കണ്ടു മനസ്സിലാക്കിയിട്ടു വേണം കമന്റിടാൻ
ഇത്രയും വീജയിച്ച ഒരു സമരം കേരളത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല. എന്ന് പറയാം
ചുംബന വാദികൾക്ക് എന്റെ അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങള്‍,instead if had been decided to stand in front of secretariat tvm against moral policing you will have to stand lifelong …..
തങ്ങളുടെ പെണ്കുട്ടികളെ ക്രൂരമായി ബലാല്‍സംഗം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ആര്‍മിയുടെ മുന്നിലേക്ക് "ഞങ്ങളെ റേപ്പ് ചെയ്യൂ" എന്ന് ആക്രോശിച്ചുക്കൊണ്ട് നഗ്നരായി മാര്‍ച്ച് ചെയ്ത അമ്മമാരെ അറിയുമോ നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്..?മുലക്കരം ചോദിച്ചു വന്ന അധികാരികള്‍ക്ക് മുന്നിലേക്ക് മുല അരിഞ്ഞു എറിഞ്ഞു കൊടുത്ത നങ്ങേലിയെ ഓര്‍മ്മയുണ്ടോ.?സമരങ്ങളുടെ രൂപം,ശൈലി ഇവയൊക്കെ തീരുമാനിക്കുന്നത് മറ്റാരുമല്ല,തീര്‍ച്ചയായും അതിനുള്ള അവകാശം ഹേതുവായമുദ്രാവാക്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കും,വിധേയരായ ഇരകള്‍ക്കുമാണ്.ചുംബന സമരമെന്നത് ചുംബിക്കാന്‍ മുട്ടിനില്‍ക്കുന്നവരുടെ ഒത്തുചേരലായി വിലയിരുത്തുമ്പോള്‍ ഇതൊന്ന് സൂചിപ്പിച്ചുപോകാതെ വയ്യ.മറൈന്‍ഡ്രൈവില്‍ ഒത്തുചേരുന്നത് ഇവിടുത്തെകമിതാക്കള്‍ മാത്രമല്ല,ഭാര്യാഭര്‍ത്താക്കന്‍മാരും സിനിമ-സാസ്ക്കാരിക പ്രവര്‍ത്തകരും,കൂട്ടുകാരും ഒക്കെയാണ്.സ്വശരീരത്തിന്‍റെ അവകാശം തങ്ങള്‍ക്കാണ് എന്ന ഉയര്‍ന്ന ബോധമാണ് അവര്‍ പങ്കിടുന്നത്.കപടസദാചാരവാദത്തിനുംഫാസിസത്തിനും എതിരായ വെല്ലുവിളിയാണ്.മതാടിസ്ഥാനഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഫാസിസം അടിച്ചേല്‍പ്പിച്ച പൊതുബോധത്തിന്‍റെ അടിമത്വം പേറുന്നവര്‍ക്ക് അതൊരു അശ്ലീലമായി തോന്നാം.ആണും പെണ്ണും കെട്ടിപിടിച്ചു ഡീപ് ഫ്രഞ്ച് കിസ്സ് നല്‍കുന്നത് കാണാം എന്ന താല്‍പ്പര്യത്തോടെ ആരും അങ്ങോട്ട് ഒളിക്യാമറവയ്ക്കേണ്ടതില്ല."നിങ്ങളുടെ സങ്കുചിതബോധത്തിന് തൃപ്തിനല്‍കാന്‍ തങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാതന്ത്യത്തെ ബലികഴിക്കാന്‍ മനസില്ല"എന്ന യുവതയുടെ തന്റെടമാണ് ഇത്തരം കൂട്ടായ്മകള്‍.ഫാസിസ്റ്റ് ബിംബങ്ങളുടെ ഇരുകരണത്തുമടിക്കുന്ന ഇത്തരം സമരകൂട്ടയ്മ്മകളോട് ഐക്യപ്പെടാതെ തരമില്ല..
ഇത്രയും വീജയിച്ച ഒരു സമരം കേരളത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല. എന്ന് പറയാം
ചുംബന വാദികൾക്ക് എന്റെ അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങള്‍,instead if had been decided to stand in front of secretariat tvm against moral policing you will have to stand lifelong …..
തങ്ങളുടെ പെണ്കുട്ടികളെ ക്രൂരമായി ബലാല്‍സംഗം ചെയ്യുന്ന ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ആര്‍മിയുടെ മുന്നിലേക്ക് "ഞങ്ങളെ റേപ്പ് ചെയ്യൂ" എന്ന് ആക്രോശിച്ചുക്കൊണ്ട് നഗ്നരായി മാര്‍ച്ച് ചെയ്ത അമ്മമാരെ അറിയുമോ നിങ്ങള്‍ക്ക്..?മുലക്കരം ചോദിച്ചു വന്ന അധികാരികള്‍ക്ക് മുന്നിലേക്ക് മുല അരിഞ്ഞു എറിഞ്ഞു കൊടുത്ത നങ്ങേലിയെ ഓര്‍മ്മയുണ്ടോ.?സമരങ്ങളുടെ രൂപം,ശൈലി ഇവയൊക്കെ തീരുമാനിക്കുന്നത് മറ്റാരുമല്ല,തീര്‍ച്ചയായും അതിനുള്ള അവകാശം ഹേതുവായമുദ്രാവാക്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കും,വിധേയരായ ഇരകള്‍ക്കുമാണ്.ചുംബന സമരമെന്നത് ചുംബിക്കാന്‍ മുട്ടിനില്‍ക്കുന്നവരുടെ ഒത്തുചേരലായി വിലയിരുത്തുമ്പോള്‍ ഇതൊന്ന് സൂചിപ്പിച്ചുപോകാതെ വയ്യ.മറൈന്‍ഡ്രൈവില്‍ ഒത്തുചേരുന്നത് ഇവിടുത്തെകമിതാക്കള്‍ മാത്രമല്ല,ഭാര്യാഭര്‍ത്താക്കന്‍മാരും സിനിമ-സാസ്ക്കാരിക പ്രവര്‍ത്തകരും,കൂട്ടുകാരും ഒക്കെയാണ്.സ്വശരീരത്തിന്‍റെ അവകാശം തങ്ങള്‍ക്കാണ് എന്ന ഉയര്‍ന്ന ബോധമാണ് അവര്‍ പങ്കിടുന്നത്.കപടസദാചാരവാദത്തിനുംഫാസിസത്തിനും എതിരായ വെല്ലുവിളിയാണ്.മതാടിസ്ഥാനഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഫാസിസം അടിച്ചേല്‍പ്പിച്ച പൊതുബോധത്തിന്‍റെ അടിമത്വം പേറുന്നവര്‍ക്ക് അതൊരു അശ്ലീലമായി തോന്നാം.ആണും പെണ്ണും കെട്ടിപിടിച്ചു ഡീപ് ഫ്രഞ്ച് കിസ്സ് നല്‍കുന്നത് കാണാം എന്ന താല്‍പ്പര്യത്തോടെ ആരും അങ്ങോട്ട് ഒളിക്യാമറവയ്ക്കേണ്ടതില്ല."നിങ്ങളുടെ സങ്കുചിതബോധത്തിന് തൃപ്തിനല്‍കാന്‍ തങ്ങളുടെ സ്വാതന്ത്യത്തെ ബലികഴിക്കാന്‍ മനസില്ല"എന്ന യുവതയുടെ തന്റെടമാണ് ഇത്തരം കൂട്ടായ്മകള്‍.ഫാസിസ്റ്റ് ബിംബങ്ങളുടെ ഇരുകരണത്തുമടിക്കുന്ന ഇത്തരം സമരകൂട്ടയ്മ്മകളോട് ഐക്യപ്പെടാതെ തരമില്ല..
This is a symbolic protest against the bloody who peeps in to toilets and take pics and says this is for protecting our culture, who the bloody hell are you to say ‘we are the custodians of Indian culture ‘this is against moral policing, if you have mistaken it as any cats and dogs could kiss anyone in cochin, you will have to run away ummmammma ummmamma by the capable Kerala police’s beat
Friday 30 May 2014
" MODERN TIMES "
Modern Times portrays Chaplin as a factory worker employed on an assembly line.
There, he is subjected to such indignities as being force-fed by a
"modern" feeding machine and an accelerating assembly line where he
screws nuts at an ever-increasing rate onto pieces of machinery. He
finally suffers a nervous breakdown and runs amok, throwing the factory
into chaos. He is sent to a hospital. Following his recovery, the now
unemployed factory worker is mistakenly arrested as an instigator in a Communist demonstration. In jail, he accidentally ingests smuggled cocaine,
mistaking it for salt. In his subsequent delirium, he gets out of the
jail. When he returns, he stumbles upon a jailbreak and knocks the
convicts unconscious. He is hailed a hero and is released.Outside the jail, he applies for a new job but leaves after causing an accident. He runs into an orphaned girl, the Gamin (Paulette Goddard), who is fleeing the police after stealing a loaf of bread. To save the girl, he tells police that he is the thief and ought to be arrested. A witness reveals his deception and he is freed. To get arrested again, he eats an enormous amount of food at a cafeteria without paying. He meets up with the Gamin in the paddy wagon, which crashes, and the girl convinces him to escape with her. Dreaming of a better life, he gets a job as a night watchman at a department store, sneaks the Gamin into the store, and even lets burglars have some food. Waking up the next morning in a pile of clothes, he is arrested once more.
Ten days later, the Gamin takes him to a new home – a run-down shack that she admits "isn't Buckingham Palace" but will do. The next morning, the factory worker reads about an old factory re-opens and lands a job there. He gets his boss trapped in machinery, but manages to extricate him. The other workers decide to go on strike. Accidentally paddling a brick into a policeman, he is arrested again. Two weeks later, he is released and learns that the Gamin is a café dancer. She tries to get him a job as a singer and a waiter. At his new job, however, he finds it difficult to tell the difference between the "in" and "out" doors to the kitchen, or to successfully deliver a roast duck to table through a busy dance floor. During his floor show, he loses a cuff that bears the lyrics of his song, but he rescues his act by improvising the story using an amalgam of word play, words in (or made up of word parts from) multiple languages and mock sentence structure while pantomiming. His act proves a hit. When police arrive to arrest the Gamin for her earlier escape, they escape again. The Gamin despairs that there's no point to their struggling, but the factory worker assures her that they'll make it somehow. In the final scene, they walk down a road at dawn, towards an uncertain but hopeful future.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
PLOT
As a young boy, Noah is about to be given the skin of the original serpent of Eden, which has been passed down for generations, by his father, Lamech. Suddenly, a large crowd approaches, led by a young king named Tubal-Cain, who wants to make that hill into a mine. Seeing Lamech, Tubal-Cain kills him and takes the serpent's skin, while Noah runs.Many years later, Noah is living with his wife Naameh and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, when he sees a small miracle: a drop of water hits the ground, and a flower grows instantly. After Noah has a disturbing dream, he and his family run to visit Noah's grandfather, Methuselah. On the way, they find a group of recently killed people, and among them, a girl that is still alive, named Ila, and they adopt her. They discover that she was severely wounded in the attack and has become barren. Also, Tubal-Cain's men chase them, but they are afraid to enter the dark region that is inhabited by Watchers, fallen angels who look like six-armed stone golems.
It is recounted that the Watchers are friends with Methuselah because he saved them once. They came to Earth to help the humans after the Creator had banished humans from Eden, but the Watchers too were punished for disobedience by the Creator, who bound them to the Earth and forced them to take form as stone creatures. But after learning from them, the humans tried to enslave and kill them. They tried to run, and Methuselah helped their escape by fighting the waves of human soldiers, with a burning sword.
Noah speaks with Methuselah and receives a seed passed down from the Garden of Eden. He plants the seed on a plain, and an entire forest grows upon it within seconds. This miracle convinces the Watchers that Noah is chosen by the Creator. Noah announces that all the wood will be used to build an ark, and they start to help with the construction work.
Roughly eight years pass. As the Ark nears completion, animals start to leave the forests and walk into the ark, where they are put to sleep by incense that Noah prepares. Meanwhile, the surrounding lands have been running short on food, and the humans, led by Tubal-Cain, are beginning to eat human flesh. A horde of about 200 men, led by Tubal-Cain, approaches the Ark, and Tubal-Cain threatens to storm it, but the Watchers force him to turn back.
Noah realizes that his three sons need wives, and that Ila cannot serve because she is barren. He disguises himself and goes into the human camp in order to find three women, and take them into the Ark. At the human camp, he sees humans being slaughtered for food, and some people behaving ferally, and intense crowding and filth. He is stunned by this and gives up the effort, and becomes convinced that the Creator wishes for the entire human race to come to an end. Back at the camp, Methuselah blesses Ila, and her barrenness is cured.
Shortly before the rains start to pour, Ham decides to go to the camp himself and find a woman. He falls into a pit filled with the dead and encounters a frightened young girl named Na'el. She is willing to go with him, but as they run back to the Ark, her foot gets caught in an animal trap. Noah comes to help but sees the human horde coming to raid the Ark, so he forces Ham to leave her behind and save himself. Seconds later, the human horde reaches her and tramples her to death as it passes. All of Noah's family gets in the Ark except for Methuselah, who chooses to die in the flood. As the Ark gets launched, all the Watchers sacrifice themselves fighting the endless human waves. This allows them to return to their Creator, who has forgiven them. As the flood waters pour toward the Ark and his remaining soldiers drown, a wounded Tubal-Cain seizes the opportunity to survive and crawls up a pathway to a high point of the Ark, hacking his way inside the vessel where he is eventually found by Ham. The old king plays on Ham's anger toward Noah for allowing Na'el to die. Meanwhile, the family listens to the dying screams of those outside the Ark. His family implores him to let some of them in, as they "have room," only for a shell-shocked Noah to reply that there is no room for them.
Ila wakes up, feeling ill, and goes to Naameh who deduces that she is pregnant. At this exact moment, the rains stop completely. Ila says it is because the Creator smiles upon the unborn child. Naameh, Shem, and Ila inform Noah of this, but the patriarch rationalizes that the Creator's wish to destroy humanity also extends to his own family, who he initially thought would simply die of old age once the flood waters recede. He tells the family that if the child is a boy then he will replace their youngest as the last man, but if a girl is born, he will kill the child upon her birth, much to Ila's horror. Not truly willing to do such a thing so much as feeling it is a duty to the Creator, a tearful Noah climbs to the top of the ark and asks for the Creator's counsel. Finding no answer, Noah resolves to do as he told his family. Meanwhile, Tubal-Cain finds aid from the naive Ham (eventually acquiring the boy's help in a plot to kill Noah) and Naameh makes one final, unsuccessful attempt to dissuade her husband.
Many months pass without sign of land. Ila, now hugely pregnant, and Shem build a small raft to escape Noah's plot to kill their child. Noah discovers and burns the raft. The shock of this causes Ila to go into labor. With Naameh's assistance, the terrified young woman gives birth to twin girls. Hearing the babies cries, Noah pursues Ila to the top of the vessel. As Ila sings to the crying infants to pacify them before they die, Noah looks upon the girls and decides to let them live.
Tubal-Cain has seemingly manipulated Ham into believing the king is killing Noah for the sake of Ila and Shem's offspring as well as vengeance for Na'el, and Ham lures Noah to the tail end of the ark on the false pretense that the animals have awoken and have begun eating each other. As Noah and Tubal-Cain engage in a brutal fight, the Ark hits a mountain, and Tubal-Cain is thrown through the shattered wall of the vessel, being greatly injured. As the king rises and attempts to finish a similarly-injured Noah off, a repentant Ham stabs Tubal-Cain in the ribcage, killing him.
As the rest of the family begins making a new life for themselves, Ham decides it is time for him to leave, still angry at Noah for what happened to Na'el. Ila confronts Noah on allowing his grandchildren to survive, telling him that the Creator gave him the choice of whether mankind should be saved or not. When she asks why he didn't kill them, Noah reveals he had nothing but love for the babies when he first saw them, because he saw the goodness of mankind. Later, the family stands atop a cliff face, and Noah blesses them all as the beginning of a new human race. They watch as the Creator sends a rainbow from the sky, covering all of the Earth, signaling his promise to never destroy mankind with a flood again.
NOAH
Noah is a 2014 American epic biblical-inspired fantasy film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Aronofsky and Ari Handel, and loosely based on the story of Noah's Ark.[4] The film stars Russell Crowe as Noah along with Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Anthony Hopkins, and Douglas Booth. It was released in North American theaters on March 28, 2014 in 2-D and IMAX while several countries will also release a version of the film converted to 3-D and IMAX 3D.[5
Tuesday 1 April 2014
The film begins in 1947 with Sal Paradise (Sam Riley)
walking on a road before a truck stops and lets him on; he makes quick
friends and jokes around with the men in the back of the truck. Five
months earlier, on the day his father is buried, his friend Chad brings
him to meet Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and his 16-year-old wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart). Sal befriends Dean, smoking marijuana with him and visiting a jazz nightclub where they meet saxophonist Walter (Terrence Howard),
who also becomes friends with them. Dean gets a job as a chauffeur
(having previously been a car thief). Sal teaches Dean how to write
before another friend, Carlo Marx (Tom Sturridge) leaves with Dean for Denver.
After much contemplation, writer's block and a solemn visit to his father's grave, Sal decides to join his friends in Denver and embarks on the road for the first time. There, Sal meets Camille (Kirsten Dunst) an art college student Dean is divorcing Marylou for. Later that evening Carlo tells Sal that he thinks he might be gay and that he plans to travel to Africa. Carlo and Dean have also started an affair. Carlo, Sal, Camille and Dean then visit a bar where Dean plays the song "I've Got the World on a String" on the jukebox and Camille bonds with Sal.
Sal leaves aboard a bus and meets Terry (Alice Braga). The two travel to California where Terry works on cotton fields with her family while Sal helps. Sal and Terry have a brief affair before Sal, realising that he isn't made to work in the fields, heads back home.
A year later 1948, Dean, Marylou and Ed Dunkel (Danny Morgan) arrive at Sal's family's home in North Carolina, having left Ed's wife Galatea (Elisabeth Moss) with Old Bull Lee (Viggo Mortensen) in Louisiana. The trio eat dinner together and the next day drive back to New York with Sal's mother. The gang see in the New Year at Carlo's place. Dean convinces Sal to partake in a threesome with him and Marylou. He starts kissing Marylou, but gets nervous and tells Dean to go to the kitchen. Following this, Dean and Marylou have sex while Sal listens in the other room.
The next day, they ride off to California, while they leave Ed at Bull's. When they arrive there, Sal and Marylou rent a room as Dean drives to Camille's place. Marylou and Sal have sex in their apartment the next morning. She then leaves to go back to her Sailor fiancé in Denver and Sal goes over to visit Dean and Camille, who by now have two children together. Sal and Dean visit a nightclub, leaving Camille alone to deal with the children. When they return home, she kicks Dean out.
The two agree to go to Denver to find Dean's father and then to New York. Having no luck finding Dean's father, they travel back to New York with a tall thin salesman (Steve Buscemi) who Dean tries to get money from in exchange for sex. Dean has sex with the man which gives him and Sal enough money to get where they need to go.
Eight months later Dean asks Sal if he would like to drive to Mexico. When they arrive a kid gets high with them and leads them to a whorehouse, where Dean and Sal dance and have sex with some of the prostitutes. They later roam the streets getting stoned and drunk, but Sal gets sick and Dean leaves him behind to deal with his troubles with Camille. After recovering, Sal heads back home as well.
Much later, back in New York, Sal meets Dean on the street on his way to a Duke Ellington concert. Dean says he travelled across the country by rail road to see Sal and that he is having another child with Camille. Sal's friends hurry him so they can get on their way and as Sal turns to leave he asks for a lift to 114th Street. Sal, saying it is good to see him, leaves Dean to walk and leaves with his friends in their car.
When Sal gets home he is able to write the book he has wanted to all along. He writes about the road and all the stories in between.
The film concludes with the final words of the book: "I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of the old Moriarty we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty."
After much contemplation, writer's block and a solemn visit to his father's grave, Sal decides to join his friends in Denver and embarks on the road for the first time. There, Sal meets Camille (Kirsten Dunst) an art college student Dean is divorcing Marylou for. Later that evening Carlo tells Sal that he thinks he might be gay and that he plans to travel to Africa. Carlo and Dean have also started an affair. Carlo, Sal, Camille and Dean then visit a bar where Dean plays the song "I've Got the World on a String" on the jukebox and Camille bonds with Sal.
Sal leaves aboard a bus and meets Terry (Alice Braga). The two travel to California where Terry works on cotton fields with her family while Sal helps. Sal and Terry have a brief affair before Sal, realising that he isn't made to work in the fields, heads back home.
A year later 1948, Dean, Marylou and Ed Dunkel (Danny Morgan) arrive at Sal's family's home in North Carolina, having left Ed's wife Galatea (Elisabeth Moss) with Old Bull Lee (Viggo Mortensen) in Louisiana. The trio eat dinner together and the next day drive back to New York with Sal's mother. The gang see in the New Year at Carlo's place. Dean convinces Sal to partake in a threesome with him and Marylou. He starts kissing Marylou, but gets nervous and tells Dean to go to the kitchen. Following this, Dean and Marylou have sex while Sal listens in the other room.
The next day, they ride off to California, while they leave Ed at Bull's. When they arrive there, Sal and Marylou rent a room as Dean drives to Camille's place. Marylou and Sal have sex in their apartment the next morning. She then leaves to go back to her Sailor fiancé in Denver and Sal goes over to visit Dean and Camille, who by now have two children together. Sal and Dean visit a nightclub, leaving Camille alone to deal with the children. When they return home, she kicks Dean out.
The two agree to go to Denver to find Dean's father and then to New York. Having no luck finding Dean's father, they travel back to New York with a tall thin salesman (Steve Buscemi) who Dean tries to get money from in exchange for sex. Dean has sex with the man which gives him and Sal enough money to get where they need to go.
Eight months later Dean asks Sal if he would like to drive to Mexico. When they arrive a kid gets high with them and leads them to a whorehouse, where Dean and Sal dance and have sex with some of the prostitutes. They later roam the streets getting stoned and drunk, but Sal gets sick and Dean leaves him behind to deal with his troubles with Camille. After recovering, Sal heads back home as well.
Much later, back in New York, Sal meets Dean on the street on his way to a Duke Ellington concert. Dean says he travelled across the country by rail road to see Sal and that he is having another child with Camille. Sal's friends hurry him so they can get on their way and as Sal turns to leave he asks for a lift to 114th Street. Sal, saying it is good to see him, leaves Dean to walk and leaves with his friends in their car.
When Sal gets home he is able to write the book he has wanted to all along. He writes about the road and all the stories in between.
The film concludes with the final words of the book: "I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of the old Moriarty we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty."
Saturday 29 March 2014
ONE THE ROAD
On the Road (French: Sur la route) is a 2012 Brazilian-French-Canadian[5] adventure drama film directed by Walter Salles. It is an adaptation of the 1957 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams,Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss, Kirsten Dunst, and Viggo Mortensen. The executive producer was Francis Ford Coppola. Filming began on August 4, 2010, in Montreal, Quebec, with a $25 million budget.
The story is based on the years Kerouac spent travelling the United States in the late 1940s with his friend Neal Cassady and several other figures who would go on to fame in their own right, including William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg.
On May 23, 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film received mixed early reviews after it premiered at the film festival.[6][7][8] The film also premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in September.
Thursday 20 March 2014
Saturday 15 March 2014
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American thriller film that blends elements of the crime and horror genres.[3] Directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn, the film is based on Thomas Harris' 1988 novel of the same name, his second to featureHannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer.
In the film, Clarice Starling, a young U.S. FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill".
The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed $272.7 million worldwide against its $19 million budget. It was only the third film, the other two being It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, to win Academy Awards in all the top five categories:Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). It is also the first Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film, and only the second such film to be nominated in the category, after The Exorcist in 1973.[4][5] The film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011.[6]
Thursday 13 March 2014
FILM
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to phi phenomenon. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditionalanimation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. Contemporary definition of cinema is the art of simulating experiences, that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations.[1]
The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry. Films were originally recorded onto plastic film which was shown through a movie projector onto a large screen; more modern techniques may use wholly digital filming and storage, such as the Red One camera which records onto hard-disk or flash cards.
Films usually include an optical soundtrack, which is a graphic recording of the spoken words, music and other sounds that are to accompany the images. It runs along a portion of the film exclusively reserved for it and is not projected.
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gives it a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles to translate the dialog into the language of the viewer. Some have criticized the film industry's glorification of violence.[2]
The individual images that make up a film are called frames. During projection, a rotating shutter causes intervals of darkness as each frame in turn is moved into position to be projected, but the viewer does not notice the interruptions because of an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. The perception of motion is due to a psychological effect called beta movement.
The name "film" originates from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photoplay and flick. The most common term in the United States is movie, while in Europe film is preferred. Terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the movies and cinema; the latter is commonly used in scholarly texts and critical essays, especially by European writers. In early years, the word sheet was sometimes used instead of screen.
| Beauty and the Beast | |
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North American theatrical poster for Beauty and the Beast, designed by John Alvin[1]
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| Directed by | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| Produced by | Don Hahn |
| Screenplay by | Linda Woolverton |
| Story by |
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| Based on | "Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont |
| Narrated by | David Ogden Stiers |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Alan Menken |
| Editing by | John Carnochan |
| Studio | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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| Running time | 84 minutes (Original version) 91 minutes (Special Edition) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French |
| Budget | $25 million[2] |
| Box office | $424,967,620[2] |
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